Carl Erskine, Dodger Legend Who Pitched Team’s 1st Game in LA, Dead at 97

MyNewsLA.com— Carl Erskine, one of the last surviving Dodgers from their days in Brooklyn, who spent his entire career with the team and who in 1958 started their first home game in Los Angeles, died Tuesday at age 97, the team announced. “The Los Angeles Dodgers express their condolences to the family of renowned pitcher Carl […]

FOX News—Dodgers legend Carl Erskine, last surviving 'Boys of Summer' member, dead at 97. Carl Erskine, a legendary pitcher for the Dodgers who was the last surviving member of the 1950s "Boys of Summer" squad, has died. He was 97 years old.  Erskine died in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, at Community Hospital Anderson, according to Michele Hockwalt, who serves as the hospital’s marketing and communication manager.  "For millions of fans, he was a baseball hero," Hall of Fame Chair Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement about Erskine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON...

Los Angeles Times—Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and advocate for those with special needs, dies at 97. Carl Erskine, one of the last living Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series in the 1950s before the team headed to Los Angeles, has died in his hometown of Anderson, Ind. A thoughtful man who threw himself into charity work later in life, Erskine died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He was 97. Part of a nearly mythical group of ballplayers who were anointed "The Boys of Summer" by author Roger Kahn, Erskine played alongside...

ABC News—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