Born:(1926-12-13)December 13, 1926 Anderson, Indiana, U.S.
Died: April 16, 2024(2024-04-16) (aged 97) Anderson, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 25, 1948, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
June 14, 1959, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
122–78
Earned run average
4.00
Strikeouts
981
Teams
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1948–1959)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1954)
World Series champion (1955)
Pitched two no-hitters
Carl Daniel Erskine (December 13, 1926 – April 16, 2024), nicknamed "Oisk", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants and the 1955 World Series.
During the 1953 season, Erskine won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. He was an All-Star the following season. Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s.
After his baseball career ended, he was active as a business executive and an author. In particular, he involved deeply with the Special Olympics and charities which aimed at helping people with developmental difficulties such as his son Jimmy, who was born with Down syndrome. Erskine died in 2024, the last surviving member of the "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn teams of the 1950s.
Carl Daniel Erskine (December 13, 1926 – April 16, 2024), nicknamed "Oisk", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire...
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month of September. Gil McDougald's one-out home run in the first off CarlErskine put the Yankees up 1–0. In the second, Joe Collins drew a leadoff walk...
the spotlight. CarlErskine repeats Royko's claim of the Ex-Cubs Factor, and applies it to the 1951 Dodgers, in his book CarlErskine's Tales from the...
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in the playoffs, behind only Koufax (15 in the 1963 World Series) and CarlErskine (14 in the 1953 World Series). His six straight strikeouts in the game...
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would have a 4.00 ERA, but would not get a quality start. Former pitcher CarlErskine said "in my day, a quality start was a complete game ... you gave everybody...
the infield, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo in the outfield, Roy Campanella behind the plate, and Don Newcombe, CarlErskine, and Preacher Roe on the pitcher's...
Koufax, Joe Black, Johnny Podres, Clem Labine, Billy Loes, Cal Abrams, CarlErskine, and Peter O'Malley, the Dodgers' owner, attended his funeral at Forest...
a pitcher to throw more than 120 pitches in a start. Former pitcher CarlErskine noted the increase in ex-pitchers on coaching staffs since the 1950s...
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