World Series Leaders

Most Valuable Player Awards

========================================================================= YEAR PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 Gene Tenace, OAK-A 7 23 8 1 0 4 9 .348 1976 Johnny Bench, CIN-N 4 15 8 1 1 2 6 .533 1981 **Steve Yeager, LA-N 6 14 4 1 0 2 4 .286 1982 Darrell Porter, STL-N 7 28 8 2 0 1 5 .286 1983 Rick Dempsey, BAL-A 5 13 5 4 0 0 2 .385 1992 Pat Borders, TOR-A 6 20 9 3 0 1 3 .450 ========================================================================= ** Shared honors with Ron Cey & Pedro Guerrero

Batting Average - Single Series (Top Ten)

(10 or more At Bats)

=====================================================================***= YEAR PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 Hank Gowdy, BOS-N 4 11 6 3 1 1 3 .545 1976 Johnny Bench, CIN 4 15 8 1 1 2 6 .533 *** 1976 Thurman Munson, NY-Y 4 17 9 0 0 0 2 .529 *** 1913 Larry McLean, NY-N 5 12 6 0 0 0 2 .500 1960 Elston Howard, NY-A 5 13 6 1 1 1 4 .462 1992 Pat Borders, TOR 6 20 9 3 0 1 3 .450 1932 Bill Dickey, NY-A 4 16 7 0 0 0 4 .438 1953 Yogi Berra, NY-A 6 21 9 1 0 1 4 .429 1955 Yogi Berra, NY-A 7 24 10 1 0 1 2 .417 1980 Bob Boone, PHI-N 6 17 7 2 0 0 4 .412 1987 Tony Pena, STL-N 7 22 9 1 0 0 4 .409 ========================================================================= *** Led both of their teams in BAVG in 1976 WS

Batting Average - Career in WS (Top Ten)

(60 or more At Bats)

==============================================================***= PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thurman Munson 6 67 25 5 0 1 12 .373 Walker Cooper 16 60 18 3 1 0 6 .300 Johnny Bench, CIN-N 23 86 24 4 1 5 14 .279 Yogi Berra, NY-A 75 259 71 10 0 12 39 .274 Bill Dickey, NY-A 38 145 37 1 1 5 24 .255 Elston Howard, NY-A 54 171 42 7 1 5 19 .246 Roy Campanella 32 114 27 5 0 4 12 .237 ==================================================================

Home Runs - Career in WS (Top Ten)

(60 or more At Bats)

==================================================***============= PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yogi Berra, NY-A 75 259 71 0 0 12 39 .274 Elston Howard, NY-A 54 171 42 7 1 5 19 .246 Johnny Bench, CIN-N 23 86 24 4 1 5 14 .279 Bill Dickey, NY-A 38 145 37 1 1 5 24 .255 ==================================================================

Hits - Career in WS (Top Ten)

(60 or more At Bats)

====================================***=========================== PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yogi Berra, NY-A 75 259 71 0 0 12 39 .274 Elston Howard, NY-A 54 171 42 7 1 5 19 .246 Bill Dickey, NY-A 38 145 37 1 1 5 24 .255 Johnny Bench, CIN-N 23 86 24 4 1 5 14 .279 ==================================================================

Runs Batted In (RBI's) - Career in WS (Top Ten)

(60 or more At Bats)

========================================================***======= PLAYER G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yogi Berra, NY-A 75 259 71 0 0 12 39 .274 Bill Dickey, NY-A 38 145 37 1 1 5 24 .255 Elston Howard, NY-A 54 171 42 7 1 5 19 .246 Johnny Bench, CIN-N 23 86 24 4 1 5 14 .279 ==================================================================

Other WS Notable Achievements

Yogi Berra is tied with Frankie Frisch (Giants/Cards) for MOST WS career doubles (10)

Tim McCarver is tied with 11 others for 2nd place on career WS Triples with 3

Yogi Berra is 2nd in career WS runs scored (behind Mantle's 42) with 41. Elston Howard is 7th with 25

Yogi Berra (1956) & Sandy Alomar Jr. (1997) are tied for 3rd on the Single Series RBI record with 10. Gene Tenace (1972) & Gary Carter (1986) alogn with 5 other MLB'ers had 9

Bill Dickey (1936), Johnny Bench (1976) & Thurman Munson (1978) are tied for 2nd place (with 15 others) with 5 WS RBI in One Game

Elston Howard (Sept 28, 1955) and Gene Tenace (Oct 14, 1972) hit a homerun in their first WS At-Bat (two of only 25 MLB'ers to do so)

Yogi Berra is the ONLY catcher to have hit a WS Grand Slam Homerun (Oct 5, 1956)

Carlton Fisk is the only catcher to have hit a WS Game-Ending Homerun (1975 Game 6, 12th Inning)

Yogi Berra, Gene Tenace, Johnny Bench and Gary Carter are the only catchers to have WS Multi-Homer Games (2)