2016 postseason · rankings
2016 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
21 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 | Roberto Osuna | Mexico | 21 | LCS | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Noah Syndergaard | United States | 24 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 12.9 | 3.9 |
| 3 | Alex Claudio | Puerto Rico | 24 | Division Series | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| 4 | Matt Moore | United States | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1.13 | 0.50 | 11.3 | 2.3 |
| 5 | Johnny Cueto | Dominican Republic | 30 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1.13 | 0.38 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Andrew Miller | United States | 31 | World Series | 10 | 0 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1.40 | 0.88 | 14.0 | 2.3 |
| 7 | Kyle Hendricks | United States | 27 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1.42 | 1.03 | 6.8 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Corey Kluber | United States | 30 | World Series | 6 | 6 | 34.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 1.83 | 1.05 | 9.2 | 2.1 |
| 9 | Madison Bumgarner | United States | 27 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1.93 | 1.00 | 6.4 | 1.9 |
| 10 | Marco Estrada | Mexico | 33 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 22.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2.01 | 0.72 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| 11 | Jon Lester | United States | 32 | World Series | 6 | 5 | 35.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 2.02 | 0.93 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| 12 | J.A. Happ | United States | 34 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2.70 | 1.50 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
| 13 | Kenley Jansen | Curaçao | 29 | LCS | 7 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3.09 | 0.86 | 14.7 | 3.9 |
| 14 | Rich Hill | United States | 36 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3.46 | 1.31 | 13.2 | 4.2 |
| 15 | Jake Arrieta | United States | 30 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 3.63 | 1.07 | 10.1 | 2.8 |
| 16 | Max Scherzer | United States | 32 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3.75 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| 17 | Clayton Kershaw | United States | 28 | LCS | 5 | 4 | 24.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 4.44 | 1.15 | 10.7 | 1.5 |
| 18 | Josh Tomlin | United States | 32 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 17.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4.58 | 1.13 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| 19 | Marcus Stroman | United States | 25 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4.76 | 0.88 | 8.7 | 2.4 |
| 20 | Aaron Sanchez | United States | 24 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5.40 | 0.94 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
| 21 | Yu Darvish | Japan | 30 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9.00 | 1.20 | 7.2 | 1.8 |
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 →