His place in history is safe due to being part of the amazing Diamondbacks series against the Yankees in '01 and the Red Sox team in 2004 that "broke" a fake "curse." The 2020 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is in full swing. World Series expert picks: Dodgers or Rays? Randy Arozarena (5) Pederson was huge in the 2017 World Series and has batted .375/.400/.500 this postseason. Sample sizes matter, of course. Passan: How Mookie Betts just made the super-sabermetric World Series super-fun, How the Rays became the Rays: Inside the brain trust of MLB's most innovative team, Magic, Jeter, Roy, Arozarena: Rays slugger having an epic rookie playoff performance, 2021 MLB draft order set by 2020 standings, MLB offseason preview: What's next for teams already out of the playoffs, World Series Daily: Get ready for Clayton Kershaw vs. Tyler Glasnow in Game 1, From Mookie Betts to the benchwarmers: Ranking every player in this World Series, How a text from Dad helped turn Cody Bellinger into an October hero. He has had an OPS over 1.000 against both righties and lefties this postseason, which is going to be important as the Rays try to mix and match relievers against the heart of L.A.'s lineup. Except, seemingly, when it comes to Betts, who put his propensity for the spectacular on display in the final three games of the series. With Kershaw starting Game 1, he's the starter guaranteed to get two starts if it's a short series, so logic says to bet on him -- whatever his World Series history. Kershaw has shouldered his share of the blame, and whether that’s fair can be debated. Koufax has a 0.95 ERA and 0.83 WHIP across 57 innings in those eight starts, plus he tossed back-to-back shutouts in Games 5 and 7 of the 1965 Fall Classic. In eight starts, Earnshaw compiled a 1.58 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 56 strikeouts in 62 2/3 innings. This guy is absolutely on fire, like Barry Bonds in the 2002 World Series on fire. 6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, at All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Kershaw fanned Mike Zunino to end the fifth for his 201st … Copyright 1999- *If necessary He remains a living reminder that the Fall Classic sometimes produces unlikely heroes. That's the focus of the baseball world. Larsen did the deed in Game 5 of the 1956 series, on two days' rest, no less. He dominated hitters from the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and '70s and he … Many thanks to him. His 11 World Series saves are the all-time record -- nearly double second place Rollie Fingers, who has six -- and he's thrown the last pitch in five different Fall Classics. section: | slug: the-top-10-world-series-pitchers-of-all-time | sport: baseball | route: article_single.us | Kershaw allowed two Rays hits and one walk, making him the first pitcher with at least eight strikeouts and three or fewer baserunners in a World Series start since Kershaw himself. And so he was. Below are our panel's picks with analysis from some of our experts.

Cody Bellinger (3) If so, it's likely you'll find them below, because one great outing does not a resume make.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Rays won a game or two early, but just like the Braves found out, it's really, really hard to get that fourth win against this Dodgers team. With his strikeout of Willy Adames for the second out of the fifth inning in Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night, Clayton Kershaw recorded his 200th career postseason strikeout, moving him ahead of Hall of Famer John Smoltz for the second-most strikeouts in postseason history. We're talking about a 26-year-old shortstop who not that long ago was in the middle of the Francisco Lindor, Trevor Story, Javier Baez and Carlos Correa (and I could go on, shortstop is a really good position in baseball right now) conversation as the best in the game. He didn't win NLCS MVP because Seager put on a historic show of hitting.

Kershaw moves into 2nd for postseason K's, The truth about Kershaw's playoff history. Find out which players truly perform well in October and who holds every major World Series pitching record during a single game. Corey Seager (2)

9:32 am ET, The top 10 World Series pitchers of all time, Five things we learned from Games 1 and 2, Rays' Lowe breaks out of slump with multi-HR game, Manfred: Expanded playoffs, extras rule could stay, Betts' brilliant Game 1 includes steals, free tacos, Bellinger hits Game 1 home run, celebrates responsibly, Ex-Astros GM: 'I didn't know we were cheating'. document.write(update); - Matt Snyder, Mariano Rivera: Rivera is the only reliever on our list and rightfully so.

Dan Mullen: Dodgers in 6. Glasnow averaged more than 14 strikeouts per nine innings during the regular season and has struck out 25 batters in 19⅓ innings this postseason. - Matt Snyder. - Mike Axisa, Babe Ruth: It's easy to overlook just how great Ruth was on the mound. Bob Gibson holds the record for most strikeouts for a pitcher with 35 in 1968. For the many things the National League Championship Series illustrated, perhaps none was as clear as what makes Betts among the best players in baseball. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net.

Have you been watching the playoffs so far? Kiley McDaniel: Rays in 7. Do you have a blog? Brusdar Graterol (1) But Glasnow also had six walks, the first pitcher since Steve Carlton in Game 2 of the 1980 World Series with at least eight strikeouts and six walks in the same game. Nothing this postseason has changed that reality. MVP? He went the distance five of his eight starts, throwing one shutout. Kershaw tamed an initially temperamental slider and delivered six strikeout-filled innings in the Dodgers' 8-3 win over the Rays in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, adding eight more punchouts to his well-examined postseason record for 201 in his career. Ed Walsh (October 11, 1906) and Bob Gibson (October 2, 1968) are the only two pitchers to strike out at least one batter during every inning of a World Series game. - Matt Snyder, Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board pitched for those never-gonna-lose Yankees teams in the 1950s and 60s, so his World Series resume is lengthy. Schoenfield: Clayton Kershaw. The players are: Kershaw (Tuesday)Kershaw (2017 Game 1)Hernandez (1999 Game 1)Moe Drabowsky (1966 Game 1)Monte Pearson (1939 Game 2)George Earnshaw (1931 Game 4)Rube Foster (1915 Game 2). (0:55). Tyler Glasnow (3) Defense tends to be an eye-of-the-beholder thing. World Series Single Game and Single Series Records ; Cite. What is your prediction for the final out of the series? Or write about sports? He gets the job done. Clayton Kershaw finished his start with 8 Ks... 7 of which were sliders just painted on the corner. World Series single game pitching records of every type appear in the following chart. Kershaw finished with 19 misses on 38 swings against him, a 50 percent whiff rate that marked the highest of any start of his career in which he’s thrown at least 25 pitches, including his outings in the postseason. And that starts with tomorrow.”.

Mookie Betts (5) “You can appreciate and totally see why he’s heading to the Hall of Fame one day, whenever he’s done,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. He started Game 7 on two days' rest. Most Strikeouts – 17 . All-time and Single-Season World Series Batting Leaders. - Mike Axisa, Bob Gibson: Long-time Cardinals ace, Hall of Famer, relentless competitor, author of perhaps the greatest slider ever -- Gibson had all the makings of a great World Series pitcher. Alden Gonzalez: Joc Pederson.