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

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-6 / in Starts: 10-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	68	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	6-7		99	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.37	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
2	69	14	Apr 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	2-GF	W(1-0)	10	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	1.80	4.17	30	10	8	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.047	1.50	0.09%	1.98	2b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	70	21	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-2		8	1.0	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.27	4.19	9	0	1	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.186	4.68	-0.38%	-2.31	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d1
4	71	23	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,6-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	2	3.0	5	4	3	2	0	1	0	4.50	5.15	14	4	4	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.281	5.45	-0.77%	-2.52	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	72	102	Jul 31(1)	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	81	9.0	4	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.52	4.80	33	5	16	0	0	4	71			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.259	5.17	0.96%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	73	107	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.53	3.96	36	12	15	2	0	4	74			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.426	4.94	1.44%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	74	112	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG(13)	W(4-1)	4	13.0	5	2	2	5	7	0	1	2.20	3.59	49	15	17	1	0	4	91			0	1	0	42	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	0.994	10.31	3.84%	4.41	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
8	75	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-6	GS-8	W(5-1)	5	7.2	6	6	6	4	4	3	1	2.91	4.28	33	10	8	2	0	6	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.114	2.43	0.60%	-2.00	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a5
9	76	122	Aug 21	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.63	4.00	37	13	8	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.296	6.83	1.44%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	77	124	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	3.95	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	0.330	36.63	1.61%	0.87	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
11	78	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-4		2	3.1	3	3	3	6	0	0	0	2.86	4.14	19	4	6	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.045	17.78	-0.39%	-0.86	1b start a 3	4b 12- 1 out a3
12	79	129	Aug 28(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	4.06	7	1	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.075	7.60	0.59%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	80	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	4.03	5	1	2	1	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.007	4.63	0.04%	-0.66	9b 123 0 out a8	9b end a 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	81	133	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	L,5-10	GS-4		2	3.0	7	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.00	4.23	18	0	10	2	2	6	31			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.212	13.59	-1.29%	-2.14	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out a2
15	82	135	Sep 5(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	L(6-2)	1	2.0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.92	4.26	11	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.79	-0.114	30.51	-0.75%	-1.06	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
16	83	139	Sep 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7	W(7-2)	3	6.2	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.01	4.20	29	4	12	2	0	7	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.108	13.59	0.90%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
17	84	144	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	4	3	4	4	1	0	3.01	4.21	35	12	11	3	0	4	63			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.214	8.78	1.25%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	85	148	Sep 20(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-2		5	1.0	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.18	4.30	8	1	1	0	0	1	40			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.145	14.61	-0.87%	-1.50	1b start a 3	2b 12- 0 out a2
19	86	152	Sep 23(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-2)	2	6.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.06	4.17	28	6	9	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.176	1.68	0.13%	1.84	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a2
							13-6		W-L:9-2,Sv:2	3.1	97.0	81	38	33	51	44	8	2	3.06	4.17	412	0.78		7%	1%	73	53	4	75%	1	3	1	354	12	0	3	8	1	2	1.05	2.067	8.02	8.46%	9.02

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