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For one day, he was perfect. On October 8th, 1956 in Game 5 of the World Series, Yankees pitcher Don Larsen had a day for the ages, mowing down the Brooklyn Dodgers without allowing a baserunner for the first - and still only - perfect game in World Series history. Larsen faced the minimum 27 batters that day at Yankee Stadum.
The Yankees won the game 2-0 behind a solo home run from Mickey Mantle and a run-scoring single by Hank Bauer. But it was Larsen, who needed just 97 pitches to complete the game, who was the story that afternoon. “I had great control,” Larsen said later. “I never had that kind of control in my life.”