[Mick]

I forgot sbout Gibson’s incredible three games.  Maybe the best ever WS performance by a starter?

Gibson's was excellent, 19 base runners and a home run for a 0.704 WHIP and just three earned runs in 27 innings for a 1.00 ERA in 1967.  But I'd vote for Christy Mathewson of the Giants.  In 1905 they played in the World Series against Connie Mack's A's, which had gone 92-56 and had three Hall of Fame starters (Ed Plank, Rube Waddell and Chief Bender).  Mathewson went 3-0 against, all shutouts.  In 27 innings pitched, he gave up one walk, and 13 hits, for a 0.519 WHIP.  In a five game World Series that the Giants won 4-1, Mathewson threw three shutouts.

Funny postscript -- noted screwball Rube Waddell went 27-10 during the season and led the American League in wins, ERA, strikeouts, fewest hits per nine innings and most strikeouts per nine innings.  He didn't pitch in the World Series, however.  Just before the WS, he decided he didn't like rookie Andy Coakley's straw hat (Coakley went 18-8), and Waddell injured his pitching shoulder trying to wrestle the hat off of Coakley's head.

I'd say that's at least in the conversation for best World Series performance by a starter.

[Mick]

I forgot sbout Gibson’s incredible three games.  Maybe the best ever WS performance by a starter?

Gibson's was excellent, 19 base runners and a home run for a 0.704 WHIP and just three earned runs in 27 innings for a 1.00 ERA in 1967.  But I'd vote for Christy Mathewson of the Giants.  In 1905 they played in the World Series against Connie Mack's A's, which had gone 92-56 and had three Hall of Fame starters (Ed Plank, Rube Waddell and Chief Bender).  Mathewson went 3-0 against, all shutouts.  In 27 innings pitched, he gave up one walk, and 13 hits, for a 0.519 WHIP.  In a five game World Series that the Giants won 4-1, Mathewson threw three shutouts.

Funny postscript -- noted screwball Rube Waddell went 27-10 during the season and led the American League in wins, ERA, strikeouts, fewest hits per nine innings and most strikeouts per nine innings.  He didn't pitch in the World Series, however.  Just before the WS, he decided he didn't like rookie Andy Coakley's straw hat (Coakley went 18-8), and Waddell injured his pitching shoulder trying to wrestle the hat off of Coakley's head.

I'd say that's at least in the conversation for best World Series performance by a starter.