The star lefty handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth, established the record of 29 and 2 thirds consecutive scoreless World Series innings pitched.
It was not till 1961 that Whitey Ford broke Babe Ruth's World Series record, at 33 innings.
Babe Ruth with 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings pitched in World Series play.
In 1903 the Pittsburg Pirates were held scoreless for 52 innings.
Jim 'Catfish' Hunter with 13 innings pitched.
Three great examples come to mind -- two regular-season games and one World Series classic. On July 2, 1963, Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 16th inning to snap a scoreless tie between the Giants and the Milwaukee Braves. The winning pitcher was San Francisco's Juan Marichal, who pitched all 16 shutout innings. The losing pitcher was Milwaukee's Warren Spahn who had pitched 15.1 scoreless innings before yielding Mays' home run. Almost nine years earlier, in August 1954, Jack Harshman of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 16-inning shutout against the Detroit Tigers. Al Aber of Detroit gave up the game's only run of the game in the 16th. In Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves played scoreless baseball before the Twins won 1-0 sin the bottom of the 10th inning. Minnesota starter Jack Morris pitched the entire game for the eventual world champions.
Randy Johnson in the 2001 World Series
Whitey Ford
Babe Ruth with 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings pitched in World Series play.
The New York Yankees Mariano Rivera holds the all time Post season record of 33 1/3 scoreless innings pitched. Whitey Ford holds the World Series record with 33 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Christy Mathewson pitched 27 consecutive scoreless innings in a single post season as he threw 3 shutouts in the 1905 World Series.
Christy Mathewson
Through the 2008 World Series ... In a single World Series the record is 27 by Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants in 1905. He threw three complete game shutouts in helping the Giants defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 1. Over more than one World Series the record is 33 2/3 innings by Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees. The streak started in the first inning of Game 1 of the 1960 World Series ... Ford threw shutouts Game 1 and Game 5. It continued in the 1961 World Series as he threw a shutout in Game 1 and 5 scoreless innings in Game 4 to extend the streak to 32 innings. It ended in Game 1 of the 1962 Series with two outs in the second inning.
In 1903 the Pittsburg Pirates were held scoreless for 52 innings.
Jim 'Catfish' Hunter with 13 innings pitched.
0. Hy Vandenberg pitched in one World Series, the 1945 Series for the Chicago Cubs who lost to the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 3. He was in three games and pitched six scoreless innings.
Babe Ruth pitched many World Series innings for the Boston Red Sox. He amassed a record of 291/3 scoreless innings in 1918. It took Yankee Whitey Ford in 1961 to finally break Ruth's record.
In 1910 The Portland Beavers won their second Pacific Coast League title, achieving a remarkable record in the process; the Beavers pitchers threw a baseball record 88 consecutive shutout innings.
Three great examples come to mind -- two regular-season games and one World Series classic. On July 2, 1963, Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 16th inning to snap a scoreless tie between the Giants and the Milwaukee Braves. The winning pitcher was San Francisco's Juan Marichal, who pitched all 16 shutout innings. The losing pitcher was Milwaukee's Warren Spahn who had pitched 15.1 scoreless innings before yielding Mays' home run. Almost nine years earlier, in August 1954, Jack Harshman of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 16-inning shutout against the Detroit Tigers. Al Aber of Detroit gave up the game's only run of the game in the 16th. In Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves played scoreless baseball before the Twins won 1-0 sin the bottom of the 10th inning. Minnesota starter Jack Morris pitched the entire game for the eventual world champions.
Randy Johnson in the 2001 World Series