Don Larsen's perfect game

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Don Larsen's perfect game was a historic 1956 World Series baseball game in which New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen retired all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers batters without allowing a baserunner, achieving the only perfect game in World Series history.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball postseason game
World Series game
baseball game
no-hitter
perfect game
awayTeam Brooklyn Dodgers
baserunnersAllowedByDonLarsen 0
battersFacedByDonLarsen 27
catcher Yogi Berra
city New York City
completeGame true
country United States
date 1956-10-08
finalScore New York Yankees 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 0
firstBaseUmpire John Stevens
gameNumberInSeries 5
hitsAllowedByDonLarsen 0
homePlateUmpire Babe Pinelli
homeRunHitterInGame Mickey Mantle
homeTeam New York Yankees
inningsPitchedByDonLarsen 9
leftFieldUmpire Larry Napp
location Yankee Stadium
losingPitcher Sal Maglie
losingTeam Brooklyn Dodgers
managerAwayTeam Walter Alston
managerHomeTeam Casey Stengel
noHitter true
notableBatterHomeTeam Mickey Mantle
onlyNoHitterInWorldSeriesHistory true
onlyPerfectGameInWorldSeriesHistory true
perfectGame true
RBILeaderInGame Mickey Mantle
rightFieldUmpire Ed Rommel
runsScoredByAwayTeam 0
runsScoredByHomeTeam 2
secondBaseUmpire Tom Gorman
series 1956 World Series
shutout true
startingPitcherAwayTeam Sal Maglie
startingPitcherHomeTeam Don Larsen
strikeoutsByDonLarsen 7
teamOfDonLarsen New York Yankees
teamOfSalMaglie Brooklyn Dodgers
thirdBaseUmpire Hank Soar
walksAllowedByDonLarsen 0
winningPitcher Don Larsen
winningTeam New York Yankees
year 1956

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Bob Wolff coveredEvent Don Larsen's perfect game