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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
2	6 (4)	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,13-6	GS	22	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (3)	May 3	NYY		KCA	L,7-8	GS	11	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	16 (1)	May 5	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	20 (3)	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS	21	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	24 (3)	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,11-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	29 (4)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (2)	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	37 (4)	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	39 (1)	May 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	42 (2)	May 31	NYY		WSH	W,9-6		10	1.2	1	1	0	2	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	50 (4)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
16	58 (4)	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	24	6.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
17	61 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	64 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	31	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	68 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,3-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS	36	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
21	81 (6)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS	18	3.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	85 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GF	18	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	P
23	89 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7		22	5.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
24	93 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	98 (4)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	100 (1)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH P
27	102 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	105 (2)	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	110 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	114 (3)	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	119 (4)	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	121 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GF	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	126 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	133 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
35	135 (1)	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	141 (5)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	147 (5)	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	152 (4)	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							38gm		179.2	13	23	3	39	3