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The record for the most innings pitched in a single World Series start is 14, held by Babe Ruth who won an extra innings complete game for the Boston Red Sox in the 1916 World Series. [4] Facing 48 batters, Ruth allowed one run on six hits while walking three and striking out four. [ 5 ]
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time.
Memorable moment: In the eighth inning of Game 6, Mantle hit the first of his record 18 World Series homers. That, too, provided the difference in the Yankees' 3-2 win. That, too, provided the ...
Verlander, who struck out 11 in each of his ALDS starts became the first pitcher in MLB history to record more than 10 strikeouts in a winner-take-all postseason shutout. [33] Verlander's 22 strikeouts in the series set a record for an ALDS. [34] Verlander made his only appearance in the 2012 ALCS in Game 3 against the New York Yankees.
Bumgarner is widely regarded as one of the greatest World Series pitchers of all time. For his career, Bumgarner started four games in five pitching appearances. He posted a 4–0 win–loss record, a World Series record 0.25 earned run average (minimum 20 innings of work), a complete game shutout, a save, and 31 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched.
Thus, it is possible for a pitcher to record more than three strikeouts in an inning. [3] As a result of this rule, 93 different pitchers have struck out four batters in a half-inning of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, the most recent being Tyler Glasnow of the Tampa Bay Rays on July 7, 2023.
The record pitching from the distance used since 1893 (60 feet 6 inches) is 482 innings that first year by Amos Rusie, which had been exceeded 85 times by pitchers working from 45 or (starting in 1881) 50 feet, including by Rusie himself the three previous consecutive seasons, but has never been approached since (Ed Walsh in 1908 was the last ...