Whitey Ford has the most career starts in the World Series, with 8 starts.

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most game 1 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	8	World Series	8	4	3	.571	3.90	36	3	1	0	55.1	54	24	26	6	17	0	0	1	235	1	5.86	2.77	2.12	0.98	15.3	7.2	1.28	.273	4.23	8.78
2	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	6	World Series	6	5	1	.833	2.39	37	5	0	0	52.2	43	14	20	1	20	0	0	2	214	0	6.32	3.42	1.85	0.17	17.3	9.3	1.20	.269	3.42	7.35
3	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	4	World Series	4	1	2	.333	3.95	20	1	1	0	27.1	22	12	12	6	16	1	0	0	118	1	6.59	5.27	1.25	1.98	16.9	13.6	1.39	.213	3.95	7.24
4	Chief Bender C. Bender	4	World Series	4	2	2	.500	2.87	26	3	0	0	31.1	27	10	13	0	8	1	0	0	124	0	7.47	2.30	3.25	0.00	21.0	6.5	1.12	.303	3.73	7.76
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3	World Series	3	2	1	.667	3.71	24	0	0	0	17.0	12	7	7	2	4	0	0	1	65	0	12.71	2.12	6.00	1.06	36.9	6.2	0.94	.286	3.71	6.35
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3	World Series	3	0	2	.000	10.29	17	0	0	0	14.0	18	16	17	4	5	0	0	0	65	0	10.93	3.21	3.40	2.57	26.2	7.7	1.64	.359	10.93	11.57
7	Jack Morris J. Morris	3	World Series	3	2	1	.667	2.86	19	1	0	0	22.0	17	7	7	1	12	0	0	0	91	1	7.77	4.91	1.58	0.41	20.9	13.2	1.32	.271	2.86	6.95
8	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	3	World Series	4	1	1	.500	2.45	14	1	1	0	22.0	14	6	7	2	8	1	1	0	87	1	5.73	3.27	1.75	0.82	16.1	9.2	1.00	.194	2.86	5.73
9	Don Gullett D. Gullett	3	World Series	3	1	1	.500	3.32	13	0	0	0	21.2	20	8	8	0	13	2	0	1	94	0	5.40	5.40	1.00	0.00	13.8	13.8	1.52	.303	3.32	8.31
10	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	3	World Series	3	2	0	1.000	1.88	8	0	0	0	14.1	16	3	4	0	8	0	0	1	64	0	5.02	5.02	1.00	0.00	12.5	12.5	1.67	.333	2.51	10.05
11	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	3	World Series	3	2	1	.667	1.93	21	2	0	0	23.1	18	5	10	1	6	1	0	1	95	0	8.10	2.31	3.50	0.39	22.1	6.3	1.03	.258	3.86	6.94
12	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	3	World Series	3	0	3	.000	6.48	17	1	0	0	16.2	22	12	13	1	5	0	0	1	77	0	9.18	2.70	3.40	0.54	22.1	6.5	1.62	.389	7.02	11.88
13	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	3	World Series	4	2	0	1.000	4.12	10	1	0	0	19.2	15	9	9	1	5	1	1	0	78	0	4.58	2.29	2.00	0.46	12.8	6.4	1.02	.230	4.12	6.86
14	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	3	World Series	3	0	3	.000	5.50	11	0	0	0	18.0	20	11	13	1	7	0	0	0	82	0	5.50	3.50	1.57	0.50	13.4	8.5	1.50	.302	6.50	10.00
15	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	3	World Series	3	2	0	1.000	0.31	15	3	1	0	29.0	20	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	109	1	4.66	0.31	15.00	0.00	13.8	0.9	0.72	.215	2.17	6.21
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2	World Series	2	0	1	.000	4.15	10	0	0	0	13.0	12	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	51	0	6.92	0.69	10.00	1.38	19.6	2.0	1.00	.263	4.15	8.31
17	Jon Lester J. Lester	2	World Series	2	1	1	.500	2.03	15	0	0	0	13.1	11	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	54	0	10.13	2.70	3.75	0.68	27.8	7.4	1.13	.303	2.03	7.43
18	Cliff Lee C. Lee	2	World Series	2	1	1	.500	3.95	17	1	0	0	13.2	14	6	8	0	1	1	0	0	56	0	11.20	0.66	17.00	0.00	30.4	1.8	1.10	.378	5.27	9.22
19	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2	World Series	2	0	1	.000	10.00	5	0	0	0	9.0	14	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	42	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	1.00	11.9	4.8	1.78	.394	10.00	14.00
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	8.71	9	0	0	0	10.1	9	10	10	3	7	0	0	0	46	0	7.84	6.10	1.29	2.61	19.6	15.2	1.55	.222	8.71	7.84
21	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2	World Series	2	1	1	.500	1.13	9	1	0	0	16.0	7	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	59	0	5.06	1.69	3.00	0.00	15.3	5.1	0.63	.149	3.38	3.94
22	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2	World Series	2	1	1	.500	4.73	11	0	0	0	13.1	11	7	8	2	3	1	0	0	54	1	7.43	2.03	3.67	1.35	20.4	5.6	1.05	.243	5.40	7.43
23	David Wells D. Wells	2	World Series	3	1	1	.500	4.80	6	0	0	0	15.0	13	8	8	3	5	1	1	0	61	0	3.60	3.00	1.20	1.80	9.8	8.2	1.20	.217	4.80	7.80
24	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	4.97	7	0	0	0	12.2	9	7	7	5	3	0	0	0	47	0	4.97	2.13	2.33	3.55	14.9	6.4	0.95	.125	4.97	6.39
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2	World Series	2	2	0	1.000	0.50	27	2	1	0	18.0	11	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	65	0	13.50	1.00	13.50	0.50	41.5	3.1	0.72	.286	0.50	5.50