Don Larsen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, IN us

Died: January 1, 2020 in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Buried: Cremated

High School: Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1953 (Age 23-254d, 10,999th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.1 IP, 9 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: July 7, 1967 (Age 37-334d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Don James Larsen

Nicknames: Gooney Bird

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

ERA

3.78

412

171

1548.0

849

WHIP

1.400

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	25	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	8 (3)	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (6)	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	20 (4)	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS	31	7.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	23 (2)	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	29	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	28 (4)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	30 (1)	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	27	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	33 (2)	May 24 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9		20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	38 (4)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	41 (2)	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	44 (2)	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	50 (5)	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	56 (5)	Jun 14 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	62 (5)	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	67 (4)	Jun 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	71 (3)	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	GS	29	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	77 (5)	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	GS	26	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	82 (3)	Jul 9	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	90 (7)	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,2-13	GS	18	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	92 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-13	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
22	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-11	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	96 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	GF	16	4.0	0	1	2	3	0	PH P
24	98 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	100 (1)	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	102 (1)	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	107 (4)	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
28	109 (1)	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	113 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	GS	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	118 (3)	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	GS	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	119	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	130 (10)	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	135 (4)	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
35	140 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	144 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS	31	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	P
37	148 (3)	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	151 (2)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	153 (1)	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							39gm		195.2	8	29	2	39	1