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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 ...
Larsen, the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series, died Wednesday in Idaho. He was 90.
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 ...
Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day after (and in the same stadium of) his perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The Giants' win tied the series at two games apiece and guaranteed a return trip to San Francisco.
For Don Larsen, a handshake would have been just fine that fall afternoon when he threw the only perfect game in World Series history. Don Larsen's perfect day was defining moment for Yankees Skip ...
The 1956 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1956 season.The 53rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion and defending World Series champion Brooklyn Dodgers.
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.