2008 postseason · rankings
2008 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
22 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 | Yovani Gallardo | Mexico | 22 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 2 | Clayton Richard | United States | 25 | Division Series | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1.42 | 1.26 | 8.5 | 4.3 |
| 3 | Hiroki Kuroda | Japan | 33 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 12.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1.46 | 1.14 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | Dave Bush | United States | 29 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.69 | 0.94 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Cole Hamels | United States | 25 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 35.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 1.80 | 0.91 | 7.7 | 2.3 |
| 6 | Jon Lester | United States | 24 | LCS | 4 | 4 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 2.36 | 1.09 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
| 7 | John Lackey | United States | 30 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2.63 | 1.10 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| 8 | James Shields | United States | 27 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2.88 | 1.44 | 6.1 | 2.9 |
| 9 | Joe Blanton | United States | 28 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3.18 | 1.29 | 9.5 | 3.2 |
| 10 | Derek Lowe | United States | 35 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.31 | 1.35 | 6.6 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Matt Garza | United States | 25 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 3.96 | 1.32 | 9.0 | 4.3 |
| 12 | John Danks | United States | 23 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4.05 | 1.50 | 9.4 | 4.0 |
| 13 | Scott Kazmir | United States | 24 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4.21 | 1.71 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| 14 | Andy Sonnanstine | United States | 25 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4.24 | 1.18 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Carlos Zambrano | Venezuela | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.26 | 1.26 | 9.9 | 2.8 |
| 16 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | Japan | 28 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4.50 | 1.63 | 9.0 | 5.1 |
| 17 | Brett Myers | United States | 28 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4.74 | 1.32 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 18 | Scot Shields | United States | 33 | Division Series | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.76 | 1.24 | 11.1 | 1.6 |
| 19 | Mark Buehrle | United States | 29 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.43 | 1.43 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ervin Santana | Dominican Republic | 26 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.44 | 1.50 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Chad Billingsley | United States | 24 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8.49 | 2.14 | 12.3 | 6.2 |
| 22 | Josh Beckett | United States | 28 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8.79 | 1.95 | 8.8 | 3.8 |
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 →