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Apr 16, 2024 · Carl Erskine (l.), the last surviving member of the Dodgers’ “Boys of Summer,” has died at the age of 97. Getty Images “Oisk,” as he was known to the Brooklyn faithful, pitched 12 ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Carl Daniel Erskine was born Dec. 13, 1926, in Anderson, Indiana. He began playing baseball at age 9 in a local parks program. After graduating high school in 1945, he was drafted into the Navy ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Carl Daniel Erskine was born Dec. 13, 1926, in Anderson, Indiana. He began playing baseball at age 9 in a local parks program. After graduating high school in 1945, he was drafted into the Navy ...
Apr 14, 2022 · Carl Erskine, on the far right of the first row, celebrates a Brooklyn Dodgers victory in 1951 with teammates and manager Charley Dressen, who is shown on Erskine’s right. On Dressen’s right ...
Carl Erskine was a star pitcher for the Dodgers in the 1950s but his impact on the world as a fierce fighter for human rights was so much more. Indianapolis Star. Carl Erskine, Dodgers legend and ...
Sep 1, 2021 · Carl Erskine at his home in Anderson, Indiana along with friend Jim Denny on August 23, 2021. Photo credit: Jim Denny That Hodges and Erskine were both honored at the same time is fitting.
Carl Daniel Erskine was born Dec. 13, 1926, in Anderson, a midsize city in central Indiana. His father owned a grocery store and later worked in a factory. His mother was a homemaker.
