most strikeouts in a game in the world series, by a pitcher

Bob Gibson has fanned the most batters in a World Series game, with 17 strikeouts against the Tigers on October 2, 1968.

NAME SO DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
17
10/2/1968
1968
World Series
STL STL
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
2 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
10/2/1963
1963
World Series
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
36
0
3 Carl Erskine
C. Erskine
14
10/2/1953
1953
World Series
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
3
2
0
0
38
1
4 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
13
10/12/1964
1964
World Series
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
10.0
6
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
39
0
5 Howard Ehmke
H. Ehmke
13
10/8/1929
1929
World Series
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
6 Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
12
10/24/2000
2000
World Series
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
L
1
4.91
0
0
0
7.1
9
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
34
0
7 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
12
10/16/1973
1973
World Series
NYM NYM
vs
OAK OAK
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
8 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
12
10/8/1944
1944
World Series
SLN SLN
@
SLA SLA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
36
0
9 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
12
10/4/1924
1924
World Series
WSH WSH
vs
NYG NYG
L
1
3.00
1
0
0
12.0
14
4
4
2
6
0
0
1
51
1
10 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
12
10/8/1907
1907
World Series
DET DET
@
CHC CHC
1
0.75
1
0
0
12.0
10
1
3
0
3
2
0
0
48
0
11 Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
12
10/11/1906
1906
World Series
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
1
12 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11
10/24/2017
2017
World Series
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
13 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
11
10/28/2001
2001
World Series
ARI ARI
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
14 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
11
10/27/1999
1999
World Series
ATL ATL
@
NYY NYY
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
6
3
3
0
3
0
0
1
30
0
15 Blue Moon Odom
B. Moon Odom
11
10/18/1972
1972
World Series
OAK OAK
vs
CIN CIN
L
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
16 Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
11
10/5/1966
1966
World Series
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0
0.00
0
0
0
6.2
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
23
0
17 Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
11
10/10/1965
1965
World Series
LAD LAD
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
18 Bob Turley
B. Turley
11
10/9/1956
1956
World Series
NYY NYY
@
BKN BKN
L
1
0.93
1
0
0
9.2
4
1
1
0
8
0
0
2
40
0
19 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
11
10/5/1949
1949
World Series
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
20 Joe Wood
J. Wood
11
10/8/1912
1912
World Series
BSA BSA
@
NYG NYG
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
0
2
1
0
0
36
0
21 Chief Bender
C. Bender
11
10/14/1911
1911
World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
5
1
2
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
22 Bill Dinneen
B. Dinneen
11
10/2/1903
1903
World Series
BSA BSA
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
23 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
10
10/23/2020
2020
World Series
LAD LAD
@
TBR TBR
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
21
0
24 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
10
10/28/2013
2013
World Series
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
L
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
8
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
25 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
10
11/1/2010
2010
World Series
SFG SFG
@
TEX TEX
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
29
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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