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: 9-27 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 9

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	346	12	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	9.00	2.61	11	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.016	.18	-0.03%	-1.17	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
2	347	15	May 4	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	9-10		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	3.36	8	4	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.53	0.257	8.19	0.50%	0.92	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
3	348	17	May 6	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	3.61	9	1	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.077	1.96	-0.17%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
4	349	18	May 7	SFG		CHC	W,7-6	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.46	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.140	5.37	0.29%	1.43	7t 12- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
5	350	21	May 10	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.11	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
6	351	26	May 15	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	6-8	L(0-1)	4	2.1	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.35	3.19	13	6	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.231	6.17	-0.48%	-1.27	6t --- 0 out tie	8t -2- 1 out d2
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to Houston Colt .45s
7	352	45	May 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-7	5-7		13	2.2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.15	2.61	10	3	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.23	0.01%	1.02	5b 1-3 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
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	353	48	Jun 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	2.61	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.013	.37	0.01%	0.72	7b 123 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
9	354	49	Jun 4	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-3	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.18	2.55	10	5	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.136	.30	0.05%	1.76	6b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 4
10	355	53	Jun 8	HOU		MLN	L,3-5	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.45	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.03	0.00%	0.84	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
11	356	61	Jun 16	HOU		STL	L,1-7	5-8		7	2.2	6	3	2	0	4	1	0	3.32	2.70	15	4	1	0	0	6		1	1	2	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.095	.12	-0.04%	-2.87	5t --3 2 out d3	8t 1-- 1 out d6
12	357	67	Jun 23	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	6-GF(8)	L(0-2)	6	3.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.92	2.61	13	6	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	-0.089	.87	-0.04%	0.47	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	358	70	Jun 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,6-7	10-GF(10)		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	2.61	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	-0.367	2.87	-0.13%	-0.94	10b 1-3 2 out tie	10b end d 1
14	359	72	Jun 28(1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-10	5-7		1	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.00	3.01	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.019	.04	0.00%	0.03	5b --- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d4
15	360	75	Jun 30	HOU		PHI	L,1-8	3-8		1	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.27	2.82	24	11	5	1	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.076	.06	-0.02%	-0.47	3t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d7
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
16	361	81	Jul 9	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	2.75	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.057	.06	0.01%	0.84	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
17	362	85	Jul 13	HOU		SFG	L,3-5	8-GF	L(0-3)	3	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	2.92	2.93	12	4	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2.60	-0.329	.47	-0.04%	-1.16	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
18	363	89	Jul 16	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-3	5-7		2	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	2.93	11	3	4	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.160	.06	0.01%	1.76	5b 1-- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
19	364	96	Jul 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	2.87	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.024	.02	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
20	365	99	Jul 25	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	8-GF	W(1-3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.51	2.74	7	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.330	.06	0.01%	1.80	8t 12- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
21	366	104	Jul 31(1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-8	L(1-4)	5	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	1	2.52	2.83	31	13	13	5	0	0	53			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.126	.01	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
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
22	367	108	Aug 2(2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-4	7-7	L(1-5)	1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.88	3.09	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.249	.00	0.00%	-1.37	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
23	368	112	Aug 7	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	3.08	5	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
24	369	114	Aug 9	HOU	@	STL	L,2-8	4-4		1	1.0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.07	7	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-2.51	4b --- 0 out d1	4b 3 out d4
25	370	115	Aug 11	HOU	@	MLN	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	3.02	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	371	116	Aug 12	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	2.97	9	5	0	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7b 123 1 out d3	8b end d 5
27	372	121	Aug 18	HOU		STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-6)	5	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.77	2.82	30	12	5	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
28	373	125	Aug 23	HOU		MLN	W,7-1	CG	W(2-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.55	2.85	33	12	13	2	0	5	72			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.333	.00	0.00%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	374	128	Aug 26	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	2.84	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
30	375	129	Aug 29(1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9		2	8.1	6	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.36	2.64	35	12	5	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	2	1.43	0.210	.00	0.00%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out tie
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
31	376	135	Sep 3	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.12	2.57	33	7	14	2	3	4	83			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	0.316	.00	0.00%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
32	377	140	Sep 7(2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-3	L(3-7)	3	3.0	4	5	2	2	2	0	0	2.25	2.59	16	4	8	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	.73	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-3.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
33	378	144	Sep 12	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	GS-9	W(4-7)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.16	2.63	30	14	5	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.77	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
34	379	149	Sep 18	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.23	2.67	24	8	11	5	3	0	44			0	0	0	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
35	380	154	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-8)	4	5.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.28	2.65	21	8	12	4	0	0	52			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.042	.00	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d2
36	381	161	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-7	GS-3	L(4-9)	9	3.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.65	14	3	6	1	1	5	35			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.75	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
							9-27		W-L:4-9,Sv:1	3.1	113.2	102	41	31	26	64	4	1	2.45	2.65	470	1.09		11%	3%	67	58	17	24%	10	0	0	434	16	8	5	9	2	11	.95	-0.074	.43	-0.07%	8.38

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