World Series MVPs: Where Are They Now?

2014: Madison Bumgarner, Pitcher, San Francisco Giants

Madison Bumgarner has been a one of the best pitchers in baseball since leading the San Francisco Giants to their third World Series championship in five years. The Giants ace has compiled a 33-18 record and maintained a sub-3.00 earned run average. He has been named to the All-Star team both years after being named World Series Most Valuable Player, and has been a rock at the top of the Giants’ rotation.

Bumgarner has pitched over 200 innings in both seasons since he was the World Series Most Valuable Player, which gives him a streak of six straight seasons achieving that feat. He has pitched four complete games each year since 2014, which is an ode to his durability. With his workload including long playoff runs, it is hard to find someone willing to pitch the amount Mad-Bum is.

Bumgarner’s dominance is not just reserved for the regular season. His postseason numbers have been amazing throughout his career. His career record is 8-3 and he carries a 2.11 postseason earned run average in 16 games (14 starts). On top of that, he has three complete games in the postseason and had won a championship each time he had been to the postseason, until 2016 when the Giants lost to the eventual world champion Cubs in the National League Division Series.

Bumgarner is a postseason pitcher who excels in the spotlight. There will be plenty more to come from him.