FALL 2012 Auction
Wed, Nov 14, 2012 09:00PM EST - Sun, Dec 2, 2012 12:00PM EST
Lot 702
DON LARSEN 1956 WORLD SERIES PERFECT GAME SCORED PROGRAM WITH 7 VINTAGE AUTOGRAPHS
Sold for
$2,900.40
Sold Price includes BP
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Zero. That's how many people have pitched perfect games in the Major League Baseball playoffs -- other than Don Larsen a onetime New York Yankees hurler who did exactly that 56 years ago.
Larsen who never won more than 11 games and reached 200 innings just once struck out seven batters in the Yankees' 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series Game 5 at Yankee Stadium after which he leaped into catcher Yogi Berra's arms to make for an image that remains iconic to this day. From the most-famous pitching feat in World Series history comes a nicely scored Official Scorecard that was present in Yankee Stadium on Oct. 8 1956. The 5.5 by 9.5 inch scorecard survives in excellent condition save only for a vertical crease down the middle. There is no writing on the front or back covers; inside the original owner did a bang-up job of recording the historic moment in black ink neatly providing all the pertinent information in each box right down to pitch counts and attendance. Then he (or someone) had the good sense and good fortune to get seven of the nine Yankees starters to sign around the team's section of the scored portion. That group includes naturally Don Larsen plus his battery-mate Yogi Berra Mickey Mantle Hank Bauer Gil McDougald Billy Martin and Joe Collins. Also included in the lot is a copy of the New York Daily News from the following day with the iconic long-lens shot of Larsen fires his final pitch of the day to a frozen Dale Mitchell. The Daily News specimen is intact but reveals the kind of wear you'd expect from newsprint after more than a half century. This is a perfect commemoration of a perfect event both of which defy duplication.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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