most strikeouts by pitcher in mlb world series game 7

4 pitchers are tied for fanning the most hitters in a World Series game, with 10 strikeouts. The first three are Roger Clemens on November 4, 2001, Bob Gibson on October 12, 1967 and Sandy Koufax on October 14, 1965.

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 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
10
11/4/2001
2001
World Series
NYY NYY
@
ARI ARI
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
7
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
10
10/12/1967
1967
World Series
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
32
1
3 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
10
10/14/1965
1965
World Series
LAD LAD
@
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
33
0
4 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
10
10/10/1945
1945
World Series
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
38
1
5 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
9
11/4/2001
2001
World Series
ARI ARI
vs
NYY NYY
1
2.45
0
0
0
7.1
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
6 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
9
10/15/1964
1964
World Series
STL STL
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
5
5
3
3
0
0
0
38
0
7 Jack Morris
J. Morris
8
10/27/1991
1991
World Series
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
38
0
8 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
8
10/10/1968
1968
World Series
STL STL
vs
DET DET
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
36
0
9 Al Leiter
A. Leiter
7
10/26/1997
1997
World Series
FLA FLA
vs
CLE CLE
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
0
4
0
0
1
25
0
10 Jaret Wright
J. Wright
7
10/26/1997
1997
World Series
CLE CLE
@
FLA FLA
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
2
1
1
1
5
0
0
0
26
0
11 Frank Viola
F. Viola
7
10/25/1987
1987
World Series
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
12 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
7
10/10/1931
1931
World Series
PHA PHA
@
SLN SLN
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
4
1
2
0
0
0
26
1
13 Carl Mays
C. Mays
7
10/12/1921
1921
World Series
NYY NYY
@
NYG NYG
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
14 Mike Cuellar
M. Cuellar
6
10/17/1971
1971
World Series
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
28
0
15 Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
6
10/8/1940
1940
World Series
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2.25
1
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
31
0
16 Burleigh Grimes
B. Grimes
6
10/10/1931
1931
World Series
SLN SLN
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
2.08
0
0
0
8.2
7
2
2
0
5
0
0
0
36
0
17 Virgil Barnes
V. Barnes
6
10/10/1924
1924
World Series
NYG NYG
@
WSH WSH
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
6
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
29
0
18 Cy Young
C. Young
6
10/10/1903
1903
World Series
BSA BSA
@
PIT PIT
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
39
0
19 Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
5
10/28/2011
2011
World Series
STL STL
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
0
2
1
0
0
26
0
20 Don Gullett
D. Gullett
5
10/22/1975
1975
World Series
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
1
6.75
0
0
0
4.0
4
3
3
0
5
0
0
1
21
1
21 Steve Blass
S. Blass
5
10/17/1971
1971
World Series
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
22 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
5
10/9/1934
1934
World Series
SLN SLN
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
23 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
5
10/10/1924
1924
World Series
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
17
0
24 Dolf Luque
D. Luque
5
10/8/1919
1919
World Series
CIN CIN
vs
CWS CWS
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
13
0
25 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
4
11/1/2017
2017
World Series
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
0
0.00
0
0
0
4.0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
16
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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