Whitey Ford has the most career starts in the World Series, with 22 starts.

Interpreted as:

longest gap between world series starts by a player

	NAME	GS	SERIES	G	W	L	W%	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	Whitey Ford W. Ford	22	World Series	22	10	8	.556	2.71	94	7	3	0	146.0	132	44	51	8	34	3	0	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
2	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	13	World Series	13	5	4	.556	4.06	56	0	0	0	77.2	83	35	39	5	26	2	0	3	334	2	6.49	3.01	2.15	0.58	16.8	7.8	1.40	.318	4.52	9.62
3	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	11	World Series	12	6	4	.600	1.83	49	6	1	0	83.2	81	17	28	2	22	1	1	0	345	0	5.27	2.37	2.23	0.22	14.2	6.4	1.23	.292	3.01	8.71
4	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	11	World Series	11	5	5	.500	0.97	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
5	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	10	World Series	10	7	2	.778	2.63	61	8	0	0	85.2	74	25	32	4	27	0	0	2	352	0	6.41	2.84	2.26	0.42	17.3	7.7	1.18	.269	3.36	7.77
6	Chief Bender C. Bender	10	World Series	10	6	4	.600	2.44	59	9	1	0	85.0	65	23	28	1	21	2	0	0	331	1	6.25	2.22	2.81	0.11	17.8	6.3	1.01	.258	2.96	6.88
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9	World Series	9	1	6	.143	5.63	50	0	0	0	48.0	45	30	33	10	20	1	0	0	208	2	9.38	3.75	2.50	1.88	24.0	9.6	1.35	.276	6.19	8.44
8	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	9	World Series	12	5	3	.625	3.29	33	1	0	1	63.0	57	23	24	9	17	0	2	4	262	2	4.71	2.43	1.94	1.29	12.6	6.5	1.17	.236	3.43	8.14
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	9	World Series	9	7	2	.778	1.89	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
10	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	9	World Series	15	7	2	.778	2.79	62	5	2	4	77.1	61	24	25	8	32	1	5	1	309	1	7.22	3.72	1.94	0.93	20.1	10.4	1.20	.257	2.91	7.10
11	Art Nehf A. Nehf	9	World Series	12	4	4	.500	2.16	28	6	2	0	79.0	50	19	23	2	32	1	1	2	310	2	3.19	3.65	0.88	0.23	9.0	10.3	1.04	.194	2.62	5.70
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	8	World Series	8	2	2	.500	2.47	52	0	0	0	51.0	44	14	16	1	21	1	0	1	215	2	9.18	3.71	2.48	0.18	24.2	9.8	1.27	.307	2.82	7.76
13	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	8	World Series	8	4	3	.571	2.16	38	3	0	0	58.1	33	14	18	8	20	0	0	0	223	1	5.86	3.09	1.90	1.23	17.0	9.0	0.91	.159	2.78	5.09
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	8	World Series	8	3	0	1.000	2.37	49	0	0	0	49.1	37	13	14	2	12	2	0	0	197	1	8.94	2.19	4.08	0.36	24.9	6.1	0.99	.265	2.55	6.75
15	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	8	World Series	10	2	4	.333	3.32	33	2	1	0	57.0	43	21	25	5	23	2	2	1	237	2	5.21	3.63	1.43	0.79	13.9	9.7	1.16	.218	3.95	6.79
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	8	World Series	8	2	3	.400	5.26	31	1	0	0	51.1	55	30	32	7	9	2	0	0	217	2	5.44	1.58	3.44	1.23	14.3	4.1	1.25	.286	5.61	9.64
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	8	World Series	9	4	2	.667	3.20	44	1	1	0	64.2	55	23	23	5	31	1	0	2	279	4	6.12	4.31	1.42	0.70	15.8	11.1	1.33	.253	3.20	7.65
18	Bob Turley B. Turley	8	World Series	15	4	3	.571	3.19	46	3	1	1	53.2	43	19	20	6	29	2	6	3	231	1	7.71	4.86	1.59	1.01	19.9	12.6	1.34	.250	3.35	7.21
19	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	8	World Series	11	5	3	.625	2.24	43	3	1	0	60.1	52	15	21	5	25	1	0	1	254	0	6.41	3.73	1.72	0.75	16.9	9.8	1.28	.261	3.13	7.76
20	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	8	World Series	8	4	3	.571	1.58	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
21	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	8	World Series	11	2	5	.286	3.07	35	2	0	0	58.2	52	20	28	4	15	0	2	1	242	2	5.37	2.30	2.33	0.61	14.5	6.2	1.14	.255	4.30	7.98
22	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	7	World Series	7	4	1	.800	2.06	43	1	1	0	48.0	33	11	13	4	10	2	0	0	184	1	8.06	1.88	4.30	0.75	23.4	5.4	0.90	.232	2.44	6.19
23	Jack Morris J. Morris	7	World Series	7	4	2	.667	2.96	40	3	1	0	51.2	44	17	17	5	18	0	0	2	209	4	6.97	3.14	2.22	0.87	19.1	8.6	1.20	.267	2.96	7.66
24	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	7	World Series	8	4	1	.800	2.55	20	0	0	0	35.1	37	10	11	1	12	0	0	1	151	1	5.09	3.06	1.67	0.25	13.2	7.9	1.39	.305	2.80	9.42
25	Don Gullett D. Gullett	7	World Series	10	2	2	.500	3.61	37	0	0	0	52.1	47	21	23	2	26	2	2	3	224	1	6.36	4.47	1.42	0.34	16.5	11.6	1.39	.287	3.96	8.08