Don Larsen, who pitched only perfect World Series game, dies at 90

NEW YORK -- Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history in 1956 with the New York Yankees, died Wednesday, his representative, Andrew Levy, tweeted Wednesday night. Larsen was 90.

Levy said the former pitcher died of esophageal cancer in hospice care in Hayden, Idaho. Levy said Larsen's son, Scott, confirmed the death.

Larsen was the unlikeliest of characters to attain what so many Hall of Famers couldn't pull off in the Fall Classic. He was 81-91 in his career, never won more than 11 games in a season and finished an unsightly 3-21 with Baltimore in 1954, the year before he was dealt to the Yankees as part of a 17-player trade.

In the 1956 World Series, won in seven games by the Yankees, Larsen was knocked out in the second inning of Game 2 by the Brooklyn Dodgers and didn't think he would have another opportunity to pitch. But when he reached Yankee Stadium on the morning of Oct. 8, he found a baseball in his shoe, the signal from manager Casey Stengel that he would start Game 5.

Don James Larsen was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 15-year Major League Baseball career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams: the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore ... Wikipedia

Born: August 7, 1929, Michigan City, IN

Died: January 1, 2020, Hayden, ID

Bats: Right-handed

Weight: 215 lbs

Education: Point Loma High School

Don's full name..

perfect name for World Series...

from his birthday to his death was 147 days...

he wore #18 pitched a perfect game on a day with 18 numerology..10+8=18

he won 81 career games..the reflection of 81

he's from..

The day of his perfect game...on a day with 74 and 93 numerology..10+8+56=74..10+8+19+56=93

and 93..

hey died of Cancer..best known as a pitcher for Yankees

died of esophageal cancer

murder=79,83...won the series in '56

perfect for New York...and died at "Ninety"

born on 8/7...World Series=75

he threw a perfect game

33 x3=99

died in Hayden, ID

esophageal cancer=70...New York Yankees=70...he was born on the 146th day of the year

pitcher=43,38..
he was World Series MVP after his Perfect game
World Series MVP=198,90..Perfect game=198
died at age 90