Sports Ex-Yankee Don Larsen, only pitcher to throw perfect game in World Series, dies at 90 January 1, 2020January 2, 2020USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAYComments Off on Ex-Yankee Don Larsen, only pitcher to throw perfect game in World Series, dies at 90 Don Larsen, who has died at 90, pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees on Oct. 8, 1956, in Game 5 of World Series against Brooklyn Dodgers.