Yankees-Dodgers iconic moments: Don Larsen's pitches first, and still only, World Series perfect game

For the archetypal clip since 1981, 2 of the astir storied franchises successful sports, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, volition beryllium facing each different successful the World Series. 

This matchup successful the Fall Classic whitethorn not person happened successful much than 40 years, but they person seen each different 11 times – the astir successful MLB history. Because of that, immoderate of the astir iconic moments successful MLB postseason past person travel from these 2 teams going astatine it connected the biggest signifier successful baseball. 

Let's instrumentality a look astatine 1 of those moments, which remains 2nd to nary successful World Series history. 

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New York Yankee's pitcher Don Larsen delivers a third-strike transportation to Dodger pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell for the last retired successful the archetypal cleanable crippled successful World Series past here. Second baseman Billy Martin stands successful beforehand of the scoreboard which tells the story. The Yankees won, 2-0. (Getty Images)

Yankees pitcher Don Larsen tosses cleanable crippled vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

A 27-year-old right-hander from Michigan City, Indiana, took the mound for the Yankees successful Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Dodgers erstwhile they were inactive playing successful Brooklyn, New York. 

Larsen got the shot successful hopes helium could nutrient a amended show than helium did successful Game 2 of this series, a 13-8 nonaccomplishment to Brooklyn erstwhile helium was knocked retired of the crippled successful the 2nd inning. The Yankees had fixed Larsen a 6-0 pb to enactment with, but helium conscionable could not get things going.

However, Larsen had to hide astir what happened successful the past, arsenic the Yankees were capable to necktie the bid astatine 2 games apiece aft winning Games 3 and 4. 

What past transpired was Larsen making MLB history, which inactive stands contiguous arsenic the lone cleanable crippled successful the past of the World Series.

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Larsen needed conscionable 97 pitches to get done this game, with the legendary Pee Wee Reese being the lone Dodgers hitter to get to a three-ball count. 

Along with Reese were different Hall of Famers, including Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Roy Campanella, successful the lineup that day, which showed conscionable however ascendant Larsen had to beryllium to not let a azygous basal runner. 

The closest a Dodgers hitter got to getting connected basal was Robinson hitting a enactment thrust disconnected Andy Carey’s mitt astatine 3rd base. The shot ended up going to shortstop Gil McDougald, and helium was speedy to get the speedy Robinson retired by a measurement astatine archetypal base. 

Hodges was besides capable to tube up a Larsen transportation to heavy halfway field, but the fleet-footed Mickey Mantle tracked it down for a beauteous catch. 

Larsen recalled the cleanable crippled successful 2016 to the Bergen Record, wherever helium said, upon learning helium was going to get the start, helium simply did not privation to messiness it up for his team. 

Here is the artillery whose names volition articulation those of different shot immortals, pitcher Don Larsen, left, and catcher Yogi Berra of the Yankees. The artillery successful the 5th crippled of the 1956 World Series, the archetypal cleanable crippled successful World Series history. Larsen threw them and Berra called and caught them to acceptable the Dodgers down successful 97 pitches without a hit, a tally oregon a walk. The 2-0 triumph enactment the Yanks conscionable 1 crippled distant from different World Series Championship. (Getty Images)

"The shot successful your footwear meant you were going to start. I was precise surprised," Larsen said. "I looked astatine that damn happening and I said, ‘Oh geez. Don’t messiness this 1 up.’"

Larsen has noted connected galore occasions however overmuch power helium had implicit his pitches that time and needing lone 97 to get done 9 innings says it each there. His patented no-windup transportation to location plate, which helium adopted during the 1956 campaign, contributed to him gaining much power implicit his pitches. 

Larsen’s time connected the mound would not person travel without Yogi Berra rounding retired the pitcher-catcher artillery successful Game 5. Larsen told the Bergen Record that Berra, who was known arsenic a talkative person, "didn’t accidental a happening to me" erstwhile the cleanable crippled started to go a existent thing. 

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"Nobody talked to maine excessively much," Larsen added. "I didn’t overmuch similar that."

When the apical of the ninth inning came around, the Yankees owned conscionable a two-run lead, arsenic Mantle deed a location tally successful the 4th inning, and Hank Bauer singled location a batter 2 innings later. 

Larsen was archetypal acceptable to look Carl Furillo to statesman the frame, and helium was capable to get him to alert retired to Bauer for the archetypal retired of the inning. Then, the ever-dangerous Campanella came to the plate, but helium deed a crushed shot to Billy Martin astatine 2nd base, which was handled accordingly for retired fig two. 

Finally, the Dodgers sent Dale Mitchell, a vocation .312 hitter, to the sheet successful their past anticipation of getting idiosyncratic connected base. However, it was lone close that Larsen threw different cleanable fastball and got Mitchell to onslaught out, sealing the cleanable crippled and leaving the Yankee Stadium assemblage successful a frenzy. 

Berra sprinted up to Larsen, and 1 of baseball’s astir signature moments ensued: Berra leaped into Larsen’s arms. 

Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, #8, jumps up and down arsenic helium hugs teammate Don Larsen pursuing Larsen's feat of pitching the archetypal cleanable crippled successful World Series History successful the 5th bid game. The gangly right-hander pitched his squad to a 2-0 triumph and a 3-2 borderline successful the series. (Getty Images)

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"When Yogi jumped connected me, I looked a small spot retired of my oculus portion this was happening," Larsen said. "Dale had turned astir to argue, but determination was cipher there. And present I had Yogi successful my arms. I felt a small funny."

Since Larsen’s cleanable game, the lone different no-hitter successful World Series past was a combined effort by the Houston Astros, arsenic Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly collectively kept the Phillies hitless successful the 2022 Fall Classic. 

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