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: 22-27

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 27

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	251	5	Apr 14	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	3-GF	W(1-0)	99	6.1	3	2	2	5	4	1	0	2.84	5.77	26	5	9	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.34	0.047	.89	0.08%	1.21	3t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 7
2	252	11	Apr 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6	7-7	W(2-0)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	5.34	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.045	1.54	0.07%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
3	253	15	Apr 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-3	6-GF	S(1)	3	4.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.38	3.23	16	1	2	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.202	2.83	0.38%	2.03	6b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 5
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	254	24	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-6	7-GF	S(2)	8	3.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.77	2.62	16	3	2	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.012	3.02	-0.03%	-2.43	7b 12- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
5	255	30	May 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-7	2-6		6	4.2	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	3.79	3.46	16	3	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.008	1.00	0.02%	0.36	2b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d5
6	256	37	May 19	SFG		HOU	W,10-2	9-GF	S(3)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	3.32	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
7	257	40	May 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.32	3.30	12	2	7	4	0	1		2	0	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.002	1.44	0.01%	-3.08	7b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 7
8	258	43	May 24	SFG		PHI	W,7-4	4-7		2	2.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.92	3.48	11	4	2	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.137	9.01	-0.40%	-0.59	4t 123 2 out tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
9	259	45	May 26	SFG		NYM	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	W(3-0)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.60	3.71	11	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.113	5.62	-0.32%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
10	260	49	May 30(2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	7-9	H(1)	3	2.0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5.22	4.05	13	4	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	0.057	10.50	0.17%	0.59	7b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 0 out a3
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
11	261	53	Jun 2(2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-4	3-7		2	4.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	0	4.59	3.91	19	5	4	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.075	7.40	0.22%	0.64	3b 1-- 1 out a1	7b 12- 1 out tie
12	262	56	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-GF	L(3-1)	3	2.0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	4.58	4.20	11	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	-0.281	7.13	-0.81%	-1.80	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
13	263	58	Jun 8	SFG	@	STL	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	4.82	4.17	11	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	.44	-0.021	2.19	-0.06%	-0.88	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
14	264	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	STL	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.13	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.24	0.01%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
15	265	63	Jun 12(2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	4.12	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	0.093	17.50	0.27%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
16	266	65	Jun 14	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-8	1-3		1	2.0	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	5.09	4.58	12	1	5	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.202	4.11	-0.60%	-2.93	1b --3 1 out tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
17	267	69	Jun 19	SFG		HOU	L,4-6	3-6		4	3.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.08	4.44	16	6	4	0	1	4		2	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.045	3.61	-0.12%	0.89	3t -23 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
18	268	77	Jun 28	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	8-GF		8	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.24	4.73	11	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.010	.61	-0.03%	-1.01	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
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
19	269	80	Jul 1	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	6-8	W(4-1)	2	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.18	4.86	9	4	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.020	5.67	0.07%	0.49	6t 1-3 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
20	270	85	Jul 5	SFG		LAD	L,3-11	8-GF		3	2.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.51	4.69	10	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.013	.36	-0.06%	-2.01	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
21	271	90	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.61	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.013	1.90	0.04%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	272	91	Jul 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	4-5		0	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.43	4.58	7	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.004	1.49	-0.01%	0.08	4b -23 2 out d4	5b 3 out d5
23	273	92	Jul 15(1)	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-5	4-4		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	4.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.066	5.23	0.19%	1.58	4b 123 1 out d3	4b 3 out d3
24	274	94	Jul 16	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	7-9	H(2)	0	2.0	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.34	4.58	10	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.66	0.203	16.70	0.56%	1.02	7b 12- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a2
25	275	97	Jul 19	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-3	4-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	4.56	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.023	3.90	0.07%	0.32	4b -2- 2 out d2	4b 3 out d2
26	276	98	Jul 20	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-3	7-GF	S(5)	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.06	4.44	8	5	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.118	5.92	0.50%	0.96	7b --3 1 out a2	9b end a 3
27	277	99	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	10-11	L(4-2)	0	1.1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.10	4.42	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.142	13.02	0.58%	0.49	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 1-- 1 out tie
28	278	102	Jul 24	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	7-GF	S(6)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.91	4.22	7	0	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.203	6.04	0.65%	1.15	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
29	279	103	Jul 25	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	7-7	H(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	4.21	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.32	0.132	29.89	0.45%	0.75	7b 123 2 out a2	7b 3 out a2
30	280	106	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	1-2		3	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.97	4.24	6	1	4	2	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.044	2.26	-0.24%	-1.87	1b -2- 2 out d5	2b -2- 1 out d7
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
31	281	108	Aug 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(7)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.95	4.20	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.036	5.76	0.09%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
32	282	109	Aug 3	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.87	4.23	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.008	.84	0.02%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
33	283	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		11	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.77	4.19	7	1	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.271	8.55	-1.01%	-1.03	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b end d 2
34	284	125	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-9	6-7	L(4-3)	4	1.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.24	4.38	9	2	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.398	5.82	-1.21%	-2.89	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-- 0 out d2
35	285	126	Aug 22	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	8-8	L(4-4)	1	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.24	4.42	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.24	-0.155	10.92	-0.45%	-1.00	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
36	286	132	Aug 29	SFG		MLN	L,3-10	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	4.40	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
37	287	133	Aug 30	SFG		MLN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(8)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	4.37	2	1	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.57	0.642	35.20	2.06%	2.34	9t 123 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Sep/Oct				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
38	288	138	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.81	4.26	13	3	6	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.051	2.74	0.40%	1.89	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
39	289	140	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-6	9-9		1	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.93	4.30	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.065	8.67	-0.52%	-0.98	9b --- 0 out a4	9b 12- 0 out a4
40	290	143	Sep 9	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	S(9)	2	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.82	4.28	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	0.207	27.81	1.22%	0.44	8t --3 1 out a2	9t end a 1
41	291	146	Sep 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.70	4.27	8	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.020	1.65	0.12%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
42	292	147	Sep 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-7	5-5		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.64	4.25	4	1	2	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.051	6.74	-0.29%	-0.47	5b 12- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d4
43	293	150	Sep 16	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-6	5-7		2	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.57	4.20	12	6	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.51	-0.020	2.45	-0.06%	0.52	5b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
44	294	151	Sep 17	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	5-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	4.18	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.43	0.02%	0.51	5b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
45	295	153	Sep 20	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	9-GF		2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.52	4.22	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.83	-0.181	15.49	-0.60%	-1.38	9b -2- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
46	296	158	Sep 26	SFG		STL	W,6-3	8-GF	S(10)	5	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.43	4.24	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.098	9.66	0.56%	0.76	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 3
47	297	159	Sep 27	SFG		STL	L,4-7	5-5		0	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.52	4.36	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.078	3.06	-0.46%	-2.57	5t 12- 2 out d4	5t 3 out d7
48	298	164	Oct 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,7-8	6-7		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	4.30	6	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.006	21.87	-0.15%	0.39	6b --3 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
49	299	165	Oct 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	8-8	W(5-4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.38	4.33	5	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.45	0.021	38.12	1.08%	0.85	8b 1-- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
							22-27		W-L:5-4,Sv:10,Hld:3	2.4	86.1	83	44	42	47	58	9	2	4.38	4.33	381	1.07		6%	1%	69		46	30%	7	1	0	325	7	2	7	7	2	3	.94	0.437	5.86	2.44%	-1.53

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