Carl Erskine

Indiana native, baseball legend and human rights champion Carl Erskine passed away last week at the age of 97.

Anderson native and Dodgers baseball player Carl Erskine was remembered at a hometown funeral Monday.

Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97.