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Lot # 1178: 1956 Don Larsen World Series Perfect Game Stadium Club Full Ticket PSA GD 2 (Only PSA Graded Example)

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Item was in Auction "2024 Summer Classic",
which ran from 6/9/2024 12:00 PM to
6/29/2024 10:00 PM



"I had great control. I never had that kind of control in my life," said Don Larsen, the only pitcher to ever throw a perfect game in the World Series. Offered is a 1956 World Series Game 5 full Club Pass that was valid on Oct. 8, 1956, the date that Larsen pitched his gem, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. The offered Club Pass was not valid for admission to the game itself, but it was good for admission to the New York Yankees' Stadium Club, located within Yankee Stadium, the site of the game. Larsen, a big right-hander, was knocked around in Game 2 of the '56 World Series, when he started for the Yankees and pitched only 1.2 innings, giving up only one hit, but walking four batters and allowing four unearned runs in the 13-8 loss to Brooklyn. For Game 5, the Series was tied at two games each, and Larsen was superb, needing only 97 pitches to subdue the Dodgers. The Bronx Bombers scored a run on a Mickey Mantle home run in the bottom of the 4th inning, and the Yanks added another run on a Hank Bauer single in the 6th inning. There were only two times when the Dodgers came close to a hit: in the 2nd inning, Jackie Robinson hit a line drive that deflected off the glove of third baseman Andy Carey and most likely would have been a hit if not for Yankee shortstop Gil McDougald grabbing the ball and throwing out Robinson at first base; the Dodgers came close to breaking up the perfect game in the 5th inning when Mantle made a great, backhand catch of a drive to left center by Gil Hodges. Larsen achieved his 27th out when he struck out Dodgers pinch hitter Dale Mitchell on a fastball that looked to be high and outside, but that Mitchell apparently "broke his wrists" on when attempting to check his swing. The Stadium Club ticket measures 2.25x5.25". The ticket reads, N.Y. YANKEES STADIUM CLUB is pleased to extend guest privileges to the bearer only for the 1956 World Series GAME NO. 5. The Full Stadium Club ticket has been encapsulated and PSA Certified as Good 2.

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