Where Madison Bumgarner's stellar World Series ranks all-time

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The 2014 World Series will be best remembered for the dominance of one man: Madison Bumgarner. The Giants' 25-year-old southpaw almost single-handedly pitched the Giants to their third championship in five years, earning the win in each of his two World Series starts, one of them a shutout, then coming back on two days' rest to close out Game 7 with five dominant scoreless innings that earned him a save. As you’ll see below, that performance was unprecedented, and it was especially remarkable given the way the use of pitchers has changed since the first World Series in 1903. But was it the best ever in the Fall Classic? Here’s my list of the all-time top five pitching performances in World Series history.

• SI.com's game-by-game recaps and analysis of the entire 2014 MLB postseason

1. Christy Mathewson, Giants, 1905: 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 27 IP, 3 SHO

In just the second World Series ever (Giants manager John McGraw refused to let his team play in 1904, feeling that the four-year-old American League was inferior), Mathewson turned in a performance against the A's that has never been equaled, and never will be: Three starts, three shutouts, the second on two days' rest, the third on one day of rest. Mathewson allowed just 13 hits and one walk while striking out 18 and winning three of the Series' five games.


http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/30/madison-bumgarner-giants-world-series-mathewson-burdette-gibson

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1. 2. Lew Burdette, Braves, 1957: 3-0, 0.67 ERA, 27 IP, 2 SHO

In Game 2, his first of three starts in this series against the defending world champion Yankees, Burdette allowed one run in the second inning and another in the third. He then pitched six scoreless innings to finish that game and followed it up with shutouts in both Game 5 and Game 7. That ran his scoreless streak for the Series to 24 while pitching three complete games to give the city of Milwaukee what is still its only World Series title.

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I knew Lew had to be up there somewhere. Dominating.

[GGJohn]

2. Orel Hershiser

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_World_Series