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The 'World Series MVPs' quiz
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The 'World Series MVPs' quiz

Happy 37th birthday to four-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion and 2014 World Series MVP, Madison Bumgarner!

Drafted 10th-overall by the San Francisco Giants in the 2007 MLB Draft, the Hickory, North Carolina native made his MLB debut with 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball with four strikeouts against the San Diego Padres in 2009.

In 2010 he earned himself a regular spot in the starting rotation, going 7-6 with a 3.00 ERA in 18 starts in 2010. He contributed to his first World Series ring that season, pitching eight scoreless innings in Game 5 against the Texas Rangers to bring them within a win of their World Series title since moving to San Francisco. 

He’d earn himself a reputation as one of the most feared big-game pitchers over his time in the Bay Area. His most famous performance came in 2014, when he gave the Giants five innings in Game 7  just three days after pitching a complete game shutout in Game 5 of the World Series. His final line from that Fall Classic was absurd, allowing just a single run in 21 total innings to claim World Series MVP honors.

Bumgarner spent 15 seasons in MLB, spending four seasons in Arizona from 2020-23 before retiring. He finished his career with a 134-124 record in 355 starts, racking up 2,070 strikeouts with a 3.47 ERA. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many World Series MVPs can you name in eight minutes?

Good luck!

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2025 / LAD / SP / #18
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2024 / LAD / 1B / #5
Freddie Freeman
2023 / TEX / SS / #5
Corey Seager
2022 / HOU / SS / #3
Jeremy Pena
2021 / ATL / OF / #12
Jorge Soler
2020 / LAD / SS / #5
Corey Seager
2019 / WAS / SP / #37
Stephen Strasburg
2018 / BOS / 1B / #25
Steve Pearce
2017 / HOU / OF / #4
George Springer
2016 / CHC / OF / #18
Ben Zobrist
2015 / KC / C / #13
Salvador Perez
2014 / SF / SP / #40
Madison Bumgarner
2013 / BOS / DH / #34
David Ortiz
2012 / SF / 3B / #48
Pablo Sandoval
2011 / STL / 3B / #23
David Freese
2010 / SF / SS / #16
Edgar Renteria
2009 / NYY / OF / #55
Hideki Matsui
2008 / PHI / SP / #35
Cole Hamels
2007 / BOS / 3B / #25
Mike Lowell
2006 / STL / SS / #22
David Eckstein
2005 / CHW / OF / #23
Jermaine Dye
2004 / BOS / OF / #24
Manny Ramirez
2003 / FLA / SP / #21
Josh Beckett
2002 / LAA / 3B / #25
Troy Glaus
2001* / ARZ / SP / #38
Curt Schilling
2001* / ARZ / SP / #51
Randy Johnson
2000 / NYY / SS / #2
Derek Jeter
1999 / NYY / RP / #42
Mariano Rivera
1998 / NYY / 3B / #18
Scott Brosius
1997 / FLA / SP / #61
Livan Hernandez
1996 / NYY / RP / #35
John Wetteland
1995 / ATL / SP / #47
Tom Glavine
1993 / TOR / DH / #19
Paul Molitor
1992 / TOR / C / #10
Pat Borders
1991 / MIN / SP / #47
Jack Morris
1990 / CIN / SP / #27
Jose Rijo
1989 / OAK / SP / #34
Dave Stewart
1988 / LAD / SP / #55
Orel Hershiser
1987 / MIN / SP / #16
Frank Viola
1986 / NYM / 3B / #22
Ray Knight
1985 / KC / SP / #31
Bret Saberhagen
1984 / DET / SS / #3
Alan Trammell
1983 / BAL / C / #24
Rick Dempsey
1982 / STL / C / #15
Darrell Porter
1981* / LAD / C / #7
Steve Yeager
1981* / LAD / OF / #28
Pedro Guerrero
1981* / LAD / 3B / #10
Ron Cey
1980 / PHI / 3B / #20
Mike Schmidt
1979 / PIT / 1B / #8
Willie Stargell
1978 / NYY / SS / #20
Bucky Dent
1977 / NYY / OF / #44
Reggie Jackson
1976 / CIN / C / #5
Johnny Bench
1975 / CIN / 3B / #14
Pete Rose
1974 / OAK / RP / #34
Rollie Fingers
1973 / OAK / OF / #9
Reggie Jackson
1972 / OAK / C / #38
Gene Tenace
1971 / PIT / OF / #21
Roberto Clemente
1970 / BAL / 3B / #5
Brooks Robinson
1969 / NYM / 1B / #22
Donn Clendenon
1968 / DET / SP / #29
Mickey Lolich
1967 / STL / SP / #45
Bob Gibson
1966 / BAL / OF / #20
Frank Robinson
1965 / LAD / SP / #32
Sandy Koufax
1964 / STL / SP / #45
Bob Gibson
1963 / LAD / SP / #32
Sandy Koufax
1962 / NYY / SP / #23
Ralph Terry
1961 / NYY / SP / #16
Whitey Ford
1960 / NYY / 2B / #1
Bobby Richardson
1959 / LAD / RP / #51
Larry Sherry
1958 / NYY / SP / #19
Bob Turley
1957 / MIL / SP / #33
Lew Burdette
1956 / NYY / SP / #18
Don Larsen
1955 / BK / SP / #45
Johnny Podres

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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