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: 5-5 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1955	WS g4	Oct 1	NYY	@	BRO	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	7	4.0	5	5	5	2	2	2	0	11.25	9.37	19					6	5	0	1	4	32			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.322	61.88	-11.57%	-2.52	1b start a 1	5b -2- 0 out d1
1956 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	1956	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	L,8-13	GS-2		6	1.2	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00	9.57	10					2	3	0	1	1	41			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.23	-0.010	65.39	-0.34%	-0.75	1b start a 1	2b 123 2 out a5
3	1956	WS g5	Oct 8	NYY		BRO	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	2	9.0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0.00	2.18	27	97	71	21	10	6	14	4	3	0	94			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.586	70.52	26.77%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
1957 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1957	WS g3	Oct 5	NYY	@	MLN	W,12-3	2-GF	W(1-0)	9	7.1	5	2	2	4	4	1	1	2.45	5.18	32	132	74	21	12	9	14	3	4	0		3	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.133	28.20	5.43%	1.88	2b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 9
5	1957	WS g7	Oct 10	NYY		MLN	L,0-5	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	2.1	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.72	4.42	12	38	24	11	2	4	4	2	0	1	42			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.145	207.92	-17.25%	-1.26	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d2
1958 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	1958	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY		MLN	W,4-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.00	1.48	29					3	10	0	2	5	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.394	50.17	9.06%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
7	1958	WS g7	Oct 9	NYY	@	MLN	W,6-2	GS-3		4	2.1	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	0.96	2.48	13					4	2	0	2	3	45			0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	-0.063	246.15	-5.75%	-0.50	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out a1
1962 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1962	WS g1	Oct 4	SFG		NYY	L,2-6	8-9		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	5.62	5					1	2	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.43	-0.012	22.60	-0.42%	0.16	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t 1-- 1 out d3
9	1962	WS g3	Oct 7	SFG	@	NYY	L,2-3	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.50	5.62	4					2	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.013	35.64	-0.45%	0.10	7b -2- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
10	1962	WS g4	Oct 8	SFG	@	NYY	W,7-3	6-6	W(1-0)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	6.47	2					1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.064	214.53	2.27%	0.43	6b 12- 2 out tie	6b 3 out tie
											36.0	24	16	11	19	24	3	2	2.75		153																			1

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