worst season starts for defending champions

48 pitchers are tied for starting the fewest games in a World Series, with 0 starts. The first three are Bryan Baker, Shane Drohan and Antonio Senzatela.

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	NAME	GS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Bryan Baker B. Baker	0	2026	World Series	TBR	2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	3.00	0.00		0.00	11.1	0.0	0.33	.125	0.00	3.00
2	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	0	2026	World Series	MIL	1	0	1	.000		0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0					0.0	0.0		1.000
3	Antonio Senzatela A. Senzatela	0	2026	World Series	MIL	2	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	6.75	3.38	2.00	0.00	20.0	10.0	0.38	.000	3.38	0.00
4	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	0	2026	World Series	MIL	1	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	2.00	.500	9.00	18.00
5	Cam Booser C. Booser	0	2026	World Series	TBR	3	0	0		21.60	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	5.40	10.80	0.50	0.00	9.1	18.2	3.60	.500	21.60	21.60
6	JoJo Romero J. Romero	0	2026	World Series	MIL	3	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	6.75	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	0.38	.125	0.00	3.38
7	Tyler Wells T. Wells	0	2026	World Series	TBR	4	0	1	.000	2.25	3	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	6.75	2.25	3.00	0.00	21.4	7.1	0.50	.100	2.25	2.25
8	DL Hall	0	2026	World Series	MIL	2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	3.38	0.00		0.00	10.0	0.0	0.75	.250	0.00	6.75
9	Ian Seymour I. Seymour	0	2026	World Series	TBR	3	1	0	1.000	6.75	5	0	0	0	2.2	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	13	0	16.88	3.38	5.00	6.75	38.5	7.7	1.88	.400	6.75	13.50
10	Steven Matz S. Matz	0	2026	World Series	TBR	4	0	0		2.08	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	18	0	0.00	6.23	0.00	0.00	0.0	16.7	1.15	.143	2.08	4.15
11	Trevor Megill T. Megill	0	2026	World Series	MIL	3	0	0		5.40	5	0	0	1	3.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	15	0	13.50	2.70	5.00	0.00	33.3	6.7	1.50	.444	5.40	10.80
12	Cole Sulser C. Sulser	0	2026	World Series	TBR	2	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	5.40	0.00		0.00	11.1	0.0	2.40	.500	5.40	21.60
13	Garrett Cleavinger G. Cleavinger	0	2026	World Series	TBR	3	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	20.0	10.0	1.50	.333	9.00	9.00
14	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	0	2026	World Series	MIL	3	0	0		0.00	9	0	0	1	5.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	0	14.29	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	0.18	.111	0.00	1.59
15	Kevin Kelly K. Kelly	0	2026	World Series	TBR	4	0	0		2.70	2	0	0	0	3.1	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	0	5.40	5.40	1.00	0.00	10.0	10.0	3.00	.500	2.70	21.60
16	Abner Uribe A. Uribe	0	2026	World Series	MIL	4	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	0	0	5.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	8.44	1.69	5.00	0.00	29.4	5.9	0.56	.182	0.00	3.38
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	0	2025	World Series	LAD	1	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
18	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	0	2025	World Series	LAD	3	0	0		5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	3.00	.500	5.40	27.00
19	Brendon Little B. Little	0	2025	World Series	TOR	1	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	9.00	16.7	16.7	3.00	.333	9.00	18.00
20	Edgardo Henriquez E. Henriquez	0	2025	World Series	LAD	2	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10	1	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	20.0	20.0	1.50	.200	0.00	4.50
21	Jack Dreyer J. Dreyer	0	2025	World Series	LAD	2	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	13	0	11.57	3.86	3.00	0.00	23.1	7.7	1.71	.375	0.00	11.57
22	Roki Sasaki R. Sasaki	0	2025	World Series	LAD	2	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	14	0	0.00	10.13	0.00	0.00	0.0	21.4	2.25	.300	0.00	10.13
23	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	0	2025	World Series	TOR	4	0	0		1.80	6	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	20	1	10.80	3.60	3.00	1.80	30.0	10.0	1.00	.200	1.80	5.40
24	Louis Varland L. Varland	0	2025	World Series	TOR	5	0	0		5.40	4	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	22	0	7.20	3.60	2.00	0.00	18.2	9.1	1.60	.375	5.40	10.80
25	Anthony Banda A. Banda	0	2025	World Series	LAD	4	0	0		18.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	1	16	1	0.00	3.00	0.00	6.00	0.0	6.3	2.33	.308	18.00	18.00

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