Game 5 played at Yankee Stadium when Don Larsen pitched a Perfect game on October 8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won the game 2-0 against losing pitcher Sal Maglie. Mickey Mantle hit a 4th inning solo home run. Fans in attendance 64,519.
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Don Larsen pitched a no hitter in the 1956 World Series.
It is my understanding that Don Larson's 1956 perfect game was the only no-hitter ever pitched in a World Series game. Don Larsen's perfect game on October 8, 1956 is the only no hitter in the history of the World Series. There has been only one no hitter in World Series history and that was in 1956 when Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series. This event happened in the 5th game of the 1956 World Series at the old Yankee Stadium when the Yankees beat the Dodgers and won the World Series after two more games. This perfect game was also the only perfect game to be pitched in the MLB playoffs. It used to be the only no hitter in the playoffs until Roy Halliday pitched a no hitter in game one of the NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds. This was Roy Halliday's excellent first appearance in the MLB playoffs.
The losing pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series was Sal Maglie.
Larsen's perfect game was pitched in the fifth game of the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series 4 games to 3.