most strikeouts for a rookie pitcher in a full world series

Trey Yesavage has struck out the most hitters by a rookie in a World Series, with 17 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	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	17	2025	World Series	TOR	3	1	0	1.000	2	2.84	0	0	0	12.2	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	48	0	12.08	2.84	4.25	1.42	35.4	8.3	0.95	.250	2.84	5.68
2	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	15	1912	World Series	NYG	3	1	2	.333	3	3.13	1	0	0	23.0	19	8	10	1	11	1	0	0	100	3	5.87	4.30	1.36	0.39	15.0	11.0	1.30	.250	3.91	7.43
3	Ryne Duren R. Duren	14	1958	World Series	NYY	3	1	1	.500	0	1.93	0	0	1	9.1	7	2	2	0	6	0	2	0	40	1	13.50	5.79	2.33	0.00	35.0	15.0	1.39	.350	1.93	6.75
4	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	14	1931	World Series	SLN	3	0	2	.000	2	4.26	0	0	0	12.2	14	6	10	1	7	0	1	0	59	1	9.95	4.97	2.00	0.71	23.7	11.9	1.66	.351	7.11	9.95
5	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	13	2002	World Series	ANA	4	1	1	.500	0	2.08	0	0	0	8.2	6	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	32	1	13.50	1.04	13.00	1.04	40.6	3.1	0.81	.294	3.12	6.23
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	12	2006	World Series	DET	2	0	2	.000	2	5.73	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
7	Jaret Wright J. Wright	12	1997	World Series	CLE	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.92	0	0	0	12.1	7	4	4	2	10	0	0	0	52	1	8.76	7.30	1.20	1.46	23.1	19.2	1.38	.179	2.92	5.11
8	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	12	1964	World Series	NYY	3	1	1	.500	3	3.15	1	0	0	20.0	18	7	8	0	6	0	0	0	84	0	5.40	2.70	2.00	0.00	14.3	7.1	1.20	.273	3.60	8.10
9	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	11	2013	World Series	STL	2	1	1	.500	2	7.45	0	0	0	9.2	8	8	8	2	8	1	0	2	45	0	10.24	7.45	1.38	1.86	24.4	17.8	1.66	.261	7.45	7.45
10	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	11	1949	World Series	BKN	2	0	2	.000	2	3.09	1	0	0	11.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	47	0	8.49	2.31	3.67	0.77	23.4	6.4	1.11	.281	3.09	7.71
11	Paul Dean P. Dean	11	1934	World Series	SLN	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	0	0	18.0	15	2	4	0	7	1	0	1	77	0	5.50	3.50	1.57	0.00	14.3	9.1	1.22	.259	2.00	7.50
12	Babe Adams B. Adams	11	1909	World Series	PIT	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.33	3	1	0	27.0	18	4	5	2	6	1	0	0	106	0	3.67	2.00	1.83	0.67	10.4	5.7	0.89	.186	1.67	6.00
13	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	11	1906	World Series	CHC	2	0	2	.000	1	6.10	1	0	0	10.1	7	7	7	0	3	2	0	0	43	0	9.58	2.61	3.67	0.00	25.6	7.0	0.97	.259	6.10	6.10
14	Jose Contreras J. Contreras	10	2003	World Series	NYY	4	0	1	.000	0	5.68	0	0	0	6.1	5	4	4	0	5	0	2	0	29	0	14.21	7.11	2.00	0.00	34.5	17.2	1.58	.357	5.68	7.11
15	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	10	1988	World Series	LAD	2	1	0	1.000	2	6.23	0	0	0	8.2	10	6	7	1	6	1	0	0	43	0	10.38	6.23	1.67	1.04	23.3	14.0	1.85	.360	7.27	10.38
16	Spec Shea S. Shea	10	1947	World Series	NYY	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.35	1	0	0	15.1	10	4	4	0	8	0	0	1	61	0	5.87	4.70	1.25	0.00	16.4	13.1	1.17	.233	2.35	5.87
17	Firpo Marberry F. Marberry	10	1924	World Series	WSH	4	0	1	.000	1	1.13	0	0	2	8.0	9	1	5	0	4	1	2	0	39	1	11.25	4.50	2.50	0.00	25.6	10.3	1.63	.375	5.63	10.13
18	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	9	2021	World Series	HOU	2	0	2	.000	2	5.68	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
19	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	9	2013	World Series	STL	4	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	0	0	1	4.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	16	0	17.36	1.93	9.00	0.00	56.3	6.3	0.43	.167	0.00	1.93
20	Joe Black J. Black	9	1952	World Series	BKN	3	1	2	.333	3	2.53	1	0	0	21.1	15	6	6	4	8	0	0	1	84	0	3.80	3.38	1.13	1.69	10.7	9.5	1.08	.175	2.53	6.33
21	Blix Donnelly B. Donnelly	9	1944	World Series	SLN	2	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	21	0	13.50	1.50	9.00	0.00	42.9	4.8	0.50	.182	0.00	3.00
22	Jim Beattie J. Beattie	8	1978	World Series	NYY	1	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	38	0	8.00	4.00	2.00	0.00	21.1	10.5	1.44	.346	2.00	9.00
23	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	7	2018	World Series	LAD	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	31.8	0.0	0.29	.133	0.00	2.57
24	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	7	2005	World Series	CWS	4	0	0		0	3.60	0	0	2	5.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	21	0	12.60	3.60	3.50	0.00	33.3	9.5	1.00	.273	3.60	5.40
25	John Lackey J. Lackey	7	2002	World Series	ANA	3	1	0	1.000	2	4.38	0	0	0	12.1	15	6	6	0	5	0	0	4	54	0	5.11	3.65	1.40	0.00	13.0	9.3	1.62	.357	4.38	10.95

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