2006 postseason · rankings
2006 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
23 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 | Kenny Rogers | United States | 42 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 7.4 | 2.7 |
| 2 | Chris Young | United States | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 12.1 | 2.7 |
| 3 | Tom Glavine | United States | 40 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1.59 | 1.29 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 4 | Johan Santana | Venezuela | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.25 | 0.75 | 9.0 | 1.1 |
| 5 | Jeff Weaver | United States | 30 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 29.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 2.43 | 1.15 | 5.8 | 2.7 |
| 6 | Jeff Suppan | United States | 31 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2.49 | 1.18 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 7 | John Maine | United States | 25 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2.63 | 1.54 | 8.6 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Chris Carpenter | United States | 31 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 32.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2.78 | 1.11 | 6.4 | 2.2 |
| 9 | Boof Bonser | United States | 25 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.33 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| 10 | Jeremy Bonderman | United States | 24 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 20.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3.10 | 1.18 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| 11 | David Wells | United States | 43 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 1.40 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Chien-Ming Wang | Taiwan | 26 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.05 | 1.35 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| 13 | Dan Haren | United States | 26 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4.09 | 1.73 | 7.4 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Oliver Pérez | Mexico | 25 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4.63 | 1.37 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| 15 | Barry Zito | United States | 28 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.63 | 1.46 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| 16 | Mike Mussina | United States | 38 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.14 | 1.14 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Nate Robertson | United States | 29 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 15.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5.17 | 1.85 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| 18 | Justin Verlander | United States | 23 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5.82 | 1.66 | 9.6 | 4.2 |
| 19 | Derek Lowe | United States | 33 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6.75 | 1.50 | 10.1 | 3.4 |
| 20 | Woody Williams | United States | 40 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 1.31 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 21 | Esteban Loaiza | Mexico | 35 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.36 | 1.64 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| 22 | Randy Johnson | United States | 43 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7.94 | 1.76 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
| 23 | Jake Peavy | United States | 25 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.44 | 2.25 | 3.4 | 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 →