Don Larsen 1956 World Series "Perfect Game" Signed Game-Used Baseball - JSA

Sold For:

$5,280

Year:

1956

Auction:

2025 Spring

Lot #:

2485

Category:

Autographed Baseballs/Flats/Photos

On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen made baseball history when he pitched a perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. To this day it remains the only perfect game recorded in the World Series and one of only two no-hitters (the Houston Astros threw a combined no-hitter in Game 4 of the 2022 World Series). Offered here is a game-used ball from that historic contest. While no formal documentation accompanies this baseball, it is inscribed and attributed to the game by Larsen himself and has been in our consignor's collection since he purchased the ball at a public auction in 2001. This official National League (Giles) baseball is signed twice in blue ink by Don Larsen, Yogi Berra (Larsen's battery mate), and Babe Pinelli (the game's home plate umpire famously working his last game). The scripted notation above one of Larsen's signatures reads "Baseball used in my World Series Perfect Game 5 1956 World Series." The ball itself is lightly soiled and consistent with that of a game-used ball. Full LOA from James Spence/JSA.