which pitcher has the worst career record in the world series with at least 5 gs

Vida Blue and Don Newcombe are tied for the worst career record in the World Series when starting 5+ games, with a record of 0-3.

	NAME	REC	GS	SERIES	W%	G	W	L	ERA	SO	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	Vida Blue V. Blue	0-3	5	World Series	.000	8	0	3	4.05	22	0	0	1	33.1	28	15	15	4	15	0	1	1	142	2	5.94	4.05	1.47	1.08	15.5	10.6	1.29	.238	4.05	7.56
2	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	0-4	5	World Series	.000	5	0	4	8.59	19	1	0	0	22.0	29	21	21	8	8	0	0	0	100	0	7.77	3.27	2.38	3.27	19.0	8.0	1.68	.323	8.59	11.86
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1-6	9	World Series	.143	9	1	6	5.63	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
4	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	1-4	6	World Series	.200	6	1	4	2.88	33	5	0	0	50.0	41	16	21	1	17	4	0	0	204	1	5.94	3.06	1.94	0.18	16.2	8.3	1.16	.268	3.78	7.38
5	Bob Shawkey B. Shawkey	1-3	5	World Series	.250	8	1	3	4.54	18	1	0	0	41.2	45	21	25	1	16	1	0	0	179	2	3.89	3.46	1.13	0.22	10.1	8.9	1.46	.308	5.40	9.72
6	Schoolboy Rowe S. Rowe	2-5	6	World Series	.286	8	2	5	3.91	27	4	0	0	46.0	50	20	23	3	2	0	1	0	190	0	5.28	0.39	13.50	0.59	14.2	1.1	1.13	.297	4.50	9.78
7	Bullet Joe Bush B. Joe Bush	2-5	6	World Series	.286	9	2	5	2.67	18	5	0	1	60.2	49	18	20	2	20	1	3	2	237	0	2.67	2.97	0.90	0.30	7.6	8.4	1.14	.240	2.97	7.27
8	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	2-5	8	World Series	.286	11	2	5	3.07	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
9	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2-5	6	World Series	.286	7	2	5	1.32	32	6	0	0	54.2	37	8	11	0	11	4	1	1	215	1	5.27	1.81	2.91	0.00	14.9	5.1	0.88	.220	1.81	6.09
10	Steve Avery S. Avery	1-2	5	World Series	.333	6	1	2	3.41	22	0	0	0	31.2	25	12	14	5	12	0	0	2	130	0	6.25	3.41	1.83	1.42	16.9	9.2	1.17	.220	3.98	7.11
11	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	2-4	8	World Series	.333	10	2	4	3.32	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
12	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1-2	7	World Series	.333	7	1	2	4.96	15	0	0	0	32.2	30	18	18	8	7	0	0	0	132	0	4.13	1.93	2.14	2.20	11.4	5.3	1.13	.216	4.96	8.27
13	Ralph Terry R. Terry	2-4	6	World Series	.333	9	2	4	2.93	31	2	1	0	46.0	41	15	17	5	6	1	2	2	185	0	6.07	1.17	5.17	0.98	16.8	3.2	1.02	.254	3.33	8.02
14	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	2-4	7	World Series	.333	11	2	4	3.42	30	3	0	0	52.2	45	20	26	3	27	0	1	5	230	1	5.13	4.61	1.11	0.51	13.0	11.7	1.37	.247	4.44	7.69
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2-3	5	World Series	.400	5	2	3	2.09	18	1	0	0	38.2	28	9	13	1	7	1	0	1	148	0	4.19	1.63	2.57	0.23	12.2	4.7	0.91	.223	3.03	6.52
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2-3	8	World Series	.400	8	2	3	5.26	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
17	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2-3	6	World Series	.400	6	2	3	3.00	35	2	1	0	45.0	37	15	17	3	12	0	0	0	183	1	7.00	2.40	2.92	0.60	19.1	6.6	1.09	.256	3.40	7.40
18	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2-3	5	World Series	.400	6	2	3	2.22	20	4	0	0	44.2	42	11	14	0	7	1	0	1	182	0	4.03	1.41	2.86	0.00	11.0	3.8	1.10	.273	2.82	8.46
19	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	3-4	7	World Series	.429	9	3	4	4.29	28	4	1	0	56.2	49	27	28	8	26	1	1	2	238	1	4.45	4.13	1.08	1.27	11.8	10.9	1.32	.234	4.45	7.78
20	Carl Mays C. Mays	3-4	7	World Series	.429	8	3	4	2.35	17	5	1	1	57.1	47	15	16	0	8	3	1	1	221	0	2.67	1.26	2.13	0.00	7.7	3.6	0.96	.244	2.51	7.38
21	John Lackey J. Lackey	2-2	5	World Series	.500	7	2	2	3.45	23	0	0	0	31.1	33	12	13	1	9	0	0	5	134	3	6.61	2.59	2.56	0.29	17.2	6.7	1.34	.317	3.73	9.48
22	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2-2	8	World Series	.500	8	2	2	2.47	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
23	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3-3	6	World Series	.500	6	3	3	4.07	35	2	1	0	42.0	30	19	20	5	16	0	0	1	167	1	7.50	3.43	2.19	1.07	21.0	9.6	1.10	.225	4.29	6.43
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3-3	6	World Series	.500	6	3	3	3.69	18	1	0	0	31.2	29	13	15	3	14	1	0	2	139	1	5.12	3.98	1.29	0.85	12.9	10.1	1.36	.252	4.26	8.24
25	Don Gullett D. Gullett	2-2	7	World Series	.500	10	2	2	3.61	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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