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Career starts in the playoffs with ten or more strikeouts, and one or zero walks:
| 5 | Cliff Lee |
| 2 | Bob Gibson |
| 2 | Josh Beckett |
| 2 | Randy Johnson |
| 2 | Tom Seaver |
| 1 | David Wells |
| 1 | Deacon Phillippe |
| 1 | Denny Galehouse |
| 1 | Don Newcombe |
| 1 | Dwight Gooden |
| 1 | Ed Walsh |
| 1 | Hal Newhouser |
| 1 | Howard Ehmke |
| 1 | Jack Sanford |
| 1 | John Smoltz |
| 1 | Jonathan Sanchez |
| 1 | Mike Scott |
| 1 | Nolan Ryan |
| 1 | Pete Alexander |
| 1 | Roger Clemens |
| 1 | Sandy Koufax |
| 1 | Sterling Hitchcock |
| 1 | Tim Lincecum |
| 1 | Walter Johnson |
Cliff Lee has made eight starts in the playoffs.