most strikeouts by a pitcher in a world series

Bob Gibson has fanned the most hitters in a World Series, with 35 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	35	1968	World Series	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	1.67	3	1	0	27.0	18	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	101	0	11.67	1.33	8.75	0.33	34.7	4.0	0.81	.279	1.67	6.00
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	31	1964	World Series	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	3.00	2	0	0	27.0	23	9	11	4	8	2	0	2	113	1	10.33	2.67	3.88	1.33	27.4	7.1	1.15	.279	3.67	7.67
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	29	1965	World Series	LAD	3	2	1	.667	3	0.38	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
4	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	28	1903	World Series	BSA	4	3	1	.750	4	2.06	4	2	0	35.0	29	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	134	0	7.20	2.06	3.50	0.00	20.9	6.0	1.06	.296	2.06	7.46
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	26	2001	World Series	ARI	3	1	0	1.000	3	1.69	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
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	26	1967	World Series	STL	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.00	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
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	23	1963	World Series	LAD	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.50	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
8	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	22	1945	World Series	DET	3	2	1	.667	3	6.10	2	0	0	20.2	25	14	14	0	4	0	0	1	89	1	9.58	1.74	5.50	0.00	24.7	4.5	1.40	.397	6.10	10.89
9	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	22	1903	World Series	PIT	5	3	2	.600	5	3.07	5	0	0	44.0	38	15	19	0	3	1	0	0	178	1	4.50	0.61	7.33	0.00	12.4	1.7	0.93	.250	3.89	7.77
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	21	1968	World Series	DET	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.67	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
11	Joe Wood J. Wood	21	1912	World Series	BSA	4	3	1	.750	3	4.50	2	0	0	22.0	27	11	11	0	3	1	1	0	93	0	8.59	1.23	7.00	0.00	22.6	3.2	1.36	.397	4.50	11.05
12	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	20	1931	World Series	PHA	3	1	2	.333	3	1.88	2	1	0	24.0	12	5	6	1	4	0	0	0	88	1	7.50	1.50	5.00	0.38	22.7	4.5	0.67	.175	2.25	4.50
13	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	20	1924	World Series	WSH	3	1	2	.333	2	3.00	2	0	0	24.0	30	8	10	3	11	1	1	3	106	1	7.50	4.13	1.82	1.13	18.9	10.4	1.71	.380	3.75	11.25
14	Chief Bender C. Bender	20	1911	World Series	PHA	3	2	1	.667	3	1.04	3	0	0	26.0	16	3	6	0	8	1	0	0	104	1	6.92	2.77	2.50	0.00	19.2	7.7	0.92	.213	2.08	5.54
15	George Mullin G. Mullin	20	1909	World Series	DET	4	2	1	.667	3	2.25	3	1	0	32.0	23	8	14	1	8	2	1	0	132	0	5.63	2.25	2.50	0.28	15.2	6.1	0.97	.218	3.94	6.47
16	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	19	2003	World Series	FLA	2	1	1	.500	2	1.10	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
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	19	2001	World Series	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.35	0	0	0	13.1	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	55	0	12.83	2.70	4.75	0.00	34.5	7.3	1.05	.323	1.35	6.75
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	19	2001	World Series	ARI	3	3	0	1.000	2	1.04	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
19	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	19	1962	World Series	SFG	3	1	2	.333	3	1.93	1	1	0	23.1	16	5	6	1	8	0	0	0	93	1	7.33	3.09	2.38	0.39	20.4	8.6	1.03	.231	2.31	6.17
20	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	19	1930	World Series	PHA	3	2	0	1.000	3	0.72	2	0	0	25.0	13	2	2	1	7	0	0	1	95	0	6.84	2.52	2.71	0.36	20.0	7.4	0.80	.176	0.72	4.68
21	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	18	2022	World Series	HOU	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.46	0	0	0	12.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	46	0	13.14	3.65	3.60	0.73	39.1	10.9	0.89	.238	1.46	4.38
22	Blake Snell B. Snell	18	2020	World Series	TBR	2	0	0		2	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	38	0	16.20	3.60	4.50	0.90	47.4	10.5	0.80	.200	2.70	3.60
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	18	1973	World Series	NYM	2	0	1	.000	2	2.40	0	0	0	15.0	13	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	62	1	10.80	1.80	6.00	0.00	29.0	4.8	1.07	.317	2.40	7.80
24	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	18	1958	World Series	MIL	3	2	1	.667	3	2.20	2	1	0	28.2	19	7	7	4	8	0	0	0	113	1	5.65	2.51	2.25	1.26	15.9	7.1	0.94	.181	2.20	5.97
25	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	18	1952	World Series	NYY	3	2	0	1.000	2	1.59	1	0	0	17.0	12	3	3	2	8	0	0	0	71	0	9.53	4.24	2.25	1.06	25.4	11.3	1.18	.233	1.59	6.35

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Pirates	78	77	.503	19.0
Cardinals	75	80	.484	22.0
Reds	72	83	.465	25.0

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Sun 9/20	WSH	@	STL	2:15 PM
Tue 9/22	STL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 9/23	STL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Thu 9/24	STL	@	PIT	12:35 PM
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Marlins	76	79	.490	15.0
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Mets	71	84	.458	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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