OK, I’m a little late with the Olympic imagery. Anyway … What feat has been achieved by only these five pitchers? No one in this century has even had an opportunity to do it.
- Mordecai Brown for Cubs vs. Tigers, 1907 game 5 (clincher) and 1908 game 4
- Wild Bill Hallahan for Cardinals vs. Athletics, 1930 game 3 and 1931 game 2
- Christy Mathewson for Giants vs. Athletics, 1905 games 1, 3 and 5 (clincher), and 1913 game 2
- Art Nehf for Giants vs. Yankees, 1921 game 8 (clincher) and 1923 game 3 (both by 1-0)
- Allie Reynolds for Yankees vs. Dodgers, 1949 game 1 and 1952 game 4
Congratulations to Richard Chester! These five are the only pitchers with two World Series shutouts against the same team in different seasons. No one’s had a chance to do it this century because no pitcher has faced the same team in more than one Series; last year saw the first rematch of the century, but no pitcher from 2004 was on the same side in 2013. And of course, there hasn’t been an individual WS shutout since Josh Beckett’s 2003 clincher.
