2005 postseason · rankings
2005 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
25 players from 8 clubs qualified, ranked by ERA. October is short and uneven — one club plays two games, another nineteen — so the qualifier is 1.0 innings pitched per game the player's own club played, and never fewer than 5. None of it counts toward the regular-season leaders.
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| 1 | Jim Brower | United States | 33 | Division Series | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| 2 | John Smoltz | United States | 38 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.29 | 1.14 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| 3 | Chien-Ming Wang | Taiwan | 25 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 0.90 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kelvim Escobar | Venezuela | 29 | LCS | 6 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1.59 | 1.15 | 11.9 | 5.6 |
| 5 | Scot Shields | United States | 30 | LCS | 8 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1.64 | 1.09 | 8.2 | 3.3 |
| 6 | Freddy Garcia | Venezuela | 29 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2.14 | 1.10 | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| 7 | Chris Carpenter | United States | 30 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2.14 | 1.14 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Jon Garland | United States | 26 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2.25 | 0.88 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| 9 | Mark Mulder | United States | 28 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2.45 | 1.42 | 4.9 | 2.0 |
| 10 | David Wells | United States | 42 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 | 1.05 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Shawn Chacon | United States | 28 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.84 | 0.79 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
| 12 | Brandon Backe | United States | 27 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3.00 | 1.06 | 8.5 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Jose Contreras | Cuba | 34 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 32.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.09 | 0.88 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
| 14 | Roy Oswalt | United States | 28 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 27.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 3.29 | 1.21 | 7.2 | 3.6 |
| 15 | Mark Buehrle | United States | 26 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.47 | 0.90 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| 16 | Matt Morris | United States | 31 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3.97 | 1.50 | 5.6 | 3.2 |
| 17 | Andy Pettitte | United States | 33 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4.26 | 1.30 | 5.7 | 2.1 |
| 18 | John Lackey | United States | 27 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4.41 | 1.53 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 19 | Jorge Sosa | Dominican Republic | 28 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 20 | Paul Byrd | United States | 35 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5.02 | 1.47 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Tim Hudson | United States | 30 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5.27 | 1.39 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| 22 | Mike Mussina | United States | 37 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5.40 | 1.44 | 7.6 | 1.1 |
| 23 | Roger Clemens | United States | 43 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5.63 | 1.38 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| 24 | Randy Johnson | United States | 42 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.14 | 1.77 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| 25 | Tim Wakefield | United States | 39 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.75 | 1.31 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
Reading this table
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are all measured against a league season, and a dozen clubs playing each other's best pitchers for a month is not one — borrowing the regular season's baselines would print numbers that look comparable and are not. Reached is the last round the player's club played in. The Parquet holds every round as well as the October totals. See the methodology →