2019 postseason · rankings
2019 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 | Walker Buehler | United States | 25 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0.71 | 0.87 | 10.7 | 4.3 |
| 2 | Charlie Morton | United States | 36 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0.90 | 1.30 | 11.7 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Michael Soroka | Canada | 22 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.29 | 0.29 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Miles Mikolas | United States | 31 | LCS | 3 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 6.8 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Adam Wainwright | United States | 38 | LCS | 3 | 2 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1.62 | 0.96 | 10.3 | 1.6 |
| 6 | Gerrit Cole | United States | 29 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 36.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 1.72 | 0.87 | 11.5 | 2.7 |
| 7 | Stephen Strasburg | United States | 31 | World Series | 6 | 5 | 36.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 1.98 | 0.94 | 11.6 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Masahiro Tanaka | Japan | 31 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.25 | 0.75 | 6.8 | 2.3 |
| 9 | Max Scherzer | United States | 35 | World Series | 6 | 5 | 30.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 2.40 | 1.20 | 11.1 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Aníbal Sánchez | Venezuela | 35 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2.50 | 1.06 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
| 11 | James Paxton | Canada | 31 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3.46 | 1.54 | 13.8 | 4.8 |
| 12 | Hyun Jin Ryu | South Korea | 32 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.20 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 13 | Jake Odorizzi | United States | 29 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Jack Flaherty | United States | 24 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4.24 | 1.24 | 11.6 | 2.1 |
| 15 | Justin Verlander | United States | 36 | World Series | 6 | 6 | 35.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 4.33 | 1.25 | 9.7 | 3.6 |
| 16 | Dallas Keuchel | United States | 31 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 1.63 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 17 | Zack Greinke | United States | 36 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 4.68 | 1.36 | 9.0 | 3.6 |
| 18 | Patrick Corbin | United States | 30 | World Series | 8 | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 5.79 | 1.41 | 13.9 | 4.6 |
| 19 | Clayton Kershaw | United States | 31 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7.11 | 1.42 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
| 20 | Mike Foltynewicz | United States | 28 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7.36 | 1.23 | 8.6 | 3.7 |
| 21 | Tyler Glasnow | United States | 26 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7.71 | 1.71 | 10.3 | 3.9 |
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 →