33 pitchers are tied for the fewest starts in a start that they have started in a World Series game, with 1 start. The first three are Max Scherzer on November 1, on October 27 and on October 30, 2023, Shohei Ohtani on November 1 and on October 28 and Kevin Gausman on October 31 and on October 25.
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fewest career starts before starting by a player a game in the world series| NAME | GS | DATE | SEASON | SERIES | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 1 | 11/1/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | 2.08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2 |  | S. Ohtani | 1 | 11/1/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 3 |  | K. Gausman | 1 | 10/31/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | L | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | Y. Yamamoto | 1 | 10/31/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | W | 1.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | B. Snell | 1 | 10/29/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | L | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 6 |  | T. Yesavage | 1 | 10/29/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | W | 1.29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | S. Ohtani | 1 | 10/28/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | L | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | S. Bieber | 1 | 10/28/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | W | 1.69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | T. Glasnow | 1 | 10/27/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | M. Scherzer | 1 | 10/27/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | 6.23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | K. Gausman | 1 | 10/25/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | L | 4.05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | Y. Yamamoto | 1 | 10/25/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | W | 1.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | B. Snell | 1 | 10/24/2025 | 2025 | World Series | @ | L | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | T. Yesavage | 1 | 10/24/2025 | 2025 | World Series | vs | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 15 |  | G. Cole | 1 | 10/30/2024 | 2024 | World Series | vs | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 16 |  | J. Flaherty | 1 | 10/30/2024 | 2024 | World Series | @ | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 17 |  | L. Gil | 1 | 10/29/2024 | 2024 | World Series | vs | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | B. Casparius | 1 | 10/29/2024 | 2024 | World Series | @ | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 19 |  | W. Buehler | 1 | 10/28/2024 | 2024 | World Series | @ | W | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | C. Schmidt | 1 | 10/28/2024 | 2024 | World Series | vs | L | 10.13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | C. Rodón | 1 | 10/26/2024 | 2024 | World Series | @ | L | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | Y. Yamamoto | 1 | 10/26/2024 | 2024 | World Series | vs | W | 1.42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | G. Cole | 1 | 10/25/2024 | 2024 | World Series | @ | 1.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | J. Flaherty | 1 | 10/25/2024 | 2024 | World Series | vs | 3.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 25 |  | N. Eovaldi | 1 | 11/1/2023 | 2023 | World Series | @ | W | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
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