what pitcher has thrown the most strikeouts in world series history

Whitey Ford has struck out the most career batters in the World Series, with 94 strikeouts.

NAME SO SERIES 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 Whitey Ford
W. Ford
94
World Series
22
10
8
.556
22
2.71
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
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
92
World Series
9
7
2
.778
9
1.89
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
3 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
62
World Series
15
7
2
.778
9
2.79
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
4 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
61
World Series
8
4
3
.571
7
0.95
4
2
0
57.0
36
6
10
2
11
0
0
1
213
0
9.63
1.74
5.55
0.32
28.6
5.2
0.82
.245
1.58
5.68
5 Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
61
World Series
10
7
2
.778
10
2.63
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
6 Chief Bender
C. Bender
59
World Series
10
6
4
.600
10
2.44
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
7 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
56
World Series
13
5
4
.556
13
4.06
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
8 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
56
World Series
8
4
3
.571
8
1.58
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
9 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
52
World Series
8
2
2
.500
8
2.47
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
10 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
50
World Series
9
1
6
.143
9
5.63
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
11 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
49
World Series
8
3
0
1.000
8
2.37
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
12 Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
49
World Series
12
6
4
.600
11
1.83
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
13 Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
48
World Series
11
5
5
.500
11
0.97
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
14 Bob Turley
B. Turley
46
World Series
15
4
3
.571
8
3.19
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
15 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
44
World Series
9
4
2
.667
8
3.20
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
16 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
43
World Series
7
4
1
.800
7
2.06
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
17 Vic Raschi
V. Raschi
43
World Series
11
5
3
.625
8
2.24
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
18 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
41
World Series
7
3
2
.600
6
4.46
0
0
0
38.1
30
19
19
6
11
0
0
3
149
1
9.63
2.58
3.73
1.41
27.5
7.4
1.07
.264
4.46
7.04
19 Jack Morris
J. Morris
40
World Series
7
4
2
.667
7
2.96
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
20 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
38
World Series
8
4
3
.571
8
2.16
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
21 Don Gullett
D. Gullett
37
World Series
10
2
2
.500
7
3.61
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
22 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
36
World Series
5
2
1
.667
4
2.20
0
0
0
28.2
20
7
7
3
16
2
0
1
121
0
11.30
5.02
2.25
0.94
29.8
13.2
1.26
.266
2.20
6.28
23 Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
36
World Series
7
3
3
.500
6
2.95
3
1
0
39.2
36
13
17
8
12
1
1
2
162
0
8.17
2.72
3.00
1.82
22.2
7.4
1.21
.267
3.86
8.17
24 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
36
World Series
8
4
2
.667
5
1.75
4
0
2
51.1
46
10
12
0
6
0
3
0
205
0
6.31
1.05
6.00
0.00
17.6
2.9
1.01
.282
2.10
8.06
25 George Mullin
G. Mullin
36
World Series
7
3
3
.500
6
1.86
6
1
0
58.0
45
12
22
1
16
3
1
0
236
0
5.59
2.48
2.25
0.16
15.3
6.8
1.05
.244
3.41
6.98
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