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: 12-13 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 3

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	171	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.86	5.11	32	5	11	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.23	0.104	.63	0.17%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
2	172	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	5.2	7	4	3	3	1	2	0	4.26	6.57	27	6	11	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.050	2.19	0.08%	-1.50	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a4
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	173	18	May 3(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	3-GF(8)		11	5.1	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.50	6.21	21	8	6	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.82	0.108	1.40	0.11%	1.82	3b 1-- 2 out d1	8b end d 2
4	174	24	May 10(2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GS-9		6	9.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.00	4.73	34	11	9	0	0	3	74			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.339	2.82	0.39%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	175	28	May 17(1)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	10	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.75	4.52	38	12	11	2	0	7	61			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	0.149	1.34	0.12%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	176	33	May 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-5	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	7	3	3	4	1	2	0	2.93	5.03	31	11	8	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.051	.08	0.03%	0.31	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a10
7	177	41	May 30(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-0	SHO	W(5-0)	6	9.0	4	0	0	4	9	0	0	2.42	4.49	34	10	7	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.207	.72	0.15%	4.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a11
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
8	178	48	Jun 7(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-6	L(5-1)	7	5.1	6	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.35	4.29	21	8	7	1	1	3	49			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.21	-0.122	3.74	-0.23%	-0.32	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
9	179	54	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	6.0	4	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.56	4.49	26	6	11	3	0	4	49			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.032	3.42	-0.05%	-0.81	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
10	180	63	Jun 21(2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS-8		7	8.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.65	4.51	32	10	10	2	0	4	62			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.005	2.46	-0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	181	71	Jun 28(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-1	L(6-2)	6	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.00	4.68	6	3	1	0	0	0	34			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.252	4.43	-0.59%	-2.74	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 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
12	182	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-3)	3	8.0	5	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.04	4.61	32	13	6	2	0	2	63			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.076	1.87	-0.18%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
13	183	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	GS-2		5	1.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.32	4.65	8	2	1	0	0	3	34			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.104	3.33	-0.16%	-0.94	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out a2
14	184	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS-1	L(6-4)	4	1.0	2	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.72	4.83	7	1	1	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.349	2.12	-0.32%	-3.49	1b start a 2	1b 3 out d2
15	185	89	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-5)	4	8.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.59	4.59	34	10	11	1	0	9	56			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.138	2.63	0.20%	1.74	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	186	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-1	L(6-6)	5	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.74	4.69	7	0	2	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.149	1.48	-0.12%	-1.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
17	187	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	GS-4		6	4.0	2	2	2	5	4	0	1	3.78	4.70	19	3	5	1	0	1	49			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.003	.53	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out a4
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
18	188	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-6		9	5.1	11	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.93	4.68	30	8	5	2	0	9	28			1	0	1	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.150	.21	-0.02%	-2.15	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d4
19	189	116	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-12	3-5		4	1.2	5	7	6	6	1	0	0	4.40	4.80	17	1	4	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	1	.17	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-6.21	3t 1-3 1 out d3	5t 123 0 out d9
20	190	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	4-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.38	4.85	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.063	.05	0.00%	-0.69	4b --- 0 out d1	4b 1-3 1 out d1
21	191	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-14	4-GF(8)		0	4.2	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	4.61	4.97	24	7	5	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-3.39	4b 1-- 1 out d6	8b end d12
22	192	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-5	L(6-7)	3	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.65	4.90	24	4	10	2	0	7	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.123	.02	0.00%	-0.58	1b start tie	5b 3 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
23	193	137	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	3-GF		12	7.0	4	1	0	5	4	0	0	4.37	4.82	31	13	8	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.054	.00	0.00%	2.27	3t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 2
24	194	145	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	5-7		7	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.27	4.76	10	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.023	.00	0.00%	1.40	5t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
25	195	150	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	5-7		5	2.1	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.33	4.77	13	6	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.92	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-0.75	5t --- 0 out tie	7t 1-3 1 out tie
							12-13		W-L:6-7	5.1	124.2	122	65	60	76	69	14	2	4.33	4.77	561	1.03		7%	1%	95	50	4	75%	4	2	1	471	13	4	2	11	6	5	.81	-0.548	1.38	-0.46%	-6.87

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