which reliever has the most strikeouts in a world series

Jesse Barnes has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in a World Series, with 18 strikeouts.

NAME SO SEASON SERIES TM 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 Jesse Barnes
J. Barnes
18
1921
World Series
NYG NYG
3
2
0
1.000
0
1.65
0
0
0
16.1
10
3
3
1
6
1
3
0
63
1
9.92
3.31
3.00
0.55
28.6
9.5
0.98
.243
1.65
5.51
2 Tug McGraw
T. McGraw
14
1973
World Series
NYM NYM
5
1
0
1.000
0
2.63
0
0
1
13.2
8
4
5
0
9
1
3
2
58
0
9.22
5.93
1.56
0.00
24.1
15.5
1.24
.235
3.29
5.27
3 Ryne Duren
R. Duren
14
1958
World Series
NYY NYY
3
1
1
.500
0
1.93
0
0
1
9.1
7
2
2
0
6
0
2
0
40
1
13.50
5.79
2.33
0.00
35.0
15.0
1.39
.350
1.93
6.75
4 Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
13
2002
World Series
ANA ANA
4
1
1
.500
0
2.08
0
0
0
8.2
6
2
3
1
1
0
1
0
32
1
13.50
1.04
13.00
1.04
40.6
3.1
0.81
.294
3.12
6.23
5 Cody Allen
C. Allen
12
2016
World Series
CLE CLE
4
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
1
6.0
3
0
0
0
2
1
3
1
24
0
18.00
3.00
6.00
0.00
50.0
8.3
0.83
.333
0.00
4.50
6 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
11
2016
World Series
CHC CHC
5
1
0
1.000
0
3.52
0
0
1
7.2
5
3
3
1
2
1
3
0
30
0
12.91
2.35
5.50
1.17
36.7
6.7
0.91
.267
3.52
5.87
7 Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
11
1972
World Series
OAK OAK
6
1
1
.500
0
1.74
0
0
2
10.1
4
2
2
0
4
1
4
2
39
1
9.58
3.48
2.75
0.00
28.2
10.3
0.77
.174
1.74
3.48
8 Clay Carroll
C. Carroll
11
1970
World Series
CIN CIN
4
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
34
0
11.00
2.00
5.50
0.00
32.4
5.9
0.78
.238
0.00
5.00
9 Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
11
1966
World Series
BAL BAL
1
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
23
0
14.85
2.70
5.50
0.00
47.8
8.7
0.45
.100
0.00
1.35
10 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
11
1948
World Series
BSN BSN
2
1
0
1.000
0
1.17
0
0
0
7.2
4
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
27
0
12.91
1.17
11.00
0.00
40.7
3.7
0.65
.267
1.17
4.70
11 Joe Kelly
J. Kelly
10
2018
World Series
BOS BOS
5
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
15.00
0.00
0.00
45.5
0.0
0.67
.333
0.00
6.00
12 Wade Davis
W. Davis
10
2014
World Series
KCR KCR
4
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
18
0
18.00
0.00
0.00
55.6
0.0
0.60
.375
1.80
5.40
13 Jose Contreras
J. Contreras
10
2003
World Series
NYY NYY
4
0
1
.000
0
5.68
0
0
0
6.1
5
4
4
0
5
0
2
0
29
0
14.21
7.11
2.00
0.00
34.5
17.2
1.58
.357
5.68
7.11
14 Sid Fernandez
S. Fernandez
10
1986
World Series
NYM NYM
3
0
0
0
1.35
0
0
0
6.2
6
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
27
0
13.50
1.35
10.00
0.00
37.0
3.7
1.05
.375
1.35
8.10
15 Tug McGraw
T. McGraw
10
1980
World Series
PHI PHI
4
1
1
.500
0
1.17
0
0
2
7.2
7
1
1
0
8
0
4
2
36
0
11.74
9.39
1.25
0.00
27.8
22.2
1.96
.389
1.17
8.22
16 Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
10
1979
World Series
PIT PIT
5
0
1
.000
0
2.89
0
0
3
9.1
4
3
3
0
3
0
5
2
35
0
9.64
2.89
3.33
0.00
28.6
8.6
0.75
.182
2.89
3.86
17 Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
10
1974
World Series
LAD LAD
5
0
1
.000
0
1.00
0
0
1
9.0
6
1
1
1
1
0
5
0
32
0
10.00
1.00
10.00
1.00
31.3
3.1
0.78
.250
1.00
6.00
18 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
10
1929
World Series
PHA PHA
2
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
2
6.1
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
22
0
14.21
1.42
10.00
0.00
45.5
4.5
0.63
.273
0.00
4.26
19 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
9
2022
World Series
HOU HOU
4
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
19
0
16.20
3.60
4.50
0.00
47.4
10.5
0.60
.143
0.00
1.80
20 Andrew Miller
A. Miller
9
2016
World Series
CLE CLE
4
1
0
1.000
0
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
7
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
32
0
10.57
3.52
3.00
2.35
28.1
9.4
1.30
.278
3.52
8.22
21 Trevor Rosenthal
T. Rosenthal
9
2013
World Series
STL STL
4
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
1
4.2
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
1
16
0
17.36
1.93
9.00
0.00
56.3
6.3
0.43
.167
0.00
1.93
22 Roger Craig
R. Craig
9
1964
World Series
STL STL
2
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
19
0
16.20
5.40
3.00
0.00
47.4
15.8
1.00
.286
0.00
3.60
23 Blix Donnelly
B. Donnelly
9
1944
World Series
SLN SLN
2
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
21
0
13.50
1.50
9.00
0.00
42.9
4.8
0.50
.182
0.00
3.00
24 Phil Maton
P. Maton
8
2021
World Series
HOU HOU
5
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
26
0
12.71
3.18
4.00
0.00
30.8
7.7
1.59
.438
0.00
11.12
25 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
8
2017
World Series
LAD LAD
6
0
1
.000
0
3.12
0
0
2
8.2
6
3
3
2
2
1
4
0
35
0
8.31
2.08
4.00
2.08
22.9
5.7
0.92
.182
3.12
6.23
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