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: 18-20 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 12

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	87	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	4	4	3	6	3	0	4.00	6.37	36	7	14	0	1	6	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.093	1.24	0.14%	0.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
2	88	6	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,13-6	GS-5		4	4.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.27	5.66	22	6	8	2	2	5	35			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.113	3.34	-0.22%	-2.24	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a2
3	89	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	0	3.57	4.44	36	10	11	0	4	6	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.29	0.419	4.70	0.92%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
4	90	14	May 3	NYY		KCA	L,7-8	GS-2		5	1.2	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.18	4.84	11	4	1	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.340	2.87	-0.74%	-4.31	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d5
5	91	16	May 5	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	4.57	6	1	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.077	1.81	0.17%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	92	20	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	3	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.40	4.68	21	5	9	0	3	3	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.115	4.26	-0.33%	-0.88	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
7	93	24	May 13(1)	NYY		BAL	W,11-2	GS-5	W(3-0)	3	5.0	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	4.66	4.61	19	7	5	0	0	4	52			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	3	0	1	.55	0.157	2.28	0.40%	0.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a7
8	94	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	7-8	H(1)	4	1.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.97	4.69	7	3	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.35	0.026	15.84	0.07%	-0.04	7b 123 0 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a1
9	95	32	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS-2		2	1.1	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.26	4.94	9	1	0	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.199	4.32	-0.55%	-2.55	1b start a 5	2b 123 1 out a3
10	96	37	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9	2-3		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.01	4.67	8	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.009	.99	-0.03%	0.29	2b 1-3 0 out d4	3b 3 out d6
11	97	39	May 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS-2	L(3-1)	2	1.2	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.65	4.97	10	1	3	0	1	3	32			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.277	6.44	-0.95%	-3.09	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d4
12	98	42	May 31	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	5-7		1	1.2	3	1	1	3	0	1	0	5.64	5.37	10	1	4	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.103	5.78	-0.32%	-1.96	5t -23 2 out d1	7t 123 1 out a4
Jun				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
13	99	45	Jun 3(2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS-7		2	7.0	4	4	4	5	3	1	0	5.57	5.39	30	7	11	0	1	4	51			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.201	4.50	-0.68%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	100	50	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	GS-6		5	5.0	4	5	3	4	5	2	1	5.56	5.67	24	6	4	0	2	4	44			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.015	5.91	0.06%	-1.46	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a4
15	101	53	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.46	5.72	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.018	3.07	0.07%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
16	102	58	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	3-GF	W(4-1)	4	6.1	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.06	5.54	24	5	13	0	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.300	7.54	1.06%	2.96	3b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 3
17	103	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-10		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.91	5.46	7	0	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.103	9.88	0.46%	0.67	8b --- 0 out d1	10b 1-- 0 out tie
18	104	64	Jun 24(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	1-GF(8)		1	7.2	3	2	2	5	2	1	0	4.64	5.47	31	9	12	1	0	3		1	0	2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.053	2.49	0.26%	2.24	1b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 3
19	105	68	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	8-8	H(2)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	5.45	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.047	10.63	0.15%	0.30	8t 1-- 1 out a2	8t 1-- 2 out a2
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
20	106	74	Jul 4(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-8	W(5-1)	4	7.2	9	4	3	5	4	0	0	4.52	5.25	36	9	9	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	0.198	6.98	0.74%	0.41	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 2 out a2
21	107	81	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-4		9	3.2	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.64	5.35	18	5	6	1	0	5	37			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.160	5.26	-0.55%	-1.41	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
22	108	85	Jul 18(1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	6-GF		3	3.1	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.57	5.27	18	5	2	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.118	1.06	-0.18%	-0.87	6t -23 2 out d2	9t end d 5
23	109	89	Jul 22(1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	3-8		3	5.1	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.40	5.07	22	3	6	0	0	4		2	2	1	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.038	.63	-0.06%	0.29	3t 1-3 1 out d4	8t 12- 2 out d3
24	110	93	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	4-GF	W(6-1)	3	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.23	4.95	24	6	10	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.231	2.26	0.47%	2.17	4b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
25	111	98	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.16	4.89	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.010	.29	0.02%	1.75	7b 1-3 1 out d5	8b end d 5
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
26	112	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.00	4.76	14	4	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.036	.66	0.11%	2.13	5b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
27	113	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	7-8	BL(6-2)	1	0.2	1	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.23	4.93	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.17	-0.535	10.68	-1.08%	-2.06	7b 12- 1 out a2	8b --- 0 out d1
28	114	105	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-11	L(6-3)	2	10.0	4	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.87	4.77	38	15	15	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.56	0.613	6.08	1.43%	4.00	1b start tie	11b 123 0 out tie
29	115	110	Aug 12(1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	7	1	1	3.73	4.71	37	5	14	2	0	6	70			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.180	2.01	0.34%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	116	114	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(7-4)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	1	3.62	4.69	36	7	15	2	0	4	72			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.121	1.26	0.11%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	117	119	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS-3	L(7-5)	4	2.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.69	4.64	14	4	2	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.114	3.32	-0.20%	-1.01	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
32	118	121	Aug 23(1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	2-GF		1	8.0	9	5	5	1	8	1	1	3.79	4.53	34	4	11	0	0	9		0	0	2	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.030	.68	-0.03%	-0.95	2t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
33	119	126	Aug 26(2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	3-3		2	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.91	4.55	4	0	1	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.215	2.37	-0.20%	-2.20	3t -23 0 out a1	3t 1-3 1 out d2
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
34	120	133	Sep 3(2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	7	9.0	4	0	0	8	10	0	0	3.68	4.45	36	6	8	1	0	4	81			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.393	1.39	0.34%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	121	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.66	4.47	6	2	2	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	-0.062	1.25	-0.02%	0.13	8t -2- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
36	122	141	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(9-5)	6	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	1	3.51	4.38	34	8	14	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	.60	0.291	.01	0.00%	3.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
37	123	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	W(10-5)	7	8.2	4	1	1	7	7	1	0	3.39	4.40	38	11	9	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.88	0.421	.00	0.00%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a1
38	124	152	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	GS-7	W(11-5)	5	7.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.26	4.32	26	8	5	1	0	3	73			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.166	.00	0.00%	3.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
							18-20		W-L:11-5,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.4	179.2	133	72	65	96	103	19	7	3.26	4.32	760	0.74		5%	4%	130	55	23	52%	10	6	0	653	20	2	0	14	2	12	.90	1.339	3.06	1.18%	18.07

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