Dodgers legend Carl Erskine, last surviving 'Boys of Summer' member, dead at 97
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Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of 'Boys of Summer,' dies at 97
Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, has died
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Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of 'Boys of Summer,' dies at 97
Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97.
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Dodgers Legend Dies at 97; Was Last Link to Brooklyn's 'Boys of Summer'
Carl Erskine, whose pitching prowess helped the Brooklyn Dodgers end their championship drought in 1955, died Tuesday. He was 97.The Indiana native was a mainstay on the Dodgers teams that reached the World Series five times in eight years from 1949-56. He moved west with the franchise from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957 and played the last of his 12 major league seasons — all with the Dodgers — in 1958.Erskine was the last living member of the "Boys of Summer" Dodgers made famous in Roger...