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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 ...
Halladay nearly pitched a second perfect game in the 2010 NL Division Series against the Reds but gave up a walk to Jay Bruce, making it a no-hitter; he became the only perfect game pitcher to throw another no-hitter in the same season, and the fifth with two no-hitters. Halladay was the second pitcher to throw a perfect game and win the Cy ...
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 ...
1.11 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. 1.12 DHL Hometown Heroes ... Pitcher. Jim Kaat [3] (1973, ... Mark Buehrle's perfect game against Tampa Bay on July 23, ...
1971 Ross Grimsley (left-handed pitcher) 1973 Dan Driessen (third base) 1980 Ron Oester (shortstop) 1981 Bruce Berenyi (right-handed pitcher) 1983 Nick Esasky (third base) 1985 Tom Browning (left-handed pitcher) 1988 Chris Sabo (third base) 1990 Hal Morris (first base) 1992 Reggie Sanders (outfield) 2001 Adam Dunn (outfield) 2002 Austin Kearns ...
Four of his six 300-strikeout seasons occurred after his 35th birthday. On May 18, 2004, at 40 years old, he threw Major League Baseball's 17th perfect game, and remains the oldest pitcher to accomplish the feat. Johnson retired at the age of 46, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015 in his first year of eligibility. He is the ...
Koufax won the National League Most Valuable Player Award, [85] and was the first unanimous selection for the Cy Young Award, winning at a time when only one was awarded for both leagues. [c] [86] He was also named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the first time, and was awarded the Hickok Belt as the athlete of the year. [87]
Galarraga's near-perfect game was the first such game since Mike Mussina's bid for a perfect game on September 2, 2001, which was broken up by 27th batter Carl Everett. [12] It was also the third time for a Tigers pitcher to come so close to a perfect game, as Tommy Bridges missed retiring the 27th batter on August 5, 1932 [ 13 ] and Milt ...