Thursday, 2 January 2020

Don Larsen, Only Pitcher To Throw Perfect World Series Game, Dies At 90

In this photo from June 28, 2012, New York Yankees great Don Larsen reacts during a news conference announcing the auction of his 1956 perfect game uniform, in New York. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the New York Yankees when he threw a perfect game and only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90.

New York Yankee Don Larsen pitched a no-hitter in the 1956 World Series — a feat no other pitcher has accomplished. Larsen died Wednesday night after battling esophageal cancer.

(Image credit: Bebeto Matthews/AP)



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