highest average game score in a single playoffs

Babe Ruth has the highest average Game Score in a postseason, with 97 per game in the 1916 World Series.

	NAME	GSc	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	97	1916	BSA	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.64	4	1	0	0	14.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	48	0	2.57	1.93	1.33	0.64	8.3	6.3	0.64	.125	0.64	3.86
2	Monte Pearson M. Pearson	90	1939	NYY	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	8	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	8.00	1.00	8.00	0.00	27.6	3.4	0.33	.100	0.00	2.00
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	89	1963	LAD	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	9	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	32	0	9.00	1.00	9.00	0.00	28.1	3.1	0.44	.143	0.00	3.00
4	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	88	1949	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	14	1	1	1	12.1	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	43	0	10.22	2.92	3.50	0.00	32.6	9.3	0.49	.080	0.00	1.46
5	Bill James B. James	88	1914	BSN	2	2	0	1.000	1	0.00	9	1	1	0	11.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	37	0	7.36	4.91	1.50	0.00	24.3	16.2	0.73	.091	0.00	1.64
6	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	87	2020	CIN	1	0	0		1	0.00	12	0	0	0	7.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	0	14.09	0.00		0.00	44.4	0.0	0.26	.143	0.00	2.35
7	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	87	1950	NYY	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	0	5.00	1.00	5.00	0.00	16.7	3.3	0.33	.083	0.00	2.00
8	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	86.5	1983	BAL	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	20	2	1	0	18.0	8	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	66	0	10.00	1.50	6.67	0.00	30.3	4.5	0.61	.195	0.50	4.00
9	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	86	2003	SFG	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	5.00	0.00		0.00	16.1	0.0	0.33	.115	0.00	3.00
10	Mike Scott M. Scott	86	1986	HOU	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	19	2	1	0	18.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	65	0	9.50	0.50	19.00	0.00	29.2	1.5	0.50	.178	0.50	4.00
11	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	85	1997	ATL	2	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	9	1	1	0	12.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	42	0	6.75	0.75	9.00	0.00	21.4	2.4	0.50	.161	0.00	3.75
12	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	84	1973	BAL	1	0	1	.000	1	1.80	11	1	0	0	10.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	37	0	9.90	2.70	3.67	0.90	29.7	8.1	0.70	.136	1.80	3.60
13	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	84	1972	DET	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	14	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	37	0	14.00	3.00	4.67	0.00	37.8	8.1	1.11	.350	0.00	7.00
14	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	84	1905	NYG	3	3	0	1.000	3	0.00	18	3	3	0	27.0	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	94	1	6.00	0.33	18.00	0.00	19.1	1.1	0.52	.176	0.00	4.33
15	Nelson Briles N. Briles	83	1971	PIT	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	2	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	0	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	6.9	6.9	0.44	.080	0.00	2.00
16	Duster Mails D. Mails	83	1920	CLE	2	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	15.2	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	58	0	3.45	3.45	1.00	0.00	10.3	10.3	0.77	.130	0.00	3.45
17	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	83	1915	BSA	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	6	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	6.00	0.00		0.00	19.4	0.0	0.33	.120	1.00	3.00
18	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	83	1908	CHC	2	2	0	1.000	1	0.00	5	1	1	0	11.0	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	40	0	4.09	0.82	5.00	0.00	12.5	2.5	0.64	.182	0.82	4.91
19	Orval Overall O. Overall	82.5	1908	CHC	3	2	0	1.000	2	0.98	15	2	1	0	18.1	7	2	2	0	7	1	0	0	69	1	7.36	3.44	2.14	0.00	21.7	10.1	0.76	.152	0.98	3.44
20	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	82	2016	SFG	1	0	1	.000	1	1.13	10	1	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	27	0	11.25	0.00		1.13	37.0	0.0	0.38	.125	1.13	3.38
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	82	1966	BAL	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	34	1	6.00	3.00	2.00	0.00	17.6	8.8	0.78	.160	0.00	4.00
22	Sherry Smith S. Smith	82	1916	BKN	1	0	1	.000	1	1.35	2	1	0	0	13.1	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	1	51	0	1.35	4.05	0.33	0.00	3.9	11.8	0.98	.163	1.35	4.72
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	81.7	2013	DET	3	1	1	.500	3	0.39	31	0	0	0	23.0	10	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	82	1	12.13	1.17	10.33	0.39	37.8	3.7	0.57	.191	0.39	3.91
24	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	81	1980	HOU	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	10.0	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	39	0	1.80	0.90	2.00	0.00	5.1	2.6	0.70	.171	0.00	5.40
25	Clem Labine C. Labine	81	1956	BKN	2	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	7	1	1	0	12.0	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	47	0	5.25	2.25	2.33	0.00	14.9	6.4	0.92	.216	0.75	6.00

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