4 pitchers are tied for fanning the most batters 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 |  | R. Clemens | 10 | 11/4/2001 | 2001 | World Series | @ | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2 |  | B. Gibson | 10 | 10/12/1967 | 1967 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 3 |  | S. Koufax | 10 | 10/14/1965 | 1965 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | H. Newhouser | 10 | 10/10/1945 | 1945 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 5 | | C. Schilling | 9 | 11/4/2001 | 2001 | World Series | vs | 1 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | B. Gibson | 9 | 10/15/1964 | 1964 | World Series | vs | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | J. Morris | 8 | 10/27/1991 | 1991 | World Series | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | B. Gibson | 8 | 10/10/1968 | 1968 | World Series | vs | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | A. Leiter | 7 | 10/26/1997 | 1997 | World Series | vs | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | J. Wright | 7 | 10/26/1997 | 1997 | World Series | @ | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | F. Viola | 7 | 10/25/1987 | 1987 | World Series | vs | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | G. Earnshaw | 7 | 10/10/1931 | 1931 | World Series | @ | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 13 | | C. Mays | 7 | 10/12/1921 | 1921 | World Series | @ | L | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | M. Cuellar | 6 | 10/17/1971 | 1971 | World Series | vs | L | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | B. Newsom | 6 | 10/8/1940 | 1940 | World Series | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | B. Grimes | 6 | 10/10/1931 | 1931 | World Series | vs | W | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | V. Barnes | 6 | 10/10/1924 | 1924 | World Series | @ | 1 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 18 |  | C. Young | 6 | 10/10/1903 | 1903 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | C. Carpenter | 5 | 10/28/2011 | 2011 | World Series | vs | W | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | D. Gullett | 5 | 10/22/1975 | 1975 | World Series | @ | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 21 | | S. Blass | 5 | 10/17/1971 | 1971 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | D. Dean | 5 | 10/9/1934 | 1934 | World Series | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | W. Johnson | 5 | 10/10/1924 | 1924 | World Series | vs | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | D. Luque | 5 | 10/8/1919 | 1919 | World Series | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 25 |  | C. Kershaw | 4 | 11/1/2017 | 2017 | World Series | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |||
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