• Carl Erskine (C) of the Brooklyn Dodgers is lifted up on the shoulders of catcher Roy Campanella (L) and manager Chuck Dressen (R) after Erskine setting a new all-time world's series strikeout record of 14 during Game Three of the 1953 World Series on October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)
  • Jackie Robinson, first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, receives pinch on the cheek congratulations from winning pitcher Clem Labine, left, and starting pitcher Carl Erskine, after knocking in all three runs in an August 1, 1948 game vs. Milwaukee Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
  • Pitcher Carl Erskine #17 of the Brooklyn Dodgers kicks at the rubber before facing Gene Woodling #14 of the New York Yankees (not pictured) during Game 6 of the 1953 World Series on October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images)