2012 postseason · rankings
2012 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
32 players from 10 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 | Bronson Arroyo | United States | 35 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | Darren O'Day | United States | 30 | Division Series | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| 3 | Brett Anderson | United States | 24 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 9.0 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Ross Detwiler | United States | 26 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Ryan Vogelsong | United States | 35 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 24.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 7.7 | 3.6 |
| 6 | Miguel González | Mexico | 28 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.29 | 0.71 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Homer Bailey | United States | 26 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1.29 | 0.29 | 12.9 | 1.3 |
| 8 | Doug Fister | United States | 28 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1.40 | 1.19 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
| 9 | Wei-Yin Chen | Taiwan | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 4.3 | 1.4 |
| 10 | Tommy Milone | United States | 25 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| 11 | Joe Saunders | United States | 31 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1.59 | 1.24 | 7.1 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Barry Zito | United States | 34 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1.69 | 1.38 | 7.3 | 3.4 |
| 13 | Aníbal Sánchez | Venezuela | 28 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 20.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1.77 | 0.98 | 8.0 | 2.7 |
| 14 | Phil Hughes | United States | 26 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1.86 | 1.34 | 8.4 | 5.6 |
| 15 | Max Scherzer | United States | 28 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 2.08 | 0.92 | 13.5 | 2.1 |
| 16 | Justin Verlander | United States | 29 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 28.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 2.22 | 0.78 | 9.2 | 1.9 |
| 17 | Tim Lincecum | United States | 28 | World Series | 6 | 1 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2.55 | 0.79 | 10.2 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Chris Carpenter | United States | 37 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 13.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2.63 | 1.83 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Yu Darvish | Japan | 26 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.70 | 0.75 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Hiroki Kuroda | Japan | 37 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.81 | 0.69 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| 21 | Kris Medlen | United States | 27 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.84 | 0.47 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Jason Hammel | United States | 30 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3.18 | 1.24 | 8.7 | 4.8 |
| 23 | Andy Pettitte | United States | 40 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3.29 | 1.32 | 6.6 | 2.6 |
| 24 | CC Sabathia | United States | 32 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 21.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3.38 | 1.31 | 8.0 | 2.1 |
| 25 | Matt Cain | United States | 28 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3.60 | 1.13 | 6.0 | 2.1 |
| 26 | A.J. Griffin | United States | 24 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 1.40 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Kyle Lohse | United States | 34 | LCS | 4 | 4 | 20.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3.98 | 1.43 | 6.2 | 3.5 |
| 28 | Jarrod Parker | United States | 24 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4.26 | 1.26 | 7.8 | 1.4 |
| 29 | Gio Gonzalez | United States | 27 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 4.50 | 1.70 | 9.0 | 9.9 |
| 30 | Adam Wainwright | United States | 31 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4.80 | 1.33 | 12.0 | 1.8 |
| 31 | Mat Latos | United States | 25 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6.48 | 1.56 | 5.4 | 2.2 |
| 32 | Edwin Jackson | Germany | 29 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7.50 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 4.5 |
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 →