which american league left-handed pitcher has the most strikeouts in the post season since 2017

Since 2017, Framber Valdez has fanned the most hitters by an AL left-hander in the postseason, with 95 strikeouts.

NAME SO G W L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA ERA- FIP FIP- H/9 PRAA
1 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
2 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
48
28
1
3
.250
0
1.72
0
0
7
31.1
23
6
6
3
13
1
17
1
127
1
13.79
3.73
3.69
0.86
37.8
10.2
1.15
.323
1.72
6.61
3 Chris Sale
C. Sale
47
10
1
3
.250
7
6.35
0
0
0
34.0
36
24
26
7
13
2
1
0
152
1
12.44
3.44
3.62
1.85
30.9
8.6
1.44
.349
6.88
9.53
4 Blake Snell
B. Snell
44
9
2
3
.400
7
2.83
0
0
1
35.0
24
11
11
6
14
0
1
0
138
2
11.31
3.60
3.14
1.54
31.9
10.1
1.09
.243
2.83
6.17
5 Dallas Keuchel
D. Keuchel
38
8
2
3
.400
8
3.95
0
0
0
41.0
39
18
21
5
11
0
0
0
171
0
8.34
2.41
3.45
1.10
22.2
6.4
1.22
.291
4.61
8.56
6 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
34
4
2
1
.667
4
2.03
0
0
0
26.2
16
6
6
1
5
2
0
1
101
0
11.48
1.69
6.80
0.34
33.7
5.0
0.79
.254
2.03
5.40
7 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
34
7
1
3
.250
6
6.15
0
0
0
26.1
29
18
18
6
8
2
0
1
117
2
11.62
2.73
4.25
2.05
29.1
6.8
1.41
.343
6.15
9.91
8 David Price
D. Price
29
8
3
1
.750
5
2.76
0
0
0
32.2
23
10
10
4
14
0
0
1
133
0
7.99
3.86
2.07
1.10
21.8
10.5
1.13
.221
2.76
6.34
9 Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
25
11
1
1
.500
4
6.35
0
0
0
22.2
17
16
16
3
7
2
2
1
94
0
9.93
2.78
3.57
1.19
26.6
7.4
1.06
.246
6.35
6.75
10 Jordan Montgomery
J. Montgomery
21
7
3
1
.750
6
2.83
0
0
0
35.0
40
11
12
3
8
0
0
1
152
1
5.40
2.06
2.63
0.77
13.8
5.3
1.37
.308
3.09
10.29
11 James Paxton
J. Paxton
20
3
1
0
1.000
3
3.46
0
0
0
13.0
13
5
5
2
7
0
0
0
58
1
13.85
4.85
2.86
1.38
34.5
12.1
1.54
.379
3.46
9.00
12 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
20
7
1
2
.333
5
3.13
0
0
0
23.0
21
8
10
1
12
3
0
1
108
1
7.83
4.70
1.67
0.39
18.5
11.1
1.43
.278
3.91
8.22
13 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
17
5
1
0
1.000
1
0.84
0
0
0
10.2
9
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
40
0
14.34
0.84
17.00
0.84
42.5
2.5
0.94
.381
0.84
7.59
14 Zack Britton
Z. Britton
17
15
0
0
0
2.95
0
0
0
18.1
8
6
6
3
12
0
0
1
75
2
8.35
5.89
1.42
1.47
22.7
16.0
1.09
.116
2.95
3.93
15 Brooks Raley
B. Raley
15
15
0
1
.000
0
4.73
0
0
0
13.1
11
7
7
0
9
2
3
1
61
0
10.13
6.08
1.67
0.00
24.6
14.8
1.50
.314
4.73
7.43
16 Matthew Boyd
M. Boyd
14
4
0
0
3
0.75
0
0
0
12.0
8
1
1
0
7
1
0
0
50
0
10.50
5.25
2.00
0.00
28.0
14.0
1.25
.286
0.75
6.00
17 Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
13
2
1
0
1.000
2
0.90
0
0
0
10.0
7
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
41
0
11.70
3.60
3.25
0.00
31.7
9.8
1.10
.292
0.90
6.30
18 Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
12
7
1
1
.500
2
5.82
0
0
0
17.0
25
11
12
4
3
0
2
0
79
0
6.35
1.59
4.00
2.12
15.2
3.8
1.65
.350
6.35
13.24
19 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
11
3
0
1
.000
2
5.91
0
0
0
10.2
12
7
7
4
4
0
0
0
46
0
9.28
3.38
2.75
3.38
23.9
8.7
1.50
.296
5.91
10.13
20 Erik Sabrowski
E. Sabrowski
10
8
0
0
0
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
4
1
4
0
0
0
31
0
12.86
5.14
2.50
1.29
32.3
12.9
1.43
.313
5.14
7.71
21 Sam Hentges
S. Hentges
10
3
1
0
1.000
0
2.84
0
0
0
6.1
5
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
25
0
14.21
2.84
5.00
2.84
40.0
8.0
1.11
.273
2.84
7.11
22 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
10
4
0
2
.000
1
8.10
0
0
0
6.2
8
6
6
3
1
0
2
0
28
1
13.50
1.35
10.00
4.05
35.7
3.6
1.35
.357
8.10
10.80
23 Tim Herrin
T. Herrin
9
11
1
0
1.000
0
0.93
0
0
0
9.2
7
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
38
1
8.38
4.66
1.80
0.00
23.7
13.2
1.24
.292
0.93
6.52
24 Blake Taylor
B. Taylor
9
12
1
0
1.000
0
2.00
0
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
1
4
1
1
0
41
0
9.00
4.00
2.25
1.00
22.0
9.8
1.44
.308
2.00
9.00
25 Tyler Holton
T. Holton
8
8
0
1
.000
2
6.00
0
0
1
9.0
8
6
6
1
1
0
1
0
35
0
8.00
1.00
8.00
1.00
22.9
2.9
1.00
.280
6.00
8.00

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