What is Carl Erskine?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Carl Erskine |image=Carl Erskine 1956.jpg |caption=Erskine in 1956 |position=[[Pitcher]] |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1926|12|13}} |birth_place=[[Anderson, Indiana]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2024|4|16|1926|12|13}} |death_place=Anderson, Indiana, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 25 |debutyear=1948 |debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 14 |finalyear=1959 |finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=122–78 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=4.00 |stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s |stat3value=981 |teams= * [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{Baseball year|1948}}–{{Baseball year|1959}}) |highlights= * [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1954]]) * [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1955}}) * Pitched two [[no-hitters]]}} '''Carl Daniel Erskine''' (December 13, 1926 &ndash; April 16, 2024) was an American right-handed [[starting pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He played his entire career for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers]] from 1948 through 1959.<ref name=sabr>{{cite web|last1=Bob|first1=Hurte|title=Carl Erskine|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/2af3b16d|website=sabr.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> Erskine died on April 16, 2024 from [[pneumonia]] in [[Anderson, Indiana]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carl Erskine, Dodgers legend and human rights icon, dies: 'The best guy I've ever known' |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2024/04/16/indianas-carl-erskine-dodgers-legend-human-rights-icon-dies/6405968002/ |date=April 16, 2024 |first=Dana |last=Hunsinger Benbow}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dodgers great Carl Erskine dies at age 97 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39956198/dodgers-great-carl-erskine-dies-age-97 |