who has the most strikeouts in a world series by a pitcher

Bob Gibson has fanned the most batters in a World Series, with 35 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 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
35
1968
World Series
STL STL
3
2
1
.667
3
1.67
3
1
0
27.0
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
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
31
1964
World Series
STL STL
3
2
1
.667
3
3.00
2
0
0
27.0
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
3 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
29
1965
World Series
LAD LAD
3
2
1
.667
3
0.38
2
2
0
24.0
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
4 Bill Dinneen
B. Dinneen
28
1903
World Series
BSA BSA
4
3
1
.750
4
2.06
4
2
0
35.0
29
8
8
0
8
0
0
0
134
0
7.20
2.06
3.50
0.00
20.9
6.0
1.06
.296
2.06
7.46
5 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
26
2001
World Series
ARI ARI
3
1
0
1.000
3
1.69
0
0
0
21.1
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
6 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
26
1967
World Series
STL STL
3
3
0
1.000
3
1.00
3
1
0
27.0
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
7 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
23
1963
World Series
LAD LAD
2
2
0
1.000
2
1.50
2
0
0
18.0
12
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
69
0
11.50
1.50
7.67
1.00
33.3
4.3
0.83
.244
1.50
6.00
8 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
22
1945
World Series
DET DET
3
2
1
.667
3
6.10
2
0
0
20.2
25
14
14
0
4
0
0
1
89
1
9.58
1.74
5.50
0.00
24.7
4.5
1.40
.397
6.10
10.89
9 Deacon Phillippe
D. Phillippe
22
1903
World Series
PIT PIT
5
3
2
.600
5
3.07
5
0
0
44.0
38
15
19
0
3
1
0
0
178
1
4.50
0.61
7.33
0.00
12.4
1.7
0.93
.250
3.89
7.77
10 Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
21
1968
World Series
DET DET
3
3
0
1.000
3
1.67
3
0
0
27.0
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
11 Joe Wood
J. Wood
21
1912
World Series
BSA BSA
4
3
1
.750
3
4.50
2
0
0
22.0
27
11
11
0
3
1
1
0
93
0
8.59
1.23
7.00
0.00
22.6
3.2
1.36
.397
4.50
11.05
12 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
20
1931
World Series
PHA PHA
3
1
2
.333
3
1.88
2
1
0
24.0
12
5
6
1
4
0
0
0
88
1
7.50
1.50
5.00
0.38
22.7
4.5
0.67
.175
2.25
4.50
13 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
20
1924
World Series
WSH WSH
3
1
2
.333
2
3.00
2
0
0
24.0
30
8
10
3
11
1
1
3
106
1
7.50
4.13
1.82
1.13
18.9
10.4
1.71
.380
3.75
11.25
14 Chief Bender
C. Bender
20
1911
World Series
PHA PHA
3
2
1
.667
3
1.04
3
0
0
26.0
16
3
6
0
8
1
0
0
104
1
6.92
2.77
2.50
0.00
19.2
7.7
0.92
.213
2.08
5.54
15 George Mullin
G. Mullin
20
1909
World Series
DET DET
4
2
1
.667
3
2.25
3
1
0
32.0
23
8
14
1
8
2
1
0
132
0
5.63
2.25
2.50
0.28
15.2
6.1
0.97
.218
3.94
6.47
16 Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
19
2003
World Series
FLA FLA
2
1
1
.500
2
1.10
1
1
0
16.1
8
2
2
0
5
1
0
0
61
0
10.47
2.76
3.80
0.00
31.1
8.2
0.80
.222
1.10
4.41
17 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
19
2001
World Series
NYY NYY
2
1
0
1.000
2
1.35
0
0
0
13.1
10
2
2
0
4
1
0
0
55
0
12.83
2.70
4.75
0.00
34.5
7.3
1.05
.323
1.35
6.75
18 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
2001
World Series
ARI ARI
3
3
0
1.000
2
1.04
1
1
0
17.1
9
2
2
0
3
0
1
0
63
0
9.87
1.56
6.33
0.00
30.2
4.8
0.69
.220
1.04
4.67
19 Jack Sanford
J. Sanford
19
1962
World Series
SFG SFG
3
1
2
.333
3
1.93
1
1
0
23.1
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
20 George Earnshaw
G. Earnshaw
19
1930
World Series
PHA PHA
3
2
0
1.000
3
0.72
2
0
0
25.0
13
2
2
1
7
0
0
1
95
0
6.84
2.52
2.71
0.36
20.0
7.4
0.80
.176
0.72
4.68
21 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
18
2022
World Series
HOU HOU
2
2
0
1.000
2
1.46
0
0
0
12.1
6
2
2
1
5
1
0
0
46
0
13.14
3.65
3.60
0.73
39.1
10.9
0.89
.238
1.46
4.38
22 Blake Snell
B. Snell
18
2020
World Series
TBR TBR
2
0
0
2
2.70
0
0
0
10.0
4
3
3
1
4
0
0
0
38
0
16.20
3.60
4.50
0.90
47.4
10.5
0.80
.200
2.70
3.60
23 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
18
1973
World Series
NYM NYM
2
0
1
.000
2
2.40
0
0
0
15.0
13
4
4
0
3
0
0
0
62
1
10.80
1.80
6.00
0.00
29.0
4.8
1.07
.317
2.40
7.80
24 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
18
1958
World Series
MIL MIL
3
2
1
.667
3
2.20
2
1
0
28.2
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
25 Vic Raschi
V. Raschi
18
1952
World Series
NYY NYY
3
2
0
1.000
2
1.59
1
0
0
17.0
12
3
3
2
8
0
0
0
71
0
9.53
4.24
2.25
1.06
25.4
11.3
1.18
.233
1.59
6.35
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