Since 2010, Masahiro Tanaka has the best ERA in the ALCS when pitching at least 20 innings, with an ERA of 1.88.
| NAME | ERA | IP | SERIES | G | W | L | W% | GS | SO | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | M. Tanaka | 1.88 | 24.0 | ALCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2 | 6.00 | 1.88 | 3.20 | 0.38 | 18.0 | 5.6 | 0.71 | .164 | 2.25 | 4.50 |
| 2 |  | M. Estrada | 2.67 | 27.0 | ALCS | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 8.00 | 0.67 | 12.00 | 1.67 | 23.5 | 2.0 | 0.81 | .211 | 3.00 | 6.67 |
| 3 | | L. McCullers Jr. | 2.83 | 28.2 | ALCS | 8 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 3 | 11.62 | 2.20 | 5.29 | 1.57 | 31.6 | 6.0 | 0.98 | .246 | 4.40 | 6.59 |
| 4 |  | J. Verlander | 2.98 | 87.2 | ALCS | 13 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 13 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 4 | 9.44 | 2.05 | 4.60 | 1.33 | 26.5 | 5.8 | 0.96 | .232 | 2.98 | 6.57 |
| 5 |  | F. Valdez | 3.13 | 37.1 | ALCS | 7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 10.85 | 3.38 | 3.21 | 1.45 | 28.8 | 9.0 | 1.23 | .292 | 4.10 | 7.71 |
| 6 |  | G. Cole | 3.63 | 22.1 | ALCS | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 9.27 | 5.24 | 1.77 | 0.40 | 22.1 | 12.5 | 1.52 | .303 | 4.84 | 8.46 |
| 7 |  | C. Morton | 4.15 | 21.2 | ALCS | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 8.72 | 2.91 | 3.00 | 0.42 | 22.8 | 7.6 | 1.15 | .283 | 4.15 | 7.48 |
| 8 |  | N. Eovaldi | 4.50 | 30.0 | ALCS | 7 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 0 | 8.10 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 0.60 | 20.6 | 7.6 | 1.30 | .297 | 4.50 | 8.70 |
| 9 |  | D. Price | 4.50 | 24.0 | ALCS | 4 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 10.88 | 1.88 | 5.80 | 1.13 | 30.2 | 5.2 | 1.00 | .271 | 4.50 | 7.13 |
| 10 |  | CC Sabathia | 4.88 | 24.0 | ALCS | 7 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 6.75 | 4.88 | 1.38 | 1.88 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 2.04 | .365 | 5.25 | 13.50 |
| 11 |  | M. Scherzer | 5.56 | 34.0 | ALCS | 7 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 2 | 11.65 | 4.50 | 2.59 | 0.79 | 30.1 | 11.6 | 1.32 | .316 | 5.56 | 7.41 |
| 12 | | C.J. Wilson | 6.35 | 22.2 | ALCS | 4 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 6.75 | 5.16 | 1.31 | 2.38 | 16.5 | 12.6 | 1.72 | .299 | 6.75 | 10.32 |
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