2021 postseason · rankings
2021 MLB Postseason Pitching Leaders
16 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 | Corbin Burnes | United States | 27 | Division Series | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 9.0 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Logan Webb | United States | 25 | Division Series | 2 | 2 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0.61 | 0.68 | 10.4 | 0.6 |
| 3 | Ian Anderson | United States | 23 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1.59 | 0.94 | 8.5 | 3.7 |
| 4 | Adam Wainwright | United States | 40 | Wild Card | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1.69 | 1.13 | 8.4 | 3.4 |
| 5 | Max Scherzer | United States | 37 | LCS | 4 | 3 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 2.16 | 0.90 | 12.4 | 2.7 |
| 6 | Nick Pivetta | Canada | 28 | LCS | 3 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2.63 | 1.02 | 9.2 | 3.3 |
| 7 | Charlie Morton | United States | 38 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 3.24 | 1.26 | 11.9 | 5.4 |
| 8 | Brandon Woodruff | United States | 28 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.68 | 0.95 | 9.8 | 1.2 |
| 9 | Max Fried | United States | 27 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 27.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 4.23 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Nathan Eovaldi | United States | 31 | LCS | 5 | 4 | 20.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 4.79 | 1.16 | 10.9 | 2.2 |
| 11 | Walker Buehler | United States | 27 | LCS | 4 | 4 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4.91 | 1.69 | 8.8 | 4.4 |
| 12 | Eduardo Rodriguez | Venezuela | 28 | LCS | 3 | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4.97 | 0.95 | 9.9 | 1.4 |
| 13 | Julio Urías | Mexico | 25 | LCS | 4 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 1.8 |
| 14 | Kevin Gausman | United States | 30 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6.00 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 4.5 |
| 15 | Framber Valdez | Dominican Republic | 28 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7.78 | 1.83 | 7.3 | 3.7 |
| 16 | Shane McClanahan | United States | 24 | Division Series | 2 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.94 | 1.94 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
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 →