biography
| name: |
Larsen, Don (James)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Baseball pitcher, born in Michigan City, Indiana, USA. He was known during his 21 years in organized baseball as a colourful, old-fashioned, fun-loving player of average major league abilities. But on 8 October 1956, in the fifth game of the New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series, with his 97th and final pitch of the day, he struck out Dodgers pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell and became the only pitcher in baseball history ever to pitch a perfect World Series game (2–0). During his career, Larsen pitched for nine major league teams and had a mediocre 81–91 record. Upon retirement (1968) he became a salesman for the Blake-Moffit & Towne paper company of San Francisco. |
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