most career pitching strikeouts in the world series in the 1990's

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, John Smoltz struck out the most hitters in the World Series, with 52 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most career pitching strikeouts by a player in the world series in the 1990's
NAME SO SERIES 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 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
52
World Series
8
2
2
.500
8
2.47
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
2 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
38
World Series
8
4
3
.571
8
2.16
3
0
0
58.1
33
14
18
8
20
0
0
0
223
1
5.86
3.09
1.90
1.23
17.0
9.0
0.91
.159
2.78
5.09
3 Jack Morris
J. Morris
27
World Series
5
2
2
.500
5
3.48
1
1
0
33.2
31
13
13
4
15
0
0
2
142
2
7.22
4.01
1.80
1.07
19.0
10.6
1.37
.281
3.48
8.29
4 Steve Avery
S. Avery
22
World Series
6
1
2
.333
5
3.41
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
5 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
19
World Series
4
0
3
.000
4
6.04
0
0
0
25.1
29
17
17
1
11
0
0
2
110
0
6.75
3.91
1.73
0.36
17.3
10.0
1.58
.354
6.04
10.30
6 Juan Guzman
J. Guzman
19
World Series
3
0
1
.000
3
2.70
0
0
0
20.0
18
6
8
0
9
0
0
3
85
1
8.55
4.05
2.11
0.00
22.4
10.6
1.35
.316
3.60
8.10
7 David Cone
D. Cone
19
World Series
5
2
0
1.000
5
2.15
0
0
0
29.1
16
7
9
0
20
0
0
0
120
1
5.83
6.14
0.95
0.00
15.8
16.7
1.23
.198
2.76
4.91
8 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
18
World Series
4
1
3
.250
4
6.38
0
0
0
24.0
23
17
18
5
10
0
0
1
101
0
6.75
3.75
1.80
1.88
17.8
9.9
1.38
.265
6.75
8.63
9 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
18
World Series
5
2
3
.400
5
2.09
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
10 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
17
World Series
2
2
0
1.000
2
1.29
0
0
0
14.0
7
2
2
1
5
0
0
0
53
0
10.93
3.21
3.40
0.64
32.1
9.4
0.86
.200
1.29
4.50
11 Al Leiter
A. Leiter
15
World Series
5
1
0
1.000
2
6.11
0
0
0
17.2
22
12
15
3
12
0
0
1
87
0
7.64
6.11
1.25
1.53
17.2
13.8
1.92
.333
7.64
11.21
12 Jose Rijo
J. Rijo
14
World Series
2
2
0
1.000
2
0.59
0
0
0
15.1
9
1
1
0
5
0
0
1
59
0
8.22
2.93
2.80
0.00
23.7
8.5
0.91
.225
0.59
5.28
13 Duane Ward
D. Ward
13
World Series
8
3
0
1.000
0
1.13
0
0
2
8.0
4
1
2
1
1
0
5
0
29
1
14.62
1.13
13.00
1.13
44.8
3.4
0.63
.214
2.25
4.50
14 Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
13
World Series
4
0
3
.000
4
4.68
1
0
0
25.0
20
13
15
3
14
1
0
0
109
1
4.68
5.04
0.93
1.08
11.9
12.8
1.36
.218
5.40
7.20
15 Jaret Wright
J. Wright
12
World Series
2
1
0
1.000
2
2.92
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
16 Jeff Nelson
J. Nelson
12
World Series
10
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
9.1
5
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
36
0
11.57
2.89
4.00
0.00
33.3
8.3
0.86
.238
0.96
4.82
17 Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
11
World Series
10
1
0
1.000
0
0.61
0
0
5
14.2
12
1
1
0
4
0
7
0
58
0
6.75
2.45
2.75
0.00
19.0
6.9
1.09
.279
0.61
7.36
18 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
10
World Series
4
2
1
.667
4
4.98
0
0
0
21.2
26
12
12
1
8
0
0
0
95
1
4.15
3.32
1.25
0.42
10.5
8.4
1.57
.329
4.98
10.80
19 Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
10
World Series
11
1
0
1.000
0
1.35
0
0
1
13.1
11
2
2
0
4
0
3
4
52
0
6.75
2.70
2.50
0.00
19.2
7.7
1.13
.289
1.35
7.43
20 Jose Mesa
J. Mesa
9
World Series
7
1
0
1.000
0
5.00
0
0
2
9.0
15
5
5
1
2
0
6
0
43
1
9.00
2.00
4.50
1.00
20.9
4.7
1.89
.452
5.00
15.00
21 Charles Nagy
C. Nagy
9
World Series
3
0
1
.000
2
6.43
0
0
0
14.0
16
10
11
5
6
0
1
1
62
0
5.79
3.86
1.50
3.21
14.5
9.7
1.57
.262
7.07
10.29
22 Paul Assenmacher
P. Assenmacher
9
World Series
9
0
0
0
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
6
1
2
0
3
0
2
1
26
0
15.19
5.06
3.00
0.00
34.6
11.5
1.69
.429
3.38
10.13
23 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
9
World Series
2
1
1
.500
2
3.52
1
1
0
15.1
13
6
7
2
5
0
0
0
61
1
5.28
2.93
1.80
1.17
14.8
8.2
1.17
.244
4.11
7.63
24 Brian Boehringer
B. Boehringer
8
World Series
4
0
0
0
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
9
5
7
3
2
1
0
0
35
0
10.29
2.57
4.00
3.86
22.9
5.7
1.57
.286
9.00
11.57
25 Terry Mulholland
T. Mulholland
8
World Series
4
1
0
1.000
2
6.91
0
0
0
14.1
19
11
11
3
4
0
0
1
66
0
5.02
2.51
2.00
1.88
12.1
6.1
1.60
.314
6.91
11.93
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