mlb pitcher most strikeouts in the world series 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Jon Lester and Madison Bumgarner were tied for fanning the most hitters in the World Series, with 31 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SERIES	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Jon Lester J. Lester	31	World Series	5	3	1	.750	4	2.10	0	0	0	30.0	22	7	8	3	5	1	0	0	114	1	9.30	1.50	6.20	0.90	27.2	4.4	0.90	.257	2.40	6.60
2	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	31	World Series	5	4	0	1.000	4	0.25	1	1	1	36.0	14	1	1	1	5	2	1	0	124	0	7.75	1.25	6.20	0.25	25.0	4.0	0.53	.153	0.25	3.50
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	27	World Series	5	1	2	.333	4	5.40	0	0	0	26.2	23	16	16	5	8	0	0	3	107	1	9.11	2.70	3.38	1.69	25.2	7.5	1.16	.269	5.40	7.76
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	27	World Series	5	0	4	.000	5	5.67	0	0	0	27.0	23	17	17	7	9	1	0	0	112	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	2.33	24.1	8.0	1.19	.235	5.67	7.67
5	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	23	World Series	5	2	0	1.000	2	2.25	0	0	0	20.0	11	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	77	0	10.35	2.25	4.60	0.45	29.9	6.5	0.80	.208	2.25	4.95
6	Rich Hill R. Hill	19	World Series	3	0	0		3	1.80	0	0	0	15.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	0	2	61	0	11.40	4.20	2.71	0.60	31.1	11.5	1.00	.212	1.80	4.80
7	Wade Davis W. Davis	18	World Series	7	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1	9.0	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	32	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	56.3	0.0	0.67	.429	1.00	6.00
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	18	World Series	3	1	0	1.000	3	3.86	0	0	0	16.1	19	7	7	2	8	0	0	0	75	1	9.92	4.41	2.25	1.10	24.0	10.7	1.65	.362	3.86	10.47
9	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	16	World Series	6	1	0	1.000	1	1.59	0	0	0	11.1	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	43	0	12.71	2.38	5.33	0.00	37.2	7.0	0.79	.250	1.59	4.76
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	16	World Series	4	1	2	.333	3	2.84	0	0	0	19.0	18	6	7	1	4	0	0	1	80	3	7.58	1.89	4.00	0.47	20.0	5.0	1.16	.288	3.32	8.53
11	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	15	World Series	2	1	1	.500	2	3.86	0	0	0	14.0	11	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	54	0	9.64	1.93	5.00	1.93	27.8	5.6	1.00	.242	3.86	7.07
12	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	15	World Series	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.38	0	0	0	11.1	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	0	46	1	11.91	4.76	2.50	0.79	32.6	13.0	0.97	.174	2.38	3.97
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	15	World Series	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.81	0	0	0	16.0	15	5	5	2	1	2	0	0	64	0	8.44	0.56	15.00	1.13	23.4	1.6	1.00	.295	2.81	8.44
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	14	World Series	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.51	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
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	14	World Series	2	0	2	.000	2	4.50	0	0	0	12.0	14	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	52	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	0.00	26.9	3.8	1.33	.389	6.00	10.50
16	Colby Lewis C. Lewis	14	World Series	3	1	0	1.000	3	2.29	0	0	0	19.2	12	5	7	3	7	1	0	0	80	0	6.41	3.20	2.00	1.37	17.5	8.8	0.97	.164	3.20	5.49
17	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	13	World Series	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.84	0	0	0	19.0	17	6	6	3	5	1	0	0	78	0	6.16	2.37	2.60	1.42	16.7	6.4	1.16	.250	2.84	8.05
18	C.J. Wilson	13	World Series	4	0	2	.000	3	2.95	0	0	0	18.1	11	6	7	1	13	2	0	4	78	2	6.38	6.38	1.00	0.49	16.7	16.7	1.31	.204	3.44	5.40
19	Cliff Lee C. Lee	13	World Series	2	0	2	.000	2	6.94	0	0	0	11.2	14	9	10	1	1	1	0	0	51	0	10.03	0.77	13.00	0.77	25.5	2.0	1.29	.371	7.71	10.80
20	Brad Peacock B. Peacock	12	World Series	7	0	0		0	2.61	0	0	1	10.1	5	3	3	0	6	1	1	0	44	1	10.45	5.23	2.00	0.00	27.3	13.6	1.06	.200	2.61	4.35
21	Cody Allen C. Allen	12	World Series	4	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1	6.0	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	24	0	18.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	50.0	8.3	0.83	.333	0.00	4.50
22	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	12	World Series	7	1	0	1.000	0	1.54	0	0	0	11.2	10	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	49	0	9.26	4.63	2.00	0.00	24.5	12.2	1.37	.323	2.31	7.71
23	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	12	World Series	2	0	2	.000	2	4.38	0	0	0	12.1	16	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	55	1	8.76	1.46	6.00	0.73	21.8	3.6	1.46	.375	4.38	11.68
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	11	World Series	2	1	0	1.000	1	1.74	0	0	0	10.1	5	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	37	0	9.58	0.87	11.00	0.00	29.7	2.7	0.58	.208	1.74	4.35
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	11	World Series	9	0	1	.000	0	3.55	0	0	2	12.2	8	5	5	4	3	1	5	0	49	0	7.82	2.13	3.67	2.84	22.4	6.1	0.87	.133	3.55	5.68

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