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Top 40 Best Pitching Postseasons Ever

World Series 1884-2011

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Rank Year Name Team Lg W L SV IP ERA PEVA
MULT.
POST
PEVA-P
1 2007 Beckett Josh BOS AL 4 0 0 30.0 1.20 64.000 6.400
2 1905 Mathewson Christy NY1 NL 3 0 0 27.0 0.00 63.468 6.347
3 1961 Ford Whitey NYA AL 2 0 0 14.0 0.00 63.199 6.320
4 1884 Radbourn Charley PRO NL 3 0 0 22.0 0.00 61.571 6.157
5 1965 Koufax Sandy LAN NL 2 1 0 24.0 0.38 61.427 6.143
6 1951 Lopat Ed NYA AL 2 0 0 18.0 0.50 58.207 5.821
7 1967 Gibson Bob SLN NL 3 0 0 27.0 1.00 55.887 5.589
8 1988 Hershiser Orel LAN NL 3 0 1 42.7 1.05 55.625 5.562
9 1940 Newsom Bobo DET AL 2 1 0 26.0 1.38 55.224 5.522
10 2009 Lee Cliff PHI NL 4 0 0 40.3 1.56 55.124 5.512
11 1995 Hershiser Orel CLE AL 4 1 0 35.3 1.53 54.868 5.487
12 1926 Alexander Pete SLN NL 2 0 1 20.3 1.33 53.897 5.390
13 2008 Hamels Cole PHI NL 4 0 0 35.0 1.80 53.813 5.381
14 1920 Coveleski Stan CLE AL 3 0 0 27.0 0.67 52.358 5.236
15 1968 Gibson Bob SLN NL 2 1 0 27.0 1.67 51.441 5.144
16 2001 Schilling Curt ARI NL 4 0 0 48.3 1.12 50.112 5.011
17 1996 Smoltz John ATL NL 4 1 0 38.0 0.95 49.648 4.965
18 1930 Earnshaw George PHA AL 2 0 0 25.0 0.72 49.429 4.943
19 1926 Pennock Herb NYA AL 2 0 0 22.0 1.23 48.487 4.849
20 2005 Contreras Jose CHA AL 3 1 0 32.0 3.09 46.121 4.612
21 1955 Podres Johnny BRO NL 2 0 0 18.0 1.00 46.109 4.611
22 1892 Stivetts Jack BSN NL 2 0 0 29.0 0.93 45.255 4.525
23 1886 Clarkson John CHN NL 2 2 0 31.0 2.03 45.227 4.523
24 1996 Maddux Greg ATL NL 3 2 0 37.0 1.70 44.475 4.448
25 1914 Rudolph Dick BSN NL 2 0 0 18.0 0.50 42.295 4.229
26 1888 Keefe Tim NY1 NL 4 0 0 35.0 0.51 40.508 4.051
27 1979 McGregor Scott BAL AL 2 1 0 26.0 2.08 39.644 3.964
28 1968 Lolich Mickey DET AL 3 0 0 27.0 1.67 39.581 3.958
29 1989 Stewart Dave OAK AL 4 0 0 32.0 2.25 38.982 3.898
30 1950 Raschi Vic NYA AL 1 0 0 9.0 0.00 38.180 3.818
31 1933 Hubbell Carl NY1 NL 2 0 0 20.0 0.00 37.790 3.779
32 1960 Ford Whitey NYA AL 2 0 0 18.0 0.00 37.723 3.772
33 1946 Brecheen Harry SLN NL 3 0 0 20.0 0.45 37.674 3.767
34 1935 Warneke Lon CHN NL 2 0 0 16.7 0.54 36.835 3.683
35 1908 Overall Orval CHN NL 2 0 0 18.3 0.98 36.550 3.655
36 1962 Terry Ralph NYA AL 2 1 0 25.0 1.80 36.062 3.606
37 1927 Pennock Herb NYA AL 1 0 0 9.0 1.00 35.579 3.558
38 1925 Johnson Walter WS1 AL 2 1 0 26.0 2.08 35.389 3.539
39 1957 Burdette Lew ML1 NL 3 0 0 27.0 0.67 35.279 3.528
40 1934 Dean Dizzy SLN NL 2 1 0 26.0 1.73 34.494 3.449
Note: There have been 3 different eras for postseason baseball in baseball history.  Pre-1900, with single postseason series in 1884-1890, 1892.  World Series only between the National League and the American League from 1903-1968.  From 1969 through today, multiple rounds of postseason, including the World Series, all years, except 1994.  Each postseason, no matter the amount of rounds is graded as a whole, scoring each category per the era and season.  

Note: Postseason PEVA represent 10% of the value given to the Regular Season PEVA value.

PEVA Postseason Player Ratings Boxscore
32.000 Regular Season - Fantastic - 3.200 Postseason
(Postseason/World Series MVP Candidate)
20.000 - Great - 2.000 Postseason
15.000 - All Postseason Team Caliber - 1.500 Postseason
10.000 - Good - 1.000 Postseason
3.500 - Average - 0.350 Postseason

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