Madison Bumgarner has the best career ERA by a starting pitcher in the World Series when starting 4+ games, with an ERA of 0.29.
| NAME | ERA | GS | SERIES | G | W | L | W% | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | M. Bumgarner | 0.29 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 7.84 | 1.45 | 5.40 | 0.29 | 25.2 | 4.7 | 0.55 | .153 | 0.29 | 3.48 |
| 2 |  | C. Mathewson | 0.97 | 11 | World Series | 11 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 101.2 | 75 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 391 | 1 | 4.25 | 0.89 | 4.80 | 0.09 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0.84 | .224 | 1.95 | 6.64 |
| 3 |  | S. Koufax | 0.98 | 7 | World Series | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 0 | 9.82 | 1.80 | 5.45 | 0.33 | 29.0 | 5.3 | 0.85 | .254 | 1.64 | 5.89 |
| 4 | | M. Pearson | 1.01 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35.2 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 7.07 | 1.77 | 4.00 | 0.25 | 21.1 | 5.3 | 0.73 | .186 | 1.26 | 4.79 |
| 5 | | S. Chandler | 1.16 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 4.35 | 1.74 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 12.6 | 5.0 | 0.97 | .245 | 1.74 | 6.97 |
| 6 | | E. Plank | 1.17 | 6 | World Series | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 211 | 1 | 5.33 | 1.83 | 2.91 | 0.00 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 0.87 | .220 | 1.67 | 6.00 |
| 7 | | B. Hallahan | 1.21 | 5 | World Series | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 37.1 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 1 | 6.27 | 4.82 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 1.26 | .239 | 1.21 | 6.51 |
| 8 | | G. Mullin | 1.38 | 6 | World Series | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 40 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 0 | 6.06 | 2.08 | 2.92 | 0.17 | 16.9 | 5.8 | 1.00 | .250 | 2.77 | 6.92 |
| 9 | | O. Overall | 1.38 | 5 | World Series | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 1 | 6.23 | 2.54 | 2.45 | 0.00 | 17.8 | 7.2 | 0.97 | .237 | 1.85 | 6.23 |
| 10 | | G. Earnshaw | 1.58 | 8 | World Series | 8 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 62.2 | 39 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 1 | 8.04 | 2.44 | 3.29 | 0.29 | 22.9 | 6.9 | 0.89 | .218 | 2.01 | 5.60 |
| 11 |  | J. Lester | 1.65 | 5 | World Series | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 8.27 | 1.93 | 4.29 | 0.83 | 24.2 | 5.6 | 0.89 | .229 | 1.65 | 6.06 |
| 12 | | R. Guidry | 1.69 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 7.31 | 3.94 | 1.86 | 1.13 | 20.8 | 11.2 | 1.06 | .198 | 1.69 | 5.63 |
| 13 | | S. Coveleski | 1.74 | 5 | World Series | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41.1 | 31 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 2.40 | 1.52 | 1.57 | 0.44 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 0.92 | .204 | 1.96 | 6.75 |
| 14 | | J. Haines | 1.76 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30.2 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 2.93 | 4.40 | 0.67 | 0.88 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 1.24 | .204 | 2.64 | 6.75 |
| 15 | | C. Hubbell | 1.79 | 6 | World Series | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 40 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 1 | 5.72 | 2.15 | 2.67 | 0.54 | 15.7 | 5.9 | 1.03 | .237 | 3.22 | 7.15 |
| 16 | | E. Shore | 1.82 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 3.89 | 3.12 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 1.04 | .220 | 2.60 | 6.23 |
| 17 | | W. Hoyt | 1.85 | 11 | World Series | 11 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 82.2 | 81 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 0 | 5.12 | 2.40 | 2.14 | 0.22 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 1.25 | .293 | 3.05 | 8.82 |
| 18 |  | B. Gibson | 1.89 | 9 | World Series | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 92 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 55 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 312 | 2 | 10.22 | 1.89 | 5.41 | 0.67 | 29.5 | 5.4 | 0.89 | .251 | 2.11 | 6.11 |
| 19 | | L. Tyler | 1.91 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 0 | 2.18 | 3.82 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 1.09 | .198 | 2.45 | 6.00 |
| 20 |  | S. Carlton | 1.95 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 3 | 9.43 | 4.55 | 2.07 | 0.33 | 25.2 | 12.2 | 1.30 | .296 | 2.93 | 7.16 |
| 21 | | A. Nehf | 1.98 | 9 | World Series | 9 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 77.1 | 48 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 301 | 2 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 0.90 | 0.12 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 1.02 | .196 | 2.44 | 5.59 |
| 22 | | C. Carpenter | 2.00 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1 | 6.33 | 1.67 | 3.80 | 1.00 | 18.3 | 4.8 | 0.93 | .224 | 2.00 | 6.67 |
| 23 | | H. Pennock | 2.05 | 5 | World Series | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.02 | 3.20 | 0.41 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 0.82 | .204 | 2.05 | 6.34 |
| 24 | | M. Lanier | 2.05 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 7.86 | 3.08 | 2.56 | 0.34 | 21.3 | 8.3 | 1.06 | .240 | 2.73 | 6.49 |
| 25 | | B. Dinneen | 2.06 | 4 | World Series | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 7.20 | 2.06 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 20.9 | 6.0 | 1.06 | .296 | 2.06 | 7.46 |
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