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{{Infobox person
|name=Donald James "Don" Larsen<br>
(Pitched the only no-hitter game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series)
| birth_date=August 7, 1929
| birth_place=Michigan City, [[Indiana]], USA
| death_date=January 1, 2020 (aged 90)
| death_place=Hayden Lake, [[Idaho]]
| spouse=Corinne Larsen<br>
'''One son''':<br>
Scott Larsen<br>
Two grandsons<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Point Loma High School ([[San Diego]]}}
'''Donald James Larsen''', known as '''Don Larsen''' (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an [[United States|American]] professional [[baseball]] pitcher. In October 1956, he pitched a
[[perfect game]] for the [[New York Yankees]] in the fifth game of the [[World Series]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/obituaries/don-larsen-dead.html|title=Don Larsen, Yankee Who Pitched Only Perfect Game in World Series History, Dies at 90|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=January 1, 2020|author=Richard Goldstein|accessdate=January 16, 2020; under pay wall}}</ref>
Larsen was born in Michigan City, [[Indiana]], and moved with his family to [[San Diego]], [[California]]. , where he went to Point Loma High Scho, at which he played baseball and [[basketball]]. He was initially signed in 1953 by the St. Louis Browns. After two minor league seasons, he entered the [[United States Army]] for two years. He returned to the Browns, who moved in 1954 to [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. He joined the Yankees in 1955. After the 1959 season ended, the Yankees traded Larsen to [[Kansas City]] in an arrangement that brought to the Yankees Roger Eugene Maris (1934-1985), who broke [[Babe Ruth]]'s home-run record, hitting sixty-one home runs in 1961. After a single season in Kansas City, Larsen played for five other teams until he retired after fourteen seasons with a losing career recordd. ''[[The New York Times]]'' called him an "otherwise ordinary pitcher" who "for one day in 1956 was the picture of perfection."<ref name=nyt/>
Larsen died on New Years Day 2020 in a [[hospice]] in Hayden Lake in Kootenai County in northern [[Idaho]]. He had undergone unsuccessful radiation for esophageal [[cancer]].<ref name=nyt/>
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|name=Donald James "Don" Larsen<br>
(Pitched the only no-hitter game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series)
| birth_date=August 7, 1929
| birth_place=Michigan City, [[Indiana]], USA
| death_date=January 1, 2020 (aged 90)
| death_place=Hayden Lake, [[Idaho]]
| spouse=Corinne Larsen<br>
'''One son''':<br>
Scott Larsen<br>
Two grandsons<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Point Loma High School ([[San Diego]]}}
'''Donald James Larsen''', known as '''Don Larsen''' (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an [[United States|American]] professional [[baseball]] pitcher. In October 1956, he pitched a
[[perfect game]] for the [[New York Yankees]] in the fifth game of the [[World Series]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/obituaries/don-larsen-dead.html|title=Don Larsen, Yankee Who Pitched Only Perfect Game in World Series History, Dies at 90|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=January 1, 2020|author=Richard Goldstein|accessdate=January 16, 2020; under pay wall}}</ref>
Larsen was born in Michigan City, [[Indiana]], and moved with his family to [[San Diego]], [[California]]. , where he went to Point Loma High Scho, at which he played baseball and [[basketball]]. He was initially signed in 1953 by the St. Louis Browns. After two minor league seasons, he entered the [[United States Army]] for two years. He returned to the Browns, who moved in 1954 to [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. He joined the Yankees in 1955. After the 1959 season ended, the Yankees traded Larsen to [[Kansas City]] in an arrangement that brought to the Yankees Roger Eugene Maris (1934-1985), who broke [[Babe Ruth]]'s home-run record, hitting sixty-one home runs in 1961. After a single season in Kansas City, Larsen played for five other teams until he retired after fourteen seasons with a losing career recordd. ''[[The New York Times]]'' called him an "otherwise ordinary pitcher" who "for one day in 1956 was the picture of perfection."<ref name=nyt/>
Larsen died on New Years Day 2020 in a [[hospice]] in Hayden Lake in Kootenai County in northern [[Idaho]]. He had undergone unsuccessful radiation for esophageal [[cancer]].<ref name=nyt/>
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Don}}
[[Category:Baseball]]
[[Category:New York City]]
[[Category:Indiana[]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Idaho]]