youngest starting pitcher in a world series

5 players are tied for the youngest starting pitchers in a World Series. They were 20 years old. The first three are Madison Bumgarner, Fernando Valenzuela and Jim Palmer.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	SERIES	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	20	2010	World Series	SFG	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	6	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	6.75	2.25	3.00	0.00	22.2	7.4	0.63	.158	0.00	3.38
2	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	20	1981	World Series	LAD	1	1	0	1.000	1	4.00	6	1	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	7	0	0	2	40	0	6.00	7.00	0.86	2.00	15.0	17.5	1.78	.280	4.00	9.00
3	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	20	1966	World Series	BAL	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	34	1	6.00	3.00	2.00	0.00	17.6	8.8	0.78	.160	0.00	4.00
4	Johnny Podres J. Podres	20	1953	World Series	BKN	1	0	1	.000	1	3.38	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	5	1	2	1	0	0	13	0	0.00	6.75	0.00	3.38	0.0	15.4	1.13	.000	16.88	3.38
5	Bullet Joe Bush B. Joe Bush	20	1913	World Series	PHA	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	3	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	34	0	3.00	4.00	0.75	0.00	8.8	11.8	1.00	.192	2.00	5.00
6	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	21	2025	World Series	TOR	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.45	17	0	0	0	11.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	42	0	13.91	2.45	5.67	0.82	40.5	7.1	0.91	.300	2.45	5.73
7	Jaret Wright J. Wright	21	1997	World Series	CLE	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.92	12	0	0	0	12.1	7	4	4	2	10	0	0	0	52	1	8.76	7.30	1.20	1.46	23.1	19.2	1.38	.179	2.92	5.11
8	Steve Avery S. Avery	21	1991	World Series	ATL	2	0	0		2	3.46	8	0	0	0	13.0	10	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	51	0	5.54	0.69	8.00	0.69	15.7	2.0	0.85	.220	4.15	6.92
9	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	21	1986	World Series	NYM	2	0	2	.000	2	8.00	9	0	0	0	9.0	17	8	10	2	4	1	0	0	50	0	9.00	4.00	2.25	2.00	18.0	8.0	2.33	.441	10.00	17.00
10	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	21	1985	World Series	KCR	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	10	2	1	0	18.0	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	65	0	5.00	0.50	10.00	0.00	15.4	1.5	0.67	.204	0.50	5.50
11	Storm Davis S. Davis	21	1983	World Series	BAL	1	1	0	1.000	1	5.40	3	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	21	1	5.40	1.80	3.00	0.00	14.3	4.8	1.40	.353	5.40	10.80
12	Marty Bystrom M. Bystrom	21	1980	World Series	PHI	1	0	0		1	5.40	4	0	0	0	5.0	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	26	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	1.80	15.4	3.8	2.20	.450	5.40	18.00
13	Don Gullett D. Gullett	21	1972	World Series	CIN	1	0	0		1	1.29	4	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	27	0	5.14	2.57	2.00	1.29	14.8	7.4	1.00	.200	1.29	6.43
14	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	21	1966	World Series	BAL	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	6	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	0	6.00	1.00	6.00	0.00	18.2	3.0	0.78	.231	0.00	6.00
15	Bill Stafford B. Stafford	21	1961	World Series	NYY	1	0	0		1	2.70	5	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	29	0	6.75	2.70	2.50	0.00	17.2	6.9	1.35	.318	2.70	9.45
16	Whitey Ford W. Ford	21	1950	World Series	NYY	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	7	0	0	0	8.2	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	35	0	7.27	1.04	7.00	0.00	20.0	2.9	0.92	.269	2.08	7.27
17	Ralph Branca R. Branca	21	1947	World Series	BKN	1	0	1	.000	1	11.25	5	0	0	0	4.0	2	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	18	0	11.25	6.75	1.67	0.00	27.8	16.7	1.25	.222	11.25	4.50
18	Paul Dean P. Dean	21	1934	World Series	SLN	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	11	2	0	0	18.0	15	2	4	0	7	1	0	1	77	0	5.50	3.50	1.57	0.00	14.3	9.1	1.22	.259	2.00	7.50
19	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	21	1921	World Series	NYY	3	2	1	.667	3	0.00	18	3	1	0	27.0	18	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	106	0	6.00	3.67	1.64	0.00	17.0	10.4	1.07	.234	0.67	6.00
20	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	21	1916	World Series	BSA	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.64	4	1	0	0	14.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	48	0	2.57	1.93	1.33	0.64	8.3	6.3	0.64	.125	0.64	3.86
21	Bullet Joe Bush B. Joe Bush	21	1914	World Series	PHA	1	0	1	.000	1	3.27	4	1	0	0	11.0	9	4	5	1	4	0	0	1	46	0	3.27	3.27	1.00	0.82	8.7	8.7	1.18	.216	4.09	7.36
22	Chief Bender C. Bender	21	1905	World Series	PHA	2	1	1	.500	2	1.06	13	2	1	0	17.0	9	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	64	0	6.88	3.18	2.17	0.00	20.3	9.4	0.88	.200	1.06	4.76
23	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	22	2015	World Series	NYM	1	1	0	1.000	1	4.50	6	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	26	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	23.1	7.7	1.50	.389	4.50	10.50
24	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	22	2013	World Series	STL	2	1	1	.500	2	7.45	11	0	0	0	9.2	8	8	8	2	8	1	0	2	45	0	10.24	7.45	1.38	1.86	24.4	17.8	1.66	.261	7.45	7.45
25	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	22	2012	World Series	SFG	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	8	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	23	0	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.00	34.8	8.7	0.57	.167	0.00	2.57

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