No other pitcher has thrown a perfect game in the postseason. Yankees great Don Larsen is dead at age 90.
He was the unlikeliest of characters to attain what so many Hall of Famers couldn’t pull off in the Fall ClassicNEW YORK—Don 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 the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90.
Mr. Larsen’s agent, Andrew Levy, said the former pitcher died of esophageal cancer in hospice care in Hayden, Idaho. Mr. Levy said Mr. Larsen’s son, Scott, confirmed the death.
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