which pitcher has the most career innings pitched in a single world series after 1947

Since 1948, Warren Spahn has pitched the most innings in a World Series, with 28.2 innings.

	NAME	IP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	28.2	1958	World Series	MIL	3	2	1	.667	3	2.20	18	2	1	0	19	7	7	4	8	0	0	0	113	1	5.65	2.51	2.25	1.26	15.9	7.1	0.94	.181	2.20	5.97
2	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	27.0	1968	World Series	DET	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.67	21	3	0	0	20	5	5	2	6	1	0	0	104	0	7.00	2.00	3.50	0.67	20.2	5.8	0.96	.243	1.67	6.67
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	27.0	1968	World Series	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	1.67	35	3	1	0	18	5	5	1	4	0	0	1	101	0	11.67	1.33	8.75	0.33	34.7	4.0	0.81	.279	1.67	6.00
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	27.0	1967	World Series	STL	3	3	0	1.000	3	1.00	26	3	1	0	14	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	98	1	8.67	1.67	5.20	0.33	26.5	5.1	0.70	.197	1.00	4.67
5	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	27.0	1964	World Series	STL	3	2	1	.667	3	3.00	31	2	0	0	23	9	11	4	8	2	0	2	113	1	10.33	2.67	3.88	1.33	27.4	7.1	1.15	.279	3.67	7.67
6	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	27.0	1957	World Series	MIL	3	3	0	1.000	3	0.67	13	3	2	0	21	2	2	1	4	0	0	1	104	0	4.33	1.33	3.25	0.33	12.5	3.8	0.93	.233	0.67	7.00
7	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	25.0	1975	World Series	BOS	3	2	0	1.000	3	3.60	12	2	1	0	25	10	10	1	8	0	0	2	107	0	4.32	2.88	1.50	0.36	11.2	7.5	1.32	.279	3.60	9.00
8	Ralph Terry R. Terry	25.0	1962	World Series	NYY	3	2	1	.667	3	1.80	16	2	1	0	17	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	94	0	5.76	0.72	8.00	0.72	17.0	2.1	0.76	.205	1.80	6.12
9	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	24.0	1967	World Series	BOS	3	2	1	.667	3	2.63	11	2	1	0	14	7	8	3	2	0	0	0	89	1	4.13	0.75	5.50	1.13	12.4	2.2	0.67	.151	3.00	5.25
10	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	24.0	1965	World Series	LAD	3	2	1	.667	3	0.38	29	2	2	0	13	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	87	0	10.88	1.88	5.80	0.00	33.3	5.7	0.75	.245	0.75	4.88
11	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	23.1	1962	World Series	SFG	3	1	2	.333	3	1.93	19	1	1	0	16	5	6	1	8	0	0	0	93	1	7.33	3.09	2.38	0.39	20.4	8.6	1.03	.231	2.31	6.17
12	Jack Morris J. Morris	23.0	1991	World Series	MIN	3	2	0	1.000	3	1.17	15	1	1	0	18	3	3	1	9	0	0	1	92	1	5.87	3.52	1.67	0.39	16.3	9.8	1.17	.254	1.17	7.04
13	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	23.0	1986	World Series	BOS	3	2	0	1.000	3	1.96	17	1	0	0	18	5	5	1	6	0	0	0	91	0	6.65	2.35	2.83	0.39	18.7	6.6	1.04	.254	1.96	7.04
14	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	23.0	1965	World Series	MIN	3	2	1	.667	3	2.74	12	2	0	0	22	7	8	3	2	0	0	0	92	1	4.70	0.78	6.00	1.17	13.0	2.2	1.04	.253	3.13	8.61
15	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	22.1	1958	World Series	MIL	3	1	2	.333	3	5.64	12	1	0	0	22	14	17	5	4	0	0	3	93	0	4.84	1.61	3.00	2.01	12.9	4.3	1.16	.236	6.85	8.87
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	21.1	2001	World Series	ARI	3	1	0	1.000	3	1.69	26	0	0	0	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	77	0	10.97	0.84	13.00	0.84	33.8	2.6	0.66	.217	1.69	5.06
17	Joe Black J. Black	21.1	1952	World Series	BKN	3	1	2	.333	3	2.53	9	1	0	0	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
18	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	21.0	2014	World Series	SFG	3	2	0	1.000	2	0.43	17	1	1	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	74	0	7.29	0.43	17.00	0.43	23.0	1.4	0.48	.148	0.43	3.86
19	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	20.1	1952	World Series	NYY	4	2	1	.667	2	1.77	18	1	1	1	12	4	4	2	6	0	1	0	74	1	7.97	2.66	3.00	0.89	24.3	8.1	0.89	.208	1.77	5.31
20	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	20.0	1964	World Series	NYY	3	1	1	.500	3	3.15	12	1	0	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
21	Whitey Ford W. Ford	19.2	1962	World Series	NYY	3	1	1	.500	3	4.12	12	1	0	0	24	9	9	1	4	0	0	0	83	0	5.49	1.83	3.00	0.46	14.5	4.8	1.42	.348	4.12	10.98
22	Frank Viola F. Viola	19.1	1987	World Series	MIN	3	2	1	.667	3	3.72	16	0	0	0	17	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	76	0	7.45	1.40	5.33	0.47	21.1	3.9	1.03	.286	3.72	7.91
23	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	19.0	2011	World Series	STL	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.84	13	0	0	0	17	6	6	3	5	1	0	0	78	0	6.16	2.37	2.60	1.42	16.7	6.4	1.16	.250	2.84	8.05
24	Don Gullett D. Gullett	18.2	1975	World Series	CIN	3	1	1	.500	3	4.34	15	0	0	0	19	9	9	0	10	0	0	2	83	1	7.23	4.82	1.50	0.00	18.1	12.0	1.55	.328	4.34	9.16
25	Vern Law V. Law	18.1	1960	World Series	PIT	3	2	0	1.000	3	3.44	8	0	0	0	22	7	7	3	3	0	0	1	77	1	3.93	1.47	2.67	1.47	10.4	3.9	1.36	.302	3.44	10.80

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Since 1948, Warren Spahn has pitched the most innings in a World Series, with 28.2 innings.

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