Records set
Team
Most walks, batters, 7-game series
40 -- Cleveland.
World Series records
Most walks, both teams, 7-game series
76 -- Cleveland 40, Florida 36.
Individual
Most home runs by a catcher, single postseason
5 -- Sandy Alomar, Cleveland.
Strikeouts, one inning
2 -- Edgar Renteria, Florida, Game 5 (sixth inning).
Records tied
Team
Most errors, one inning
3 -- Cleveland, ninth inning, Game 3 (seventh time).
nTC Sacrifice flies, game, both teams
3 -- Cleveland 2, Florida 1 (third time).
Individual
Reaching base safely, nine-inning game
5 -- Matt Williams, Cleveland, Game 4, three hits and two walks (11th time).
Consecutive strikeouts
5 -- Devon White, Florida, Games 3-4 (seventh time).
Most at-bats, one inning
2 -- Darren Daulton and Bobby Bonilla, Florida, ninth inning, Game 3, Edgar Renteria, Florida, sixth inning, Game 5 (many times).
Earned runs allowed, pitcher, one game
7 -- Orel Hershiser, Cleveland, Game 1 (sixth time).
Consecutive walks, pitcher, one inning
3 -- Charles Nagy, Cleveland, third inning, Game 3 (seventh time).
Most walks, pitcher, one inning
4 -- Al Leiter, Florida, Game 3 (eighth time).
Most RBIs, postseason series, catcher
10 -- Sandy Alomar, Cleveland (second time).
Most sacrifice flies, game
2 -- Manny Ramirez, Cleveland (second time).
Most stolen bases, inning
2 -- Omar Vizquel, Cleveland, fifth inning, Game 7 (ninth time).
Most at-bats, 7-game series
33 -- Devon White, Florida (fourth time).
Miscellaneous
Records set
Most walks, single postseason
19 -- Gary Sheffield, Florida.
Most RBIs, single postseason
19 -- Sandy Alomar, Cleveland.
Most RBIs by a catcher, single postseason
19 -- Sandy Alomar, Cleveland.
Most appearances, pitcher, single postseason
13 -- Paul Assenmacher, Cleveland.
Youngest pitcher to win a World Series opener
22 years, 7 months, 28 days, Livan Hernandez, Florida, Game 1.
Coldest game-time temperature (since 1975)
38 degrees, Game 4.
Biggest age differential starting pitchers, one game
16 years, 5 months, 5 days, Orel Hershiser, Cleveland (39 years, 1 month, 7 days) and Livan Hernandez, Florida (22 years, 8 months, 2 days), Game 5.
Largest attendance, 7-game series
403,617.
Records tied
Consecutive home runs
2 -- Moises Alou and Charles Johnson, Florida, fourth inning, Game 1 (11th time).
Most combined pitchers used, nine-inning game
11 -- Cleveland (7) and Florida (4), Game 3 (third time).
Most runs scored, single team, ninth inning
7 -- Florida, Game 3 (second time).
Most runs scored, both teams, single inning
11 -- Florida (7), Cleveland (4), ninth inning, Game 3 (third time).
Homers in both leagues
Matt Williams, Cleveland, Oct. 27, 1989, with San Francisco vs. Oakland, Game 3, and Oct. 22, 1997, with Cleveland vs. Florida, Game 4 (seventh time).
Pub Date: 10/28/97
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