pitchers best world series era minimum 2 games started

Whitey Ford had an ERA of 2.71 in the World Series when starting 2+ games in his career.

NAMEERAGSSERIESGWLW%SOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Whitey Ford
W. Ford
2.71
22
World Series
22
10
8
.556
94
7
3
0
146.0
132
44
51
8
34
3
0
2
594
4
5.79
2.10
2.76
0.49
15.8
5.7
1.14
.273
3.14
8.14
2Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
4.06
13
World Series
13
5
4
.556
56
0
0
0
77.2
83
35
39
5
26
2
0
3
334
2
6.49
3.01
2.15
0.58
16.8
7.8
1.40
.318
4.52
9.62
3Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
1.83
11
World Series
12
6
4
.600
49
6
1
0
83.2
81
17
28
2
22
1
1
0
345
0
5.27
2.37
2.23
0.22
14.2
6.4
1.23
.292
3.01
8.71
4Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
0.97
11
World Series
11
5
5
.500
48
10
4
0
101.2
75
11
22
1
10
1
0
3
391
1
4.25
0.89
4.80
0.09
12.3
2.6
0.84
.224
1.95
6.64
5Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
2.63
10
World Series
10
7
2
.778
61
8
0
0
85.2
74
25
32
4
27
0
0
2
352
0
6.41
2.84
2.26
0.42
17.3
7.7
1.18
.269
3.36
7.77
6Chief Bender
C. Bender
2.44
10
World Series
10
6
4
.600
59
9
1
0
85.0
65
23
28
1
21
2
0
0
331
1
6.25
2.22
2.81
0.11
17.8
6.3
1.01
.258
2.96
6.88
7Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
5.63
9
World Series
9
1
6
.143
50
0
0
0
48.0
45
30
33
10
20
1
0
0
208
2
9.38
3.75
2.50
1.88
24.0
9.6
1.35
.276
6.19
8.44
8Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
3.29
9
World Series
12
5
3
.625
33
1
0
1
63.0
57
23
24
9
17
0
2
4
262
2
4.71
2.43
1.94
1.29
12.6
6.5
1.17
.236
3.43
8.14
9Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
1.89
9
World Series
9
7
2
.778
92
8
2
0
81.0
55
17
19
6
17
2
0
3
312
2
10.22
1.89
5.41
0.67
29.5
5.4
0.89
.251
2.11
6.11
10Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
2.79
9
World Series
15
7
2
.778
62
5
2
4
77.1
61
24
25
8
32
1
5
1
309
1
7.22
3.72
1.94
0.93
20.1
10.4
1.20
.257
2.91
7.10
11Art Nehf
A. Nehf
2.16
9
World Series
12
4
4
.500
28
6
2
0
79.0
50
19
23
2
32
1
1
2
310
2
3.19
3.65
0.88
0.23
9.0
10.3
1.04
.194
2.62
5.70
12John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
2.47
8
World Series
8
2
2
.500
52
0
0
0
51.0
44
14
16
1
21
1
0
1
215
2
9.18
3.71
2.48
0.18
24.2
9.8
1.27
.307
2.82
7.76
13Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
2.16
8
World Series
8
4
3
.571
38
3
0
0
58.1
33
14
18
8
20
0
0
0
223
1
5.86
3.09
1.90
1.23
17.0
9.0
0.91
.159
2.78
5.09
14Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2.37
8
World Series
8
3
0
1.000
49
0
0
0
49.1
37
13
14
2
12
2
0
0
197
1
8.94
2.19
4.08
0.36
24.9
6.1
0.99
.265
2.55
6.75
15Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
3.32
8
World Series
10
2
4
.333
33
2
1
0
57.0
43
21
25
5
23
2
2
1
237
2
5.21
3.63
1.43
0.79
13.9
9.7
1.16
.218
3.95
6.79
16Don Sutton
D. Sutton
5.26
8
World Series
8
2
3
.400
31
1
0
0
51.1
55
30
32
7
9
2
0
0
217
2
5.44
1.58
3.44
1.23
14.3
4.1
1.25
.286
5.61
9.64
17Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
3.20
8
World Series
9
4
2
.667
44
1
1
0
64.2
55
23
23
5
31
1
0
2
279
4
6.12
4.31
1.42
0.70
15.8
11.1
1.33
.253
3.20
7.65
18Bob Turley
B. Turley
3.19
8
World Series
15
4
3
.571
46
3
1
1
53.2
43
19
20
6
29
2
6
3
231
1
7.71
4.86
1.59
1.01
19.9
12.6
1.34
.250
3.35
7.21
19Vic Raschi
V. Raschi
2.24
8
World Series
11
5
3
.625
43
3
1
0
60.1
52
15
21
5
25
1
0
1
254
0
6.41
3.73
1.72
0.75
16.9
9.8
1.28
.261
3.13
7.76
20George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
1.58
8
World Series
8
4
3
.571
56
5
1
0
62.2
39
11
14
2
17
0
0
1
245
1
8.04
2.44
3.29
0.29
22.9
6.9
0.89
.218
2.01
5.60
21Rube Marquard
R. Marquard
3.07
8
World Series
11
2
5
.286
35
2
0
0
58.2
52
20
28
4
15
0
2
1
242
2
5.37
2.30
2.33
0.61
14.5
6.2
1.14
.255
4.30
7.98
22Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
2.06
7
World Series
7
4
1
.800
43
1
1
0
48.0
33
11
13
4
10
2
0
0
184
1
8.06
1.88
4.30
0.75
23.4
5.4
0.90
.232
2.44
6.19
23Jack Morris
J. Morris
2.96
7
World Series
7
4
2
.667
40
3
1
0
51.2
44
17
17
5
18
0
0
2
209
4
6.97
3.14
2.22
0.87
19.1
8.6
1.20
.267
2.96
7.66
24Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
2.55
7
World Series
8
4
1
.800
20
0
0
0
35.1
37
10
11
1
12
0
0
1
151
1
5.09
3.06
1.67
0.25
13.2
7.9
1.39
.305
2.80
9.42
25Don Gullett
D. Gullett
3.61
7
World Series
10
2
2
.500
37
0
0
0
52.1
47
21
23
2
26
2
2
3
224
1
6.36
4.47
1.42
0.34
16.5
11.6
1.39
.287
3.96
8.08
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