All-time and Single-Season World Series Pitching Leaders
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All-time and Single-Season World Series Pitching Leaders
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Madison Bumgarner | .25 | 36.0 IP |
2. | Jack Billingham | .36 | 25.1 IP |
3. | Harry Brecheen | .83 | 32.2 IP |
4. | Claude Osteen | .86 | 21.0 IP |
5. | Babe Ruth | .87 | 31.0 IP |
6. | Sherry Smith | .89 | 30.1 IP |
7. | Sandy Koufax | .95 | 57.0 IP |
8. | Christy Mathewson | .97 | 101.2 IP |
9. | Mariano Rivera | .99 | 36.1 IP |
10. | Hippo Vaughn | 1.00 | 27.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Waite Hoyt • 1921 WS | .00 | 27.0 IP |
Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | .00 | 27.0 IP | |
Carl Hubbell • 1933 WS | .00 | 20.0 IP | |
Whitey Ford • 1960 WS | .00 | 18.0 IP | |
Joe McGinnity • 1905 WS | .00 | 17.0 IP | |
Duster Mails • 1920 WS | .00 | 15.2 IP | |
Rube Benton • 1917 WS | .00 | 14.0 IP | |
Whitey Ford • 1961 WS | .00 | 14.0 IP | |
Jack Billingham • 1972 WS | .00 | 13.2 IP | |
Joe Dobson • 1946 WS | .00 | 12.2 IP | |
Allie Reynolds • 1949 WS | .00 | 12.1 IP | |
Clem Labine • 1956 WS | .00 | 12.0 IP | |
Ray Brown • 1943 NLBWS | .00 | 11.2 IP | |
Mordecai Brown • 1908 WS | .00 | 11.0 IP | |
Bill James • 1914 WS | .00 | 11.0 IP | |
Jack Kramer • 1944 WS | .00 | 11.0 IP | |
Gene Bearden • 1948 WS | .00 | 10.2 IP | |
Don Larsen • 1956 WS | .00 | 10.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Whitey Ford | 10 | 146.0 IP |
2. | Red Ruffing | 7 | 85.2 IP |
Bob Gibson | 7 | 81.0 IP | |
Allie Reynolds | 7 | 77.1 IP | |
5. | Charles Bender | 6 | 85.0 IP |
Waite Hoyt | 6 | 83.2 IP | |
Lefty Gomez | 6 | 50.1 IP | |
8. | Christy Mathewson | 5 | 101.2 IP |
Andy Pettitte | 5 | 77.2 IP | |
Catfish Hunter | 5 | 63.0 IP | |
Vic Raschi | 5 | 60.1 IP | |
Mordecai Brown | 5 | 57.2 IP | |
Herb Pennock | 5 | 55.1 IP | |
Jack Coombs | 5 | 53.1 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Deacon Phillippe • 1903 WS | 3 | 44.0 IP |
Nip Winters • 1924 NLBWS | 3 | 38.2 IP | |
Bill Dinneen • 1903 WS | 3 | 35.0 IP | |
Babe Adams • 1909 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Lew Burdette • 1957 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Jack Coombs • 1910 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Stan Coveleski • 1920 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Red Faber • 1917 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Bob Gibson • 1967 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Mickey Lolich • 1968 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Smoky Joe Wood • 1912 WS | 3 | 22.0 IP | |
Harry Brecheen • 1946 WS | 3 | 20.0 IP | |
Randy Johnson • 2001 WS | 3 | 17.1 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Herb Pennock | 1.000 | 55.1 IP |
Jack Coombs | 1.000 | 53.1 IP | |
Lefty Gomez | 1.000 | 50.1 IP | |
Madison Bumgarner | 1.000 | 36.0 IP | |
Monte Pearson | 1.000 | 35.2 IP | |
6. | Eddie Lopat | .800 | 52.0 IP |
Curt Schilling | .800 | 48.0 IP | |
Nip Winters | .800 | 47.2 IP | |
Tommy Bridges | .800 | 46.0 IP | |
Johnny Podres | .800 | 38.1 IP | |
Jon Lester | .800 | 35.2 IP | |
Ken Holtzman | .800 | 35.1 IP | |
Harry Brecheen | .800 | 32.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Madison Bumgarner | .528 | 36.0 IP |
2. | Jim Lonborg | .667 | 24.0 IP |
3. | Monte Pearson | .729 | 35.2 IP |
4. | Tim Lincecum | .800 | 20.0 IP |
5. | Rube Foster | .810 | 21.0 IP |
6. | Mike Stanton | .814 | 23.1 IP |
7. | Hippo Vaughn | .815 | 27.0 IP |
8. | Sandy Koufax | .825 | 57.0 IP |
9. | Christy Mathewson | .846 | 101.2 IP |
10. | Herb Pennock | .849 | 55.1 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Don Larsen • 1956 WS | .469 | 10.2 IP |
2. | Madison Bumgarner • 2014 WS | .476 | 21.0 IP |
3. | Allie Reynolds • 1949 WS | .486 | 12.1 IP |
4. | Whitey Ford • 1961 WS | .500 | 14.0 IP |
5. | Johnny Sain • 1948 WS | .529 | 17.0 IP |
6. | Joe Dobson • 1946 WS | .553 | 12.2 IP |
7. | Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | .556 | 27.0 IP |
8. | Hugh Casey • 1947 WS | .581 | 10.1 IP |
Derek Holland • 2011 WS | .581 | 10.1 IP | |
Charlie Morton • 2017 WS | .581 | 10.1 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Madison Bumgarner | 3.500 | 36.0 IP |
2. | Monte Pearson | 4.794 | 35.2 IP |
3. | David Cone | 4.854 | 29.2 IP |
4. | Tim Lincecum | 4.950 | 20.0 IP |
5. | Jack Billingham | 4.974 | 25.1 IP |
6. | Sherry Smith | 5.044 | 30.1 IP |
7. | Tommy Byrne | 5.062 | 21.1 IP |
8. | Tom Glavine | 5.091 | 58.1 IP |
9. | Claude Osteen | 5.143 | 21.0 IP |
10. | Jim Lonborg | 5.250 | 24.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Don Larsen • 1956 WS | .844 | 10.2 IP |
2. | Allie Reynolds • 1949 WS | 1.459 | 12.1 IP |
3. | Bill James • 1914 WS | 1.636 | 11.0 IP |
4. | Bill Bevens • 1947 WS | 2.382 | 11.1 IP |
5. | Tom Glavine • 1995 WS | 2.571 | 14.0 IP |
6. | Joe Dobson • 1946 WS | 2.842 | 12.2 IP |
7. | Andy Hawkins • 1984 WS | 3.000 | 12.0 IP |
8. | Bob Turley • 1956 WS | 3.273 | 11.0 IP |
9. | Orval Overall • 1908 WS | 3.436 | 18.1 IP |
10. | Duster Mails • 1920 WS | 3.447 | 15.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Schoolboy Rowe | .391 | 46.0 IP |
2. | Deacon Phillippe | .720 | 50.0 IP |
3. | Rube Curry | .742 | 60.2 IP |
4. | Jim Lonborg | .750 | 24.0 IP |
5. | Mudcat Grant | .783 | 23.0 IP |
6. | Rube Foster | .857 | 21.0 IP |
7. | Christy Mathewson | .885 | 101.2 IP |
8. | Red Faber | 1.000 | 27.0 IP |
9. | Lefty Grove | 1.052 | 51.1 IP |
10. | Scott McGregor | 1.059 | 34.0 IP |
Cy Young | 1.059 | 34.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Carl Mays • 1921 WS | .000 | 26.0 IP |
Schoolboy Rowe • 1934 WS | .000 | 21.1 IP | |
Johnny Sain • 1948 WS | .000 | 17.0 IP | |
Ray Collins • 1912 WS | .000 | 14.1 IP | |
Tommy John • 1981 WS | .000 | 13.0 IP | |
Jack Russell • 1933 WS | .000 | 10.1 IP | |
7. | Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | .333 | 27.0 IP |
8. | Rube Curry • 1926 NLBWS | .422 | 21.1 IP |
9. | Madison Bumgarner • 2014 WS | .429 | 21.0 IP |
Schoolboy Rowe • 1935 WS | .429 | 21.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Orlando Hernández | 11.302 | 28.2 IP |
2. | Josh Beckett | 10.800 | 23.1 IP |
3. | Tim Lincecum | 10.350 | 20.0 IP |
4. | Satchel Paige | 10.333 | 27.0 IP |
5. | Bob Gibson | 10.222 | 81.0 IP |
6. | Tug McGraw | 10.125 | 21.1 IP |
7. | Sandy Koufax | 9.632 | 57.0 IP |
8. | Clayton Kershaw | 9.626 | 38.1 IP |
9. | Hal Newhouser | 9.581 | 20.2 IP |
10. | Justin Verlander | 9.375 | 48.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Blake Snell • 2020 WS | 16.200 | 10.0 IP |
2. | Framber Valdez • 2022 WS | 13.135 | 12.1 IP |
3. | Roger Clemens • 2001 WS | 12.825 | 13.1 IP |
4. | Jason Schmidt • 2002 WS | 12.194 | 10.1 IP |
5. | Jake Arrieta • 2016 WS | 11.912 | 11.1 IP |
6. | Pedro Martinez • 2009 WS | 11.700 | 10.0 IP |
Satchel Paige • 1946 NLBWS | 11.700 | 10.0 IP | |
8. | Bob Gibson • 1968 WS | 11.667 | 27.0 IP |
9. | Don Drysdale • 1965 WS | 11.571 | 11.2 IP |
10. | Sandy Koufax • 1963 WS | 11.500 | 18.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Mariano Rivera | 24 | 36.1 IP |
2. | Whitey Ford | 22 | 146.0 IP |
3. | Mike Stanton | 20 | 23.1 IP |
4. | Rollie Fingers | 16 | 33.1 IP |
Jeff Nelson | 16 | 16.0 IP | |
Ryan Madson | 16 | 13.1 IP | |
7. | Allie Reynolds | 15 | 77.1 IP |
Bob Turley | 15 | 53.2 IP | |
9. | Clay Carroll | 14 | 20.1 IP |
10. | Andy Pettitte | 13 | 77.2 IP |
Clem Labine | 13 | 31.1 IP | |
Mark Wohlers | 13 | 11.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Darold Knowles • 1973 WS | 7 | 6.1 IP |
Brandon Morrow • 2017 WS | 7 | 5.1 IP | |
3. | Rollie Fingers • 1973 WS | 6 | 13.2 IP |
Hugh Casey • 1947 WS | 6 | 10.1 IP | |
Rollie Fingers • 1972 WS | 6 | 10.1 IP | |
Dan Quisenberry • 1980 WS | 6 | 10.1 IP | |
Kenley Jansen • 2017 WS | 6 | 8.2 IP | |
Pedro Borbón • 1972 WS | 6 | 7.0 IP | |
Félix Rodríguez • 2002 WS | 6 | 5.2 IP | |
Tim Worrell • 2002 WS | 6 | 5.2 IP | |
Alexi Ogando • 2011 WS | 6 | 2.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Mariano Rivera | 11 | 36.1 IP |
2. | Rollie Fingers | 6 | 33.1 IP |
3. | Allie Reynolds | 4 | 77.1 IP |
Johnny Murphy | 4 | 16.1 IP | |
Robb Nen | 4 | 7.2 IP | |
John Wetteland | 4 | 4.1 IP | |
7. | Herb Pennock | 3 | 55.1 IP |
Tug McGraw | 3 | 21.1 IP | |
Firpo Marberry | 3 | 12.0 IP | |
Todd Worrell | 3 | 11.2 IP | |
Will McEnaney | 3 | 11.1 IP | |
Roy Face | 3 | 10.1 IP | |
Kent Tekulve | 3 | 9.1 IP | |
Neftalí Feliz | 3 | 6.2 IP | |
Sergio Romo | 3 | 6.0 IP | |
Jonathan Papelbon | 3 | 4.1 IP | |
Troy Percival | 3 | 3.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | |
1. | Whitey Ford | 146.0 |
2. | Christy Mathewson | 101.2 |
3. | Red Ruffing | 85.2 |
4. | Charles Bender | 85.0 |
5. | Waite Hoyt | 83.2 |
6. | Bob Gibson | 81.0 |
7. | Art Nehf | 79.0 |
8. | Andy Pettitte | 77.2 |
9. | Allie Reynolds | 77.1 |
10. | Jim Palmer | 64.2 |
Rank. | Player | |
1. | Deacon Phillippe • 1903 WS | 44.0 |
2. | Nip Winters • 1924 NLBWS | 38.2 |
3. | Luther Farrell • 1927 NLBWS | 38.1 |
4. | Bill Dinneen • 1903 WS | 35.0 |
5. | Cy Young • 1903 WS | 34.0 |
6. | George Mullin • 1909 WS | 32.0 |
7. | Rats Henderson • 1926 NLBWS | 31.1 |
8. | Johnny Wright • 1943 NLBWS | 31.0 |
9. | Christy Mathewson • 1912 WS | 28.2 |
Warren Spahn • 1958 WS | 28.2 |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Whitey Ford | 94 | 146.0 IP |
2. | Bob Gibson | 92 | 81.0 IP |
3. | Allie Reynolds | 62 | 77.1 IP |
4. | Red Ruffing | 61 | 85.2 IP |
Sandy Koufax | 61 | 57.0 IP | |
6. | Charles Bender | 59 | 85.0 IP |
7. | Andy Pettitte | 56 | 77.2 IP |
George Earnshaw | 56 | 62.2 IP | |
9. | John Smoltz | 52 | 51.0 IP |
10. | Justin Verlander | 50 | 48.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Bob Gibson • 1968 WS | 35 | 27.0 IP |
2. | Bob Gibson • 1964 WS | 31 | 27.0 IP |
3. | Sandy Koufax • 1965 WS | 29 | 24.0 IP |
4. | Bill Dinneen • 1903 WS | 28 | 35.0 IP |
5. | Claude Grier • 1926 NLBWS | 26 | 27.2 IP |
Bob Gibson • 1967 WS | 26 | 27.0 IP | |
Curt Schilling • 2001 WS | 26 | 21.1 IP | |
8. | Johnny Wright • 1943 NLBWS | 24 | 31.0 IP |
9. | Sandy Koufax • 1963 WS | 23 | 18.0 IP |
10. | Deacon Phillippe • 1903 WS | 22 | 44.0 IP |
Luther Farrell • 1927 NLBWS | 22 | 38.1 IP | |
Hal Newhouser • 1945 WS | 22 | 20.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Whitey Ford | 22 | 146.0 IP |
2. | Andy Pettitte | 13 | 77.2 IP |
3. | Christy Mathewson | 11 | 101.2 IP |
Waite Hoyt | 11 | 83.2 IP | |
5. | Red Ruffing | 10 | 85.2 IP |
Charles Bender | 10 | 85.0 IP | |
7. | Bob Gibson | 9 | 81.0 IP |
Art Nehf | 9 | 79.0 IP | |
Allie Reynolds | 9 | 77.1 IP | |
Catfish Hunter | 9 | 63.0 IP | |
Justin Verlander | 9 | 48.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Christy Mathewson | 10 | 101.2 IP |
2. | Charles Bender | 9 | 85.0 IP |
3. | Red Ruffing | 8 | 85.2 IP |
Bob Gibson | 8 | 81.0 IP | |
5. | Whitey Ford | 7 | 146.0 IP |
6. | Waite Hoyt | 6 | 83.2 IP |
Art Nehf | 6 | 79.0 IP | |
George Mullin | 6 | 58.0 IP | |
Eddie Plank | 6 | 54.2 IP | |
10. | Allie Reynolds | 5 | 77.1 IP |
George Earnshaw | 5 | 62.2 IP | |
Bullet Joe Bush | 5 | 60.2 IP | |
Mordecai Brown | 5 | 57.2 IP | |
Carl Mays | 5 | 57.1 IP | |
Bill Foster | 5 | 52.1 IP | |
Bill Donovan | 5 | 50.0 IP | |
Walter Johnson | 5 | 50.0 IP | |
Deacon Phillippe | 5 | 50.0 IP | |
Nip Winters | 5 | 47.2 IP | |
Roy Welmaker | 5 | 45.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Deacon Phillippe • 1903 WS | 5 | 44.0 IP |
2. | Nip Winters • 1924 NLBWS | 4 | 38.2 IP |
Luther Farrell • 1927 NLBWS | 4 | 38.1 IP | |
Bill Dinneen • 1903 WS | 4 | 35.0 IP | |
5. | Cy Young • 1903 WS | 3 | 34.0 IP |
George Mullin • 1909 WS | 3 | 32.0 IP | |
Rats Henderson • 1926 NLBWS | 3 | 31.1 IP | |
Christy Mathewson • 1912 WS | 3 | 28.2 IP | |
Bill Foster • 1926 NLBWS | 3 | 28.1 IP | |
Bullet Rogan • 1924 NLBWS | 3 | 28.0 IP | |
Claude Grier • 1926 NLBWS | 3 | 27.2 IP | |
Babe Adams • 1909 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Lew Burdette • 1957 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Jack Coombs • 1910 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Stan Coveleski • 1920 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Bob Gibson • 1967 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Bob Gibson • 1968 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Waite Hoyt • 1921 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Mickey Lolich • 1968 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Hippo Vaughn • 1918 WS | 3 | 27.0 IP | |
Charles Bender • 1911 WS | 3 | 26.0 IP | |
Walter Johnson • 1925 WS | 3 | 26.0 IP | |
Carl Mays • 1921 WS | 3 | 26.0 IP | |
Art Nehf • 1921 WS | 3 | 26.0 IP | |
Bobo Newsom • 1940 WS | 3 | 26.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Christy Mathewson | 4 | 101.2 IP |
2. | Whitey Ford | 3 | 146.0 IP |
Mordecai Brown | 3 | 57.2 IP | |
4. | Bob Gibson | 2 | 81.0 IP |
Art Nehf | 2 | 79.0 IP | |
Allie Reynolds | 2 | 77.1 IP | |
Sandy Koufax | 2 | 57.0 IP | |
Lew Burdette | 2 | 49.1 IP | |
Johnny Wright | 2 | 46.0 IP | |
Bill Hallahan | 2 | 39.2 IP | |
Bill Dinneen | 2 | 35.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Art Nehf | 2.7 | 79.0 IP |
2. | Red Ruffing | 2.5 | 85.2 IP |
3. | Mariano Rivera | 2.4 | 36.1 IP |
4. | Allie Reynolds | 2.4 | 77.1 IP |
5. | Herb Pennock | 2.4 | 55.1 IP |
6. | Madison Bumgarner | 2.1 | 36.0 IP |
7. | Rollie Fingers | 2.1 | 33.1 IP |
8. | Christy Mathewson | 2.1 | 101.2 IP |
9. | Waite Hoyt | 1.9 | 83.2 IP |
10. | Bill Hallahan | 1.8 | 39.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Waite Hoyt • 1921 WS | 1.6 | 27.0 IP |
2. | Christy Mathewson • 1905 WS | 1.4 | 27.0 IP |
3. | Lew Burdette • 1957 WS | 1.3 | 27.0 IP |
4. | Jack Morris • 1991 WS | 1.3 | 23.0 IP |
5. | Stan Coveleski • 1920 WS | 1.3 | 27.0 IP |
6. | Madison Bumgarner • 2014 WS | 1.3 | 21.0 IP |
7. | Herb Pennock • 1926 WS | 1.3 | 22.0 IP |
8. | Carl Hubbell • 1933 WS | 1.2 | 20.0 IP |
9. | Bill Hallahan • 1931 WS | 1.2 | 18.1 IP |
10. | Ralph Terry • 1962 WS | 1.2 | 25.0 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Madison Bumgarner | 121.8 | 36.0 IP |
2. | Rollie Fingers | 110.1 | 33.1 IP |
3. | Jack Morris | 102.0 | 51.2 IP |
4. | Art Nehf | 101.5 | 79.0 IP |
5. | Allie Reynolds | 84.5 | 77.1 IP |
6. | Herb Pennock | 83.8 | 55.1 IP |
7. | Sandy Koufax | 83.0 | 57.0 IP |
8. | Johnny Podres | 77.9 | 38.1 IP |
9. | Steve Blass | 73.3 | 18.0 IP |
10. | Red Ruffing | 73.0 | 85.2 IP |
Rank. | Player | ||
1. | Ralph Terry • 1962 WS | 99.7 | 25.0 IP |
2. | Jack Morris • 1991 WS | 92.3 | 23.0 IP |
3. | Madison Bumgarner • 2014 WS | 92.0 | 21.0 IP |
4. | Grover Alexander • 1926 WS | 76.6 | 20.1 IP |
5. | Steve Blass • 1971 WS | 73.3 | 18.0 IP |
6. | Lew Burdette • 1957 WS | 72.6 | 27.0 IP |
7. | Sandy Koufax • 1965 WS | 70.5 | 24.0 IP |
8. | Johnny Podres • 1955 WS | 67.3 | 18.0 IP |
9. | Waite Hoyt • 1921 WS | 59.9 | 27.0 IP |
10. | Herb Pennock • 1926 WS | 57.2 | 22.0 IP |
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