Bob Gibson has struck out the most batters in a World Series game, with 17 strikeouts against the Tigers on October 2, 1968.

which pitcher has the most strikeouts in a world series game
10/2/1968 Gibson 10/2/1963 Koufax 10/2/1953 Erskine 10/12/1964 Gibson 10/8/1929 Ehmke 10/24/2000 Hernandez 10/16/1973 Seaver 10/8/1944 Cooper 10/4/1924 Johnson 10/8/1907 Donovan 10/11/1906 Walsh 10/24/2017 Kershaw 10/28/2001 Johnson 10/27/1999 Smoltz 10/18/1972 Odom 10/5/1966 Drabowsky 10/10/1965 Drysdale 10/9/1956 Turley 10/5/1949 Newcombe 10/8/1912 Wood 10/14/1911 Bender 10/2/1903 Dinneen 10/23/2020 Buehler 10/28/2013 Wainwright 11/1/2010 Lincecum 10/28/2009 Lee 10/21/2003 Beckett 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
NAME SO DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP DEC GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
Bob Gibson Bob Gibson 17 10/2/1968 1968 World Series
STL STL
vs
DET DET
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 15 10/2/1963 1963 World Series
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 36 2 2 1 3 0 0 0
Carl Erskine Carl Erskine 14 10/2/1953 1953 World Series
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 38 2 2 0 3 0 2 1
Bob Gibson Bob Gibson 13 10/12/1964 1964 World Series
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 6 39 2 0 1 2 1 1 0
Howard Ehmke Howard Ehmke 13 10/8/1929 1929 World Series
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Orlando Hernandez Orlando Hernandez 12 10/24/2000 2000 World Series
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 34 4 4 1 3 0 0 0
Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 12 10/16/1973 1973 World Series
NYM NYM
vs
OAK OAK
1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 32 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Mort Cooper Mort Cooper 12 10/8/1944 1944 World Series
SLN SLN
@
SLA SLA
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 7 36 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Walter Johnson Walter Johnson 12 10/4/1924 1924 World Series
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 51 4 4 2 6 1 0 1
Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 12 10/8/1907 1907 World Series
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
1 1 0 0 0 12.0 10 48 3 1 0 3 0 2 0
Ed Walsh Ed Walsh 12 10/11/1906 1906 World Series
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 2 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw 11 10/24/2017 2017 World Series
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 11 10/28/2001 2001 World Series
ARI ARI
vs
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Smoltz John Smoltz 11 10/27/1999 1999 World Series
ATL ATL
@
NYY NYY
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 30 3 3 0 3 1 0 0
Blue Moon Odom Blue Moon Odom 11 10/18/1972 1972 World Series
OAK OAK
vs
CIN CIN
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 27 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Moe Drabowsky Moe Drabowsky 11 10/5/1966 1966 World Series
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W 0 0 1 0 0 6.2 1 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Don Drysdale Don Drysdale 11 10/10/1965 1965 World Series
LAD LAD
vs
MIN MIN
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 5 33 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Turley Bob Turley 11 10/9/1956 1956 World Series
NYY NYY
@
BKN BKN
L 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 4 40 1 1 0 8 2 0 0
Don Newcombe Don Newcombe 11 10/5/1949 1949 World Series
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
L 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Wood Joe Wood 11 10/8/1912 1912 World Series
BSA BSA
@
NYG NYG
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 36 3 3 0 2 0 1 0
Chief Bender Chief Bender 11 10/14/1911 1911 World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 34 2 1 0 4 0 1 0
Bill Dinneen Bill Dinneen 11 10/2/1903 1903 World Series
BSA BSA
vs
PIT PIT
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Walker Buehler Walker Buehler 10 10/23/2020 2020 World Series
LAD LAD
@
TBR TBR
W 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Adam Wainwright Adam Wainwright 10 10/28/2013 2013 World Series
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 28 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Lincecum Tim Lincecum 10 11/1/2010 2010 World Series
SFG SFG
@
TEX TEX
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 29 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
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