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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-15 / in Starts: 12-7
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 57 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	44 (21-12-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 57 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	35 (18-10-5)

Most Driven In
Self	4
T Kubek	2
Y Berra	2
E Slaughter	2
B Richardson	1
B Skowron	1
E Howard	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
M Mantle	2
T Kubek	2
H Bauer	1
G McDougald	0

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	192	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.86	-0.066	2.14	-0.10%	-0.71	P
2	193	7 (5)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	9	.43	0.182	1.40	0.36%	2.00	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	194	19 (11)	May 13	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	CG	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.625	1.500	2.125	9	.54	0.207	2.50	0.58%	1.36	P
4	195	36 (16)	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.455	1.000	1.455	9	1.47	-0.149	8.03	-0.49%	-1.24	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	196	41 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-5	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.455	.500	1.000	1.500	9	1.64	0.190	8.59	0.60%	2.09	P
6	197	45 (3)	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-14	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.417	.467	.917	1.383	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.73	PH
7	198	46	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.917	1.417	9	1.79	0.069	9.01	0.21%	0.24	PH
8	199	47	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,10-2	GS-7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.474	.800	1.274	9	.51	0.046	3.12	0.17%	0.12	P
9	200	52 (4)	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.450	.750	1.200	9	2.46	-0.059	12.53	-0.18%	-0.14	PH
10	201	53	Jun 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.435	.684	1.119	9	1.87	-0.036	10.10	-0.12%	-0.02	P
11	202	60 (6)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,15-0	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.423	.682	1.105	9	.18	0.022	1.09	0.08%	-0.26	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	203	68 (7)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.414	.760	1.174	9	1.31	0.085	6.52	0.25%	0.53	P
13	204	74 (5)	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.414	.760	1.174	9						P
14	205	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.346	.400	.731	1.131	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH
15	206	80 (4)	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.387	.704	1.091	9	2.77	0.019	6.81	0.03%	0.06	P
16	207	83 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,5-12	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.406	.714	1.121	9	.09	0.004	.20	0.01%	0.65	PH
17	208	85 (1)	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.394	.690	1.084	9	2.39	-0.119	5.55	-0.17%	-0.78	PH
18	209	86	Jul 18	NYY		KCA	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.378	.636	1.015	9	2.41	-0.257	4.11	-0.26%	-0.96	P
19	210	87	Jul 19	NYY		KCA	L,4-6	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.368	.618	.986	7	4.53	-0.101	9.17	-0.12%	-0.45	PH
20	211	92 (4)	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.359	.600	.959	9	1.39	-0.039	1.36	-0.02%	-0.36	P
21	212	99 (6)	Jul 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.341	.568	.909	9	2.00	-0.099	1.19	-0.04%	-0.91	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	213	105 (5)	Aug 4	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.341	.550	.891	9	1.14	0.093	.31	0.02%	0.77	P
23	214	109 (3)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.356	.550	.906	1	.31	0.010	.04	0.00%	0.24	PH
24	215	110	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.375	.558	.933	9	.42	-0.003	.07	0.00%	0.17	P
25	216	118 (7)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.360	.533	.893	9	.67	-0.033	.11	0.00%	-0.32	P
26	217	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	3-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.373	.609	.981	9	.26	0.057	.07	0.01%	1.00	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	218	149 (29)	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.358	.583	.942	9	.71	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
28	219	154 (4)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,7-0	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.364	.571	.935	9	.96	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
							13-15		57	49	9	15	1	0	4	13	5	0	9	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	.306	.364	.571	.935		1.17	0.006	3.54	0.80%	2.48

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