Former Yankees starting pitcher Don Larsen, who threw the only perfect game in World Series history against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 Fall Classic, died at age 90 on Wednesday, according to his representative Andrew Levy.
Larsen was a two-time World Series champion with New York, winning World Series MVP in 1956. Roy Halladay is the only other pitcher to throw a postseason perfect game.
"The world is less 'perfect' today," Levy tweeted on Wednesday night. "Don Larsen, the only man to pitch a perfect game in World Series history, is gone.