It was noted by an Arkansan on SABR-L that Lee and Burnett were both from Arkansas and were born within a year of each other, Burnett from North Little Rock and Lee from Benton. This was the 38th time that the two WS starters from the same state in the Union. The most recent was Kevin Appier and Russ Ortiz, both from California, faced each other twice in the 2002 World Series.

Surprisingly, at least to me, no foreign country has boasted two native sons starting in a World Series game.

Full List after the jump

Here is the full list.

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| where_from | game_id      | group_concat(name_common)     | cities                       | bYears    | SPs |
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| USA-OH     | PIT190310070 | Brickyard Kennedy,Cy Young    | Bellaire,Gilmore             | 1867,1867 |   2 |
| USA-PA     | PHA190510090 | Christy Mathewson,Eddie Plank | Factoryville,Gettysburg      | 1880,1875 |   2 |
| USA-OH     | CHN190710090 | George Mullin,Jack Pfiester   | Toledo,Cincinnati            | 1880,1878 |   2 |
| USA-OH     | CHN190810120 | George Mullin,Jack Pfiester   | Toledo,Cincinnati            | 1880,1878 |   2 |
| USA-IN     | DET190810130 | Mordecai Brown,Ed Summers     | Nyesville,Ladoga             | 1876,1884 |   2 |
| USA-IN     | PIT190910130 | Babe Adams,Ed Summers         | Tipton,Ladoga                | 1882,1884 |   2 |
| USA-MO     | NY1191210080 | Jeff Tesreau,Joe Wood         | Ironton,Kansas City          | 1888,1889 |   2 |
| USA-MO     | NY1191210110 | Jeff Tesreau,Joe Wood         | Ironton,Kansas City          | 1888,1889 |   2 |
| USA-MO     | BOS191210150 | Jeff Tesreau,Joe Wood         | Ironton,Kansas City          | 1888,1889 |   2 |
| USA-PA     | PHA191310080 | Christy Mathewson,Eddie Plank | Factoryville,Gettysburg      | 1880,1875 |   2 |
| USA-PA     | NY1191310110 | Christy Mathewson,Eddie Plank | Factoryville,Gettysburg      | 1880,1875 |   2 |
| USA-OH     | BRO191610110 | Dutch Leonard,Rube Marquard   | Birmingham,Cleveland         | 1892,1886 |   2 |
| USA-PA     | NYA192610020 | Herb Pennock,Bill Sherdel     | Kennett Square,McSherrystown | 1894,1896 |   2 |
| USA-PA     | SLN192610070 | Herb Pennock,Bill Sherdel     | Kennett Square,McSherrystown | 1894,1896 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | PHA193010080 | George Earnshaw,Bill Hallahan | New York,Binghamton          | 1900,1902 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | SLN193110020 | George Earnshaw,Bill Hallahan | New York,Binghamton          | 1900,1902 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | PHA193110070 | Bill Hallahan,Waite Hoyt      | Binghamton,Brooklyn          | 1902,1899 |   2 |
| USA-TN     | DET194010040 | Jim Turner,Tommy Bridges      | Antioch,Gordonsville         | 1903,1906 |   2 |
| USA-GA     | NYA194110020 | Spud Chandler,Whit Wyatt      | Commerce,Kensington          | 1907,1907 |   2 |
| USA-TX     | BOS194610100 | Tex Hughson,Red Munger        | Buda,Houston                 | 1916,1918 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | BRO195310030 | Whitey Ford,Billy Loes        | New York,Long Island City    | 1928,1929 |   2 |
| USA-IN     | BRO195510010 | Don Larsen,Carl Erskine       | Michigan City,Anderson       | 1929,1926 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | NYA195510030 | Whitey Ford,Karl Spooner      | New York,Oriskany Falls      | 1928,1931 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | BRO195610030 | Whitey Ford,Sal Maglie        | New York,Niagara Falls       | 1928,1917 |   2 |
| USA-NJ     | BRO195610100 | Johnny Kucks,Don Newcombe     | Hoboken,Madison              | 1933,1926 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | NYA195710020 | Warren Spahn,Whitey Ford      | Buffalo,New York             | 1921,1928 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | MLN195810010 | Whitey Ford,Warren Spahn      | New York,Buffalo             | 1928,1921 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | NYA195810050 | Whitey Ford,Warren Spahn      | New York,Buffalo             | 1928,1921 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | MLN195810080 | Whitey Ford,Warren Spahn      | New York,Buffalo             | 1928,1921 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | CHA195910020 | Johnny Podres,Bob Shaw        | Witherbee,Bronx              | 1932,1933 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | LAN195910060 | Bob Shaw,Sandy Koufax         | Bronx,Brooklyn               | 1933,1935 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | NYA196310020 | Whitey Ford,Sandy Koufax      | New York,Brooklyn            | 1928,1935 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | LAN196310060 | Whitey Ford,Sandy Koufax      | New York,Brooklyn            | 1928,1935 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | LAN196610060 | Sandy Koufax,Jim Palmer       | Brooklyn,New York            | 1935,1945 |   2 |
| USA-NY     | BAL197910160 | John Candelaria,Jim Palmer    | New York,New York            | 1953,1945 |   2 |
| USA-CA     | ANA200210200 | Kevin Appier,Russ Ortiz       | Lancaster,Encino             | 1967,1974 |   2 |
| USA-CA     | ANA200210260 | Kevin Appier,Russ Ortiz       | Lancaster,Encino             | 1967,1974 |   2 |
| USA-AR     | PHI200911020 | A.J. Burnett,Cliff Lee        | North Little Rock,Benton     | 1977,1978 |   2 |
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