Don Larsen is Perfect On this day, in 1956 in game five of the 1956 World Series pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Larsen's perfect game is the first perfect game in World Series history. October 8, 1956 Sport: Baseball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine