Which MLB pitcher threw the only perfect game in World Series history?

Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. On October 8, 1956, the New York Yankees right-hander retired all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers he faced in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium.

Larsen needed just 97 pitches and struck out Dale Mitchell to finish the masterpiece, while Mickey Mantle supplied the winning run with a fourth-inning home run. Yogi Berra’s jubilant leap into Larsen’s arms became one of baseball’s most famous images.

The performance also earned Larsen the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and the Babe Ruth Award. It was the sixth perfect game in MLB history at the time, but Larsen was not generally regarded as a dominant ace; his career record was 81–91.

A common mix-up is confusing Larsen’s achievement with postseason no-hitters by Roy Halladay in 2010 or the Astros’ combined no-hitter in the 2022 World Series. Neither was a perfect game, and Larsen’s remains the only World Series perfect game.