most strikeouts by a pitcher in a world series game 1

Bob Gibson has fanned the most batters in a World Series game, with 17 strikeouts against the Tigers on October 2, 1968.

NAME SO DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
17
10/2/1968
1968
World Series
STL STL
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
2 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
10/2/1963
1963
World Series
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
36
0
3 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
13
10/8/1929
1929
World Series
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
4 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
12
10/4/1924
1924
World Series
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
3.00
1
0
0
12.0
14
4
4
2
6
0
0
1
51
1
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/24/2017
2017
World Series
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
6 Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
11
10/5/1966
1966
World Series
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
23
0
7 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
11
10/5/1949
1949
World Series
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
8 Joe Wood
J. Wood
11
10/8/1912
1912
World Series
BSA BSA
@
NYG NYG
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
0
2
1
0
0
36
0
9 Chief Bender
C. Bender
11
10/14/1911
1911
World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
2
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
10 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
10
10/28/2009
2009
World Series
PHI PHI
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
11 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
10
10/23/1999
1999
World Series
NYY NYY
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
23
0
12 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
10
10/4/1967
1967
World Series
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
33
0
13 Sal Maglie
S. Maglie
10
10/3/1956
1956
World Series
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
3
3
2
4
0
0
0
39
0
14 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
10
10/3/1933
1933
World Series
NYG NYG
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
35
0
15 Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
10
9/28/1932
1932
World Series
NYY NYY
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
3
6
0
6
0
0
1
44
0
16 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
10
10/7/1925
1925
World Series
WSH WSH
@
PIT PIT
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
33
0
17 Deacon Phillippe
D. Phillippe
10
10/1/1903
1903
World Series
PIT PIT
@
BSA BSA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
36
0
18 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
9
10/25/2016
2016
World Series
CLE CLE
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
19 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
9
10/24/2007
2007
World Series
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
20 Jack Morris
J. Morris
9
10/9/1984
1984
World Series
DET DET
@
SDP SDP
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
35
0
21 Dave McNally
D. McNally
9
10/9/1971
1971
World Series
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
35
1
22 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
9
10/5/1949
1949
World Series
NYY NYY
vs
BKN BKN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
33
0
23 Paul Derringer
P. Derringer
9
10/1/1931
1931
World Series
SLN SLN
vs
PHA PHA
L
1
7.71
0
0
0
7.0
11
6
6
1
3
0
0
0
34
0
24 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8
10/27/2023
2023
World Series
TEX TEX
vs
ARI ARI
1
9.64
0
0
0
4.2
6
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
22
0
25 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
8
10/20/2020
2020
World Series
TBR TBR
@
LAD LAD
L
1
12.46
0
0
0
4.1
3
6
6
1
6
0
0
0
23
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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