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On October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.It was the only no-hitter in World Series history until the Houston Astros pitching staff of Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly threw a combined no-hitter in the 2022 World Series against the ...
The 1956 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1956 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Kodak Presents – Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Don Larson's Perfect Game Archived April 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
Don Larsen Pitched the sixth perfect game in Major League history and the first in franchise history on October 8, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. It remains the only perfect game in World Series history. Larsen threw 97 pitches, 71 for strikes, and struck out seven in the 2–0 victory.
Don James Larsen (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher.During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams: the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–54; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962 ...
Larsen died of esophageal cancer in Hayden, Idaho, Andrew Levy, who represented the pitcher, tweeted Wednesday night. The unlikely Larsen, in Game Five of the '56 World Series on Oct. 8, pitched ...
October 8, 1956: Yankees pitcher Don Larsen throws a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, becoming the first pitcher to ever pitch a no-hitter in postseason play but remains the only perfect game. October 21, 1956: the New York Giants defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 38–10, marking the Giants first game ...
No pitcher has thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only three postseason no-hitters. The first two major league perfect games, and the only two of the premodern era, were thrown in 1880, five days apart.
Only two no-hitters have been thrown in the history of the Fall Classic. The Astros combined to toss the second one in Game 4 of 2022 World Series.