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: 12-26 / in Starts: 9-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 5

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	1	4	Apr 18(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-6		99	5.1	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.06	2.03	25	5	7	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.144	4.42	-0.24%	-0.24	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out tie
2	2	8	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	1.91	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.024	.68	0.05%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
3	3	15	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	L(0-1)	7	9.0	10	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.41	3.45	38	9	13	2	3	9	46			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	-0.301	2.93	-0.39%	-0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
4	4	20	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS-8		5	7.2	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.13	3.51	31	10	8	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.199	3.22	0.31%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
5	5	23	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	2-GF	W(1-1)	3	7.2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.41	3.38	29	8	16	2	3	4		1	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.338	1.09	0.32%	3.29	2b -2- 1 out tie	9b end a 4
6	6	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.2	9	4	4	3	8	0	1	3.57	3.11	38	7	12	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.250	2.31	-0.26%	-0.04	1b start a 2	9b --3 2 out tie
7	7	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	7-GF(14)	L(1-2)	2	7.2	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.19	3.16	27	7	11	2	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.02	0.544	2.40	0.39%	3.04	7b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
8	8	33	May 24(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9	5-8		3	3.1	6	3	1	2	5	0	1	3.16	3.10	20	2	4	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.159	.80	-0.07%	-2.24	5b 1-- 0 out tie	8b 123 1 out d3
9	9	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	GS-6		4	5.0	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.51	3.11	25	4	11	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.081	.56	-0.02%	-0.54	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
10	10	41	May 31(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	3.10	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.07	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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	11	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9		2	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.26	3.06	34	9	14	0	6	7	65			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.216	.66	0.09%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
12	12	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	5	4.0	8	4	4	5	3	1	0	3.58	3.35	25	4	6	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.234	.12	-0.02%	-2.35	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d2
13	13	56	Jun 14(1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-4)	4	8.0	11	4	4	0	5	0	0	3.68	3.14	33	11	6	0	0	11	49			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.072	.01	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
14	14	62	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-5)	4	4.1	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.70	3.11	22	6	5	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.32	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d1
15	15	67	Jun 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.08	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.195	.00	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
16	16	71	Jun 28(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-5)	3	6.2	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.49	3.04	29	7	11	3	0	8	55			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.300	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
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
17	17	77	Jul 5(1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	GS-6	L(2-6)	6	5.1	9	6	5	2	2	0	0	3.76	3.03	26	5	8	1	0	9	28			0	0	0	23	4	1	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d2
18	18	78	Jul 5(2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	8-GF		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	3.00	6	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
19	19	82	Jul 9	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	L(2-7)	3	9.0	17	9	7	3	2	1	0	3.97	3.14	45	9	14	0	3	17	20			0	0	0	41	5	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d8
20	20	90	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,2-13	GS-3	L(2-8)	8	2.2	7	8	4	2	3	1	0	4.20	3.24	18	3	3	0	0	7	21			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-6.71	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d8
21	21	92	Jul 19(2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-13	8-GF		0	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.26	10	1	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.98	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d10
22	22	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-11			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	3.25	3												3			0		0
23	23	96	Jul 24(2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	6-GF		1	4.0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.18	3.24	16	5	8	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	.14	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.04	6t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
24	24	98	Jul 26(1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.22	3.23	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
25	25	100	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	4-GF(8)	L(2-9)	1	5.0	2	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.27	3.30	19	6	5	0	1	2		1	1	1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-0.51	4b --3 0 out d1	8b end d 2
26	26	102	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.29	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
27	27	107	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(2-10)	5	8.0	9	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.32	3.37	34	9	10	3	0	9	44			0	1	0	30	7	0	1	0	0	0	.45	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
28	28	113	Aug 11(2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	GS-5	L(2-11)	5	4.0	6	7	7	2	2	1	0	4.66	3.46	21	4	7	0	0	6	22			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-4.35	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d4
29	29	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	3.45	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t 1-- 1 out d4	9t end d 4
30	30	118	Aug 16(2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	GS-3		3	2.2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.74	3.49	13	1	6	0	2	2	40			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-1.92	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
31	31	119	Aug 18(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-7		1	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.47	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.10	7b --- 0 out d2	7b -23 2 out d3
32	32	130	Aug 30(1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-11)	11	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.49	3.36	30	7	12	0	0	2	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.488	.00	0.00%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				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
33	33	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	W(4-11)	4	9.0	11	6	6	5	8	1	1	4.58	3.41	42	10	8	1	0	10	44			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
34	34	140	Sep 9(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-11)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.33	3.35	34	5	15	1	3	5	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.710	.00	0.00%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	35	144	Sep 13(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-9	W(6-11)	3	8.1	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.23	3.42	31	11	14	1	1	4	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.213	.00	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
36	36	148	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.07	3.40	35	7	18	1	3	4	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.187	.00	0.00%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
37	37	151	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	8-GF	S(2)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.38	7	2	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.97	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
38	38	153	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	GS-7	L(7-12)	3	7.0	8	6	6	6	6	0	1	4.16	3.40	35	8	6	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	28	3	2	1	1	0	0	.90	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
							12-26		W-L:7-12,Sv:2	3.1	192.2	201	99	89	64	96	11	4	4.16	3.40	828	0.69		5%	7%	192	47	6	50%	8	1	0	752	45	7	5	17	0	10	1.02	-0.056	.69	0.17%	-1.77

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