Carl Erskine, a legendary member of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 97. He was the last surviving member of the 'Boys of Summer.'
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.
Erskine was a Dodgers lifer, playing his entire career with them, from 1948-59. He was with the team after it moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957. And he helped the Dodgers win five National League pennants during his years with the team, including 1955, when the Dodgers won the World Series. The Dodgers won only one World Series during that run of pennants. A one-time All-Star during the 1954 season, Erskine had a career 4.00 ERA with a 122-78 record and 981 strikeouts.
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