Mariano Rivera, Whitey Ford and Don Larsen are tied for the lowest ERA by a World Series MVP in a World Series, with an ERA of 0.00.
Interpreted as:
lowest era from a world series mvp in a season by a player| NAME | ERA | WSMVP | SEASON | SERIES | TM | G | W | L | W% | GS | 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 |  | M. Rivera | 0.00 | 1 | 1999 | World Series | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.79 | 1.93 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 17.6 | 5.9 | 0.86 | .231 | 0.00 | 5.79 | |
| 2 |  | W. Ford | 0.00 | 1 | 1961 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4.50 | 0.64 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 14.3 | 2.0 | 0.50 | .150 | 0.00 | 3.86 | |
| 3 | | D. Larsen | 0.00 | 1 | 1956 | World Series | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5.91 | 3.38 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 18.9 | 10.8 | 0.47 | .038 | 3.38 | 0.84 | |
| 4 |  | S. Koufax | 0.38 | 1 | 1965 | World Series | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 10.88 | 1.88 | 5.80 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 5.7 | 0.75 | .245 | 0.75 | 4.88 | |
| 5 |  | M. Bumgarner | 0.43 | 1 | 2014 | World Series | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 7.29 | 0.43 | 17.00 | 0.43 | 23.0 | 1.4 | 0.48 | .148 | 0.43 | 3.86 | |
| 6 | | B. Saberhagen | 0.50 | 1 | 1985 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 5.00 | 0.50 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 15.4 | 1.5 | 0.67 | .204 | 0.50 | 5.50 | |
| 7 | | J. Rijo | 0.59 | 1 | 1990 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 8.22 | 2.93 | 2.80 | 0.00 | 23.7 | 8.5 | 0.91 | .225 | 0.59 | 5.28 | |
| 8 | | L. Burdette | 0.67 | 1 | 1957 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 4.33 | 1.33 | 3.25 | 0.33 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 0.93 | .233 | 0.67 | 7.00 | |
| 9 | | L. Sherry | 0.71 | 1 | 1959 | World Series | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 3.55 | 1.42 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 10.6 | 4.3 | 0.79 | .205 | 0.71 | 5.68 | |
| 10 | | O. Hershiser | 1.00 | 1 | 1988 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 8.50 | 3.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 25.8 | 9.1 | 0.72 | .163 | 1.00 | 3.50 | |
| 11 |  | B. Gibson | 1.00 | 1 | 1967 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 8.67 | 1.67 | 5.20 | 0.33 | 26.5 | 5.1 | 0.70 | .197 | 1.00 | 4.67 | |
| 12 | | J. Podres | 1.00 | 1 | 1955 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 0.50 | 14.3 | 5.7 | 1.06 | .255 | 1.50 | 7.50 | |
| 13 |  | Y. Yamamoto | 1.02 | 1 | 2025 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 7.64 | 1.02 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 23.1 | 3.1 | 0.68 | .217 | 1.02 | 5.09 | |
| 14 |  | R. Johnson | 1.04 | 1 | 2001 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 9.87 | 1.56 | 6.33 | 0.00 | 30.2 | 4.8 | 0.69 | .220 | 1.04 | 4.67 | |
| 15 | | J. Beckett | 1.10 | 1 | 2003 | World Series | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 10.47 | 2.76 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 31.1 | 8.2 | 0.80 | .222 | 1.10 | 4.41 | |
| 16 |  | J. Morris | 1.17 | 1 | 1991 | World Series | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 5.87 | 3.52 | 1.67 | 0.39 | 16.3 | 9.8 | 1.17 | .254 | 1.17 | 7.04 | |
| 17 | | T. Glavine | 1.29 | 1 | 1995 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 7.07 | 3.86 | 1.83 | 0.64 | 21.2 | 11.5 | 0.71 | .088 | 1.29 | 2.57 | |
| 18 | | S. Koufax | 1.50 | 1 | 1963 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 11.50 | 1.50 | 7.67 | 1.00 | 33.3 | 4.3 | 0.83 | .244 | 1.50 | 6.00 | |
| 19 | | M. Lolich | 1.67 | 1 | 1968 | World Series | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 0.67 | 20.2 | 5.8 | 0.96 | .243 | 1.67 | 6.67 | |
| 20 | | C. Schilling | 1.69 | 1 | 2001 | World Series | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 10.97 | 0.84 | 13.00 | 0.84 | 33.8 | 2.6 | 0.66 | .217 | 1.69 | 5.06 | |
| 21 | | D. Stewart | 1.69 | 1 | 1989 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 7.88 | 1.13 | 7.00 | 0.56 | 23.0 | 3.3 | 0.75 | .205 | 1.69 | 5.63 | |
| 22 | | R. Terry | 1.80 | 1 | 1962 | World Series | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 5.76 | 0.72 | 8.00 | 0.72 | 17.0 | 2.1 | 0.76 | .205 | 1.80 | 6.12 | |
| 23 | | R. Fingers | 1.93 | 1 | 1974 | World Series | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.79 | 1.93 | 3.00 | 1.93 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 1.07 | .240 | 1.93 | 7.71 | |
| 24 | | J. Wetteland | 2.08 | 1 | 1996 | World Series | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 12.46 | 2.08 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 31.6 | 5.3 | 1.15 | .333 | 2.08 | 8.31 | ||
| 25 |  | S. Strasburg | 2.51 | 1 | 2019 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 8.79 | 1.88 | 4.67 | 1.26 | 24.1 | 5.2 | 1.05 | .256 | 2.51 | 7.53 | |
NYY
LAD
SFG
KCR
CIN
MIL
STL
BKN
ARI
FLA
MIN
ATL
DET
OAK
WSHStatMuse has game-level data for ERA and World Series MVP awards going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
More MLB News
Scott pitches into 7th, helps Mets past Nats for sweep
Ben Rice hits tiebreaking homer in 10th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-3 to avoid three-game sweep
Murakami hits go-ahead 7th-inning homer as White Sox sweep Tigers with 7-5 win
Olson's 3-run homer backs 6 strong innings from Elder as Braves avoid a sweep, beating Arizona 5-3
Dansby Swanson leaves the Cubs' game against the Cardinals after hurting himself on a swing
Dodgers put Justin Wrobleski on 15-day injured list with left forearm irritation
More Yankees Stats
Team Batting Leaders 
HR
33
Rice
RBI
78
Rice
AVG
.259
Bellinger
Team Pitching Leaders 
W
10
Schlittler
K
189
Schlittler
ERA
1.59
Headrick
Team Rankings
HR
171
2nd
R
551
16th
SO
1,113
7th
ERA
3.26
1st
Rays
Red Sox
Orioles
Blue Jays
MLB 2026 Batting Leaders
MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders
MLB Fantasy 2026
MLB 2026 Betting
MLB 2026 Standings
| NL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | 50 | .597 | ||
67 | 58 | .536 | 7.5 | |
64 | 61 | .512 | 10.5 | |
60 | 66 | .476 | 15.0 | |
56 | 69 | .448 | 18.5 | |
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
76 | 48 | .613 | ||
72 | 52 | .581 | 4.0 | |
62 | 61 | .504 | 13.5 | |
60 | 65 | .480 | 16.5 | |
59 | 64 | .480 | 16.5 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
74 | 50 | .597 | ||
66 | 58 | .532 | 8.0 | |
66 | 59 | .528 | 8.5 | |
51 | 72 | .415 | 22.5 | |
49 | 74 | .398 | 24.5 |
Phillies
Marlins
Mets
Brewers
Cubs
Pirates
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies| AL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | 49 | .602 | ||
69 | 55 | .556 | 5.5 | |
66 | 57 | .537 | 8.0 | |
61 | 63 | .492 | 13.5 | |
61 | 65 | .484 | 14.5 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
65 | 58 | .528 | ||
60 | 64 | .484 | 5.5 | |
60 | 64 | .484 | 5.5 | |
60 | 65 | .480 | 6.0 | |
50 | 74 | .403 | 15.5 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
63 | 61 | .508 | ||
61 | 63 | .492 | 2.0 | |
58 | 66 | .468 | 5.0 | |
49 | 75 | .395 | 14.0 | |
48 | 75 | .390 | 14.5 |
White Sox
Guardians
Twins
Astros
Rangers
Mariners
Angels