World Series Hitting Records

World series career records of every type appear in the following chart. Find out which players truly perform well in October and who holds every major World Series record.

"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part." - Mickey Mantle
World Series Record Book

World Series Career Hitting Records

Record Name(s) Data

At Bats

Yogi Berra

259

Base on Balls

Mickey Mantle

43

Base on Balls
(Intentional)

Barry Bonds

7

Bernie Williams

Batting Average
(50+ At-Bats)

Pepper Martin

.418

Paul Molitor

Doubles

Yogi Berra

10

Frankie Frisch

Extra Base Hits

Mickey Mantle

26

Hits

Yogi Berra

71

Hits
(By A Pinch Hitter)

Johnny Blanchard

3

Ken Boswell

Bobby Brown

Bob Cerv

Carl Furillo

Gonzalo Marquez

Johnny Mize

Ken O'Dea

Dusty Rhodes

Carl Warwick

Home Runs
(7+ Career WS HRs)

Mickey Mantle

18

Babe Ruth

15

Yogi Berra

12

Duke Snider

11

Lou Gehrig

10

Reggie Jackson

10

Joe DiMaggio

8

Frank Robinson

8

Bill Skowron

8

Hank Bauer

7

Goose Goslin

7

Gil McDougald

7

Home Runs
(By A Pitcher)

Bob Gibson

2

Dave McNally

On Base Percentage
(50+ Plate Appearances)

Paul Molitor

.475

Plate Appearances

Yogi Berra

295

Runs Batted In

Mickey Mantle

40

Runs Scored

Mickey Mantle

42

Sacrifices

Eddie Collins

8

Singles

Yogi Berra

49

Slugging Average
(20+ Games)

Reggie Jackson

.755

Strikeouts

Mickey Mantle

54

Total Bases

Mickey Mantle

123

Triples

Billy Johnson

4

Tommy Leach

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World Series Career Hitting Records



Joe DiMaggio holds the career World Series record for grounding into double plays with seven instances.

The World Series record for reaching base via hit-by-pitch during a career is three held by nine different players: Yogi Berra, Bert Campaneris, Max Carey, Frank Chance, Elston Howard, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Frank Robinson, Fred Snodgrass and Honus Wagner.

Joe Carter holds the World Series record for sacrifice flies during a career with four; one in the 1992 World Series, and three in the 1993 World Series.