Bob Gibson: 3 World Series, 9 starts, 81 innings, 7-2.

Fifty years ago Hall of Fame Cardinal pitcher Bob Gibson pitched in his third and final World Series. It was the last season in which the World Series (WS) was the only official post season competition. After that the old American and National Leagues split into east and west divisions. Then in 1994 into east, west, central. In 1999 the leagues merged, although commissioner Allan Huber "Bud" Selig hardly noticed.

Bob Gibson is the only pitcher to start and win WS games 1,4,7: 1967 against the Boston Red Sox. In 1957 Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette started and won games 2,5,7 against the New York Yankees, all complete games, the last two shutouts.

Gibson started three games in each of three WS: 1964, 1967, 1968. His Cardinals won the first two. Gibson completed 8 of his 9 starts, including one that went 10 innings against the Yankees; Gibson also lost in 8 innings against the Yankees. That's how his 9 starts result in 81 innings.

Here are the pitchers with the most WS wins:

1.	Whitey Ford	10	146.0 IP
2.	Red Ruffing	7	85.2 IP
	Bob Gibson	7	81.0 IP
	Allie Reynolds	7	77.1 IP
5.	Chief Bender	6	85.0 IP
	Waite Hoyt	6	83.2 IP
	Lefty Gomez	6	50.1 IP

Ford 10-8 (lost his last four WS starts); ERA 2.71 in 11 WS
Ruffing 7-2; ERA 2.63 in 7 WS
Gibson 7-2; ERA 1.89 in 3 WS; lost first and last WS games
Reynolds 7-2; ERA 2.79 in 6 WS; Yankees won all 6
Bender 6-4; ERA 2.44 in 5 WS
Hoyt 6-4; ERA 1.83 in 7 WS
Gomez 6-0; ERA 2.86 in 5 WS; Yankees won all 5

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	WPA
1964 MVP	28	STL	NL	WS	W	NYY	2	1	.667	3.00	3	3	0	2	0	0	27.0	23	11	9	4	8	2	31	2	0	1	113	1.148	7.7	1.3	2.7	10.3	3.88	0.27
1967 MVP	31	STL	NL	WS	W	BOS	3	0	1.000	1.00	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	14	3	3	1	5	0	26	0	0	1	98	0.704	4.7	0.3	1.7	8.7	5.20	0.99
1968	32	STL	NL	WS	L	DET	2	1	.667	1.67	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	18	5	5	1	4	1	35	0	0	0	101	0.815	6.0	0.3	1.3	11.7	8.75	0.38
3 Yrs (3 Series)							7	2	.778	1.89	9	9	0	8	2	0	81.0	55	19	17	6	17	3	92	2	0	2	312	0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2	5.41	1.64
3 WS							7	2	.778	1.89	9	9	0	8	2	0	81.0	55	19	17	6	17	3	92	2	0	2	312	0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2	5.41	1.64

Rk	Year
1	1964
2	1964
3	1964
1967 Postseason
4	1967
5	1967
6	1967
1968 Postseason
7	1968
8	1968
9	1968
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Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1964	WS g2	Oct 8	STL		NYY	L,3-8	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	4	4	3	9	0	1	4.50	36					8	8	3	0	7	56			0	0	0	31	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	-0.128	-0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
2	1964	WS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG(10)	W(1-1)	3	10.0	6	2	0	2	13	1	1	2.00	39					8	9	0	5	6	87			0	0	0	36	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.35	0.117	2.61	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
3	1964	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	9	5	5	3	9	3	0	3.00	38					9	10	1	4	7	55			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.279	-0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
1967 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1967	WS g1	Oct 4	STL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.00	33					6	11	0	2	5	80			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.625	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	1967	WS g4	Oct 8	STL		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.50	33					11	10	0	1	5	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.148	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	1967	WS g7	Oct 12	STL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	3	2	2	3	10	0	0	1.00	32					9	7	0	3	3	80			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.54	0.217	2.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
1968 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1968	WS g1	Oct 2	STL		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	1	17	0	0	0.00	32					3	8	3	1	3	93			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.319	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	1968	WS g4	Oct 6	STL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	0	0.50	33					6	11	3	2	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.160	2.52	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
9	1968	WS g7	Oct 10	STL		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(2-1)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	8	0	0	1.67	36					6	15	3	3	6	62			0	0	0	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.102	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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