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His last game as a home plate umpire came at an auspicious time. He was behind the plate for Don Larsen's perfect Game 5 in the 1956World Series. His final call as a plate ump presumably was "Strike 3! You're out!" to pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell. Don James Larsen (born August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana) was a pitcher for seven different Major League Baseball franchises, but is most remembered for his time with the New York Yankees. ... Since 1991, a perfect game has been defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a complete game victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposition player reaches first base. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... Dale Mitchell (born April 21, 1958 in Vancouver) is a former top-level professional soccer who played for several North American teams in the 1980s and 90s and is tied for having scored the most career goals for the Canadian national team, having scored 19 times in 55 appearances. ...
It has often been reported that that was Pinelli's final game as an umpire, but that is incorrect. Pinelli was a field umpire for the final two games of the Series, and then called it a career.
In a year in which Babe Ruth was lost much of the season to surgery and suspension, the Yankees finish 7th with a 69-85 record, it would be their last losing season 40 years.
With Babe Ruth's return to full strength and the establishment of a new middle infield of Tony Lazzeri and Mark Koenig, the Yankees took their 4th pennant with a record of 91-63.
Babe Ruth became the first player ever to hit 60 HR, and was over shadowed the MVP year by his teammate Lou Gehrig who drove in 173 runs, and batted.373.
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