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: 3-19 / in Starts: 3-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	196	5	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	L,0-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	5	1	2	3	1	0	1.80	5.13	23	5	8	1	0	5	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.66	-0.313	1.56	-0.45%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
2	197	10	Apr 29	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	0	4.91	6.44	26	7	8	0	1	8	35			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.419	2.85	-0.61%	-1.77	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out tie
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	198	18	May 9	KCA	@	WSH	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		9	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.54	6.91	10	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.007	.06	-0.01%	-1.00	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
4	199	21	May 13	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF(14)	L(0-3)	3	5.1	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.93	5.80	22	9	3	1	1	4		1	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	0.408	3.58	0.32%	0.86	9b 1-- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
5	200	26	May 17	KCA		BAL	W,4-2	GS-6		3	6.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.33	5.61	26	5	8	0	0	4	61			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.263	1.47	0.22%	1.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
6	201	33	May 25	KCA		BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-4)	7	5.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.64	5.02	25	8	7	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.093	1.26	-0.07%	-0.72	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d3
7	202	39	May 30(2)	KCA		DET	W,8-2	GS-6		4	5.1	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.34	4.41	20	5	8	1	0	3	62			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.275	1.08	0.18%	2.44	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out tie
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	203	57	Jun 17	KCA		WSH	L,1-3	7-GF		17	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.32	4.45	11	5	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.035	.33	0.01%	0.48	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
9	204	59	Jun 19	KCA		WSH	L,5-6	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.15	4.38	7	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.019	.05	0.00%	0.99	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
10	205	64	Jun 24	KCA		BAL	L,5-6	GS-4		4	3.0	1	1	1	5	1	0	0	3.14	4.55	15	3	5	0	0	1	49			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.015	.25	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a5
11	206	69	Jun 30	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS-3		5	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	2	0	3.60	5.02	11	3	2	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.165	.05	0.00%	-1.45	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out a1
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	207	71	Jul 3	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-13	7-7		2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.00	5.30	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.083	.02	0.00%	-2.77	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b -2- 1 out d5
13	208	75	Jul 7	KCA	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-3	L(0-5)	3	2.2	2	5	5	7	0	0	0	4.72	5.59	17	4	4	0	0	2	27			2	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.125	.02	0.00%	-1.25	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
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
14	209	97	Aug 4(2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-5	L(0-6)	27	4.0	8	7	7	3	1	0	0	5.57	5.49	21	8	1	0	0	8	16			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-4.61	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d6
15	210	104	Aug 9(2)	KCA		WSH	W,8-3	GS-8	W(1-6)	4	7.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	0	5.34	4.95	28	11	5	0	1	7	57			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.130	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a4
16	211	110	Aug 14(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-1	L(1-7)	4	0.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.73	4.94	7	0	1	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
17	212	115	Aug 20	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	L(1-8)	5	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.19	4.58	30	7	13	2	0	5	69			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.241	.00	0.00%	2.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	213	119	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-7	L(1-9)	4	6.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.13	4.45	29	5	9	1	1	9	42			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d1
19	214	125	Aug 29	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-10)	3	6.1	10	4	4	1	3	2	0	5.18	4.59	30	6	10	1	1	10	39			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d3
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
20	215	131	Sep 3	KCA		CLE	L,5-6	GS-2		4	1.2	2	2	2	5	0	0	0	5.29	4.73	11	1	3	0	1	2	38			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.78	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d1
21	216	135	Sep 7	KCA		WSH	L,3-5	7-7		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.70	4	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.49	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
22	217	146	Sep 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-7	6-6		13	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.38	4.71	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-1.51	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
							3-19		W-L:1-10	4.0	83.2	97	55	50	42	43	11	0	5.38	4.71	381	0.96		3%	5%	92	43	3	67%	6	4	0	331	22	2	1	4	3	2	1.00	-0.727	.76	-0.40%	-12.74

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