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Carl Erskine

American baseball pitcher

Died when: 97 years 125 days (1168 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Carl Erskine

Carl Daniel Erskine (born December 13, 1926) was a former right-handed starting 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, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game.

Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s.Following his baseball career, he was active as a business executive and an author.


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