2018 postseason · rankings
2018 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
28 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 | Josh Hader | United States | 24 | LCS | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 14.4 | 0.9 |
| 2 | Kyle Freeland | United States | 25 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| 3 | Corey Knebel | United States | 27 | LCS | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 12.6 | 2.7 |
| 4 | Wade Miley | United States | 32 | LCS | 4 | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1.23 | 0.95 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Jhoulys Chacín | Venezuela | 30 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 12.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1.46 | 1.22 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
| 6 | Jon Lester | United States | 34 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.83 | 13.5 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Tyler Anderson | United States | 29 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Nathan Eovaldi | United States | 28 | World Series | 6 | 2 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1.61 | 0.81 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
| 9 | Dellin Betances | United States | 30 | Division Series | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.69 | 0.75 | 11.8 | 1.7 |
| 10 | Mike Clevinger | United States | 28 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1.80 | 1.20 | 16.2 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Masahiro Tanaka | Japan | 30 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.80 | 0.80 | 7.2 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Rich Hill | United States | 38 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 2.16 | 1.26 | 9.2 | 6.5 |
| 13 | Brandon Woodruff | United States | 25 | LCS | 4 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2.19 | 0.81 | 14.6 | 2.2 |
| 14 | Carlos Carrasco | Venezuela | 31 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.38 | 1.31 | 5.1 | 1.7 |
| 15 | David Price | United States | 33 | World Series | 6 | 5 | 26.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 3.46 | 1.15 | 8.0 | 4.2 |
| 16 | Gerrit Cole | United States | 28 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.46 | 0.85 | 11.8 | 1.4 |
| 17 | Rick Porcello | United States | 30 | World Series | 5 | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3.52 | 1.11 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
| 18 | Dallas Keuchel | United States | 30 | LCS | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3.60 | 1.10 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 19 | Germán Márquez | Venezuela | 23 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.60 | 1.60 | 9.0 | 1.8 |
| 20 | Antonio Senzatela | Venezuela | 23 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 21 | Walker Buehler | United States | 24 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 23.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3.80 | 0.85 | 11.0 | 1.5 |
| 22 | Chris Sale | United States | 29 | World Series | 5 | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 4.11 | 1.24 | 14.1 | 4.7 |
| 23 | Justin Verlander | United States | 35 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 17.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4.15 | 1.10 | 8.8 | 4.2 |
| 24 | Clayton Kershaw | United States | 30 | World Series | 6 | 5 | 30.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 4.20 | 1.07 | 7.8 | 2.1 |
| 25 | Hyun Jin Ryu | South Korea | 31 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.21 | 1.37 | 9.5 | 1.4 |
| 26 | Zack Britton | United States | 31 | Division Series | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5.40 | 1.40 | 7.2 | 3.6 |
| 27 | Mike Foltynewicz | United States | 27 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7.50 | 2.00 | 15.0 | 10.5 |
| 28 | Luis Severino | Dominican Republic | 24 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7.71 | 2.14 | 11.6 | 7.7 |
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 →