most losses by a pitcher in a single world series

George Frazier and Lefty Williams are tied for losing the most games in a World Series, with 3 games.

	NAME	L	SEASON	SERIES	TM	W	L%	G	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	George Frazier G. Frazier	3	1981	World Series	NYY	0	1.000	3	.000	0	17.18	2	0	0	0	3.2	9	7	7	0	3	0	0	2	23	0	4.91	7.36	0.67	0.00	8.7	13.0	3.27	.500	17.18	22.09
2	Lefty Williams L. Williams	3	1919	World Series	CWS	0	1.000	3	.000	3	6.61	4	1	0	0	16.1	12	12	12	0	8	0	0	0	66	0	2.20	4.41	0.50	0.00	6.1	12.1	1.22	.222	6.61	6.61
3	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2	2025	World Series	TOR	0	1.000	2	.000	2	4.26	14	0	0	0	12.2	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	47	0	9.95	1.42	7.00	1.42	29.8	4.3	0.71	.172	4.26	4.97
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	2	2025	World Series	LAD	0	1.000	3	.000	2	6.92	13	0	0	0	13.0	15	10	10	3	8	1	0	0	58	2	9.00	5.54	1.63	2.08	22.4	13.8	1.77	.364	6.92	10.38
5	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2	2022	World Series	PHI	0	1.000	2	.000	2	5.23	8	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	7	1	4	1	0	0	44	0	6.97	3.48	2.00	0.87	18.2	9.1	1.26	.267	6.10	7.84
6	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	2	2021	World Series	HOU	0	1.000	2	.000	2	5.68	9	0	0	0	6.1	5	4	4	1	5	0	0	1	29	0	12.79	7.11	1.80	1.42	31.0	17.2	1.58	.286	5.68	7.11
7	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	2	2020	World Series	TBR	0	1.000	2	.000	2	9.64	15	0	0	0	9.1	9	10	10	3	9	0	0	0	46	4	14.46	8.68	1.67	2.89	32.6	19.6	1.93	.316	9.64	8.68
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2	2019	World Series	HOU	0	1.000	2	.000	2	5.73	9	0	0	0	11.0	12	7	7	3	6	0	0	0	50	0	7.36	4.91	1.50	2.45	18.0	12.0	1.64	.281	5.73	9.82
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2	2018	World Series	LAD	0	1.000	2	.000	2	7.36	10	0	0	0	11.0	14	9	9	3	3	0	0	1	47	0	8.18	2.45	3.33	2.45	21.3	6.4	1.55	.355	7.36	11.45
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2	2017	World Series	LAD	0	1.000	2	.000	2	21.60	0	0	0	0	3.1	9	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	22	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	5.40	0.0	9.1	3.30	.389	24.30	24.30
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	2	2016	World Series	CLE	0	1.000	3	.000	2	5.40	10	0	0	0	8.1	12	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	38	0	10.80	2.16	5.00	1.08	26.3	5.3	1.68	.440	5.40	12.96
12	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2	2014	World Series	SFG	0	1.000	2	.000	2	12.79	3	0	0	0	6.1	12	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	4.26	4.26	1.00	0.00	9.1	9.1	2.37	.444	12.79	17.05
13	James Shields J. Shields	2	2014	World Series	KCR	0	1.000	2	.000	2	7.00	5	0	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	43	2	5.00	2.00	2.50	1.00	11.6	4.7	1.89	.400	7.00	15.00
14	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2	2013	World Series	STL	0	1.000	2	.000	2	4.50	14	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
15	Matt Harrison M. Harrison	2	2011	World Series	TEX	0	1.000	2	.000	2	7.04	4	0	0	0	7.2	11	6	8	2	3	0	0	1	37	0	4.70	3.52	1.33	2.35	10.8	8.1	1.83	.321	9.39	12.91
16	Cliff Lee C. Lee	2	2010	World Series	TEX	0	1.000	2	.000	2	6.94	13	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
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2	2009	World Series	PHI	0	1.000	2	.000	2	6.30	13	0	0	0	10.0	9	7	7	3	4	1	0	0	44	0	11.70	3.60	3.25	2.70	29.5	9.1	1.30	.261	6.30	8.10
18	J.P. Howell	2	2008	World Series	TBR	0	1.000	3	.000	0	7.71	5	0	0	0	2.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	10	1	19.29	3.86	5.00	0.00	50.0	10.0	1.29	.667	7.71	7.71
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2	2006	World Series	DET	0	1.000	2	.000	2	5.73	12	0	0	0	11.0	12	7	10	2	5	0	0	0	50	2	9.82	4.09	2.40	1.64	24.0	10.0	1.55	.323	8.18	9.82
20	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	2	2005	World Series	HOU	0	1.000	3	.000	0	4.91	6	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	15	0	14.73	0.00		2.45	40.0	0.0	1.09	.375	4.91	9.82
21	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	2	2002	World Series	SFG	0	1.000	2	.000	2	14.29	4	0	0	0	5.2	9	9	10	0	9	1	0	3	36	0	6.35	14.29	0.44	0.00	11.1	25.0	3.18	.409	15.88	14.29
22	Jarrod Washburn J. Washburn	2	2002	World Series	ANA	0	1.000	2	.000	2	9.31	6	0	0	0	9.2	12	10	10	3	7	0	0	2	48	0	5.59	6.52	0.86	2.79	12.5	14.6	1.97	.281	9.31	11.17
23	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2	2001	World Series	NYY	0	1.000	2	.000	2	10.00	9	0	0	0	9.0	12	10	10	1	2	1	0	1	40	0	9.00	2.00	4.50	1.00	22.5	5.0	1.56	.407	10.00	12.00
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2	1997	World Series	FLA	0	1.000	2	.000	2	8.18	6	0	0	0	11.0	15	10	10	1	5	0	0	0	48	0	4.91	4.09	1.20	0.82	12.5	10.4	1.82	.389	8.18	12.27
25	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2	1997	World Series	CLE	0	1.000	2	.000	2	11.70	5	0	0	0	10.0	15	13	13	3	6	0	0	0	49	0	4.50	5.40	0.83	2.70	10.2	12.2	2.10	.343	11.70	13.50

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