Bumgarner awarded the World Series MVP.
Earlier even credit for the win in Game 7 but the win is later given to Affeldt and a save is credited to Bumgarner. Career WS record is now 4-0, 1 SV, 0.25 ERA and .121 BAA. MadBum also won a new Chevy truck for being named MVP, which I'm sure will get good use back home in North Carolina.
Here are some interesting facts about MadBum's performance during the WS that I found on Yahoo Sports:
"He won the opener with seven innings of one-run ball, pitched a four-hit shutout over 117 pitches in Game 5 and then whipped 68 more by the Royals in Game 7. He pitched more than one-third of San Francisco's World Series innings: 21 of 61.
Some grand totals, courtesy of Brooks Baseball: He threw 205 of 291 pitches (70 percent) for strikes. His arsenal of smoke and trickery included 152 fastballs (52 percent), 81 cutters (28 percent), 44 curveballs, 11 changeups and three of those Bugs Bunny slow curves."
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"Bumgarner pitched a record 52 2-3 innings in this postseason, going 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA in six starts and the longest appearance for a save in World Series history, a grind that boosted his season total to 270 innings. Bumgarner is 4-0 with a save and a record-low 0.25 ERA in earning three World Series rings."
See:
Bumgarner a Throwback to Pre-pitch Count Era