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: 17-10 / in Starts: 14-6

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: 4

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	125	3	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-2		99	1.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	27.00	4.71	10	0	4	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.57	-0.274	4.92	-0.51%	-2.69	1b start a 1	2b -2- 1 out tie
2	126	10	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	7	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13.50	5.83	6	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.230	8.46	0.41%	0.77	9t -2- 2 out tie	10t end tie
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	127	14	May 3	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	6-GF	BW(2-0)	4	4.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	8.10	3.51	18	5	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.121	4.01	-0.22%	-0.11	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
4	128	21	May 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-5		7	4.0	6	4	4	4	4	0	0	8.44	3.49	22	5	4	1	0	5	34			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.242	4.37	-0.52%	-2.07	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d1
5	129	26	May 18	NYY		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	L(2-1)	6	8.1	10	2	2	4	1	1	0	5.68	4.25	36	10	12	3	4	9	52			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	-0.031	6.57	-0.07%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
6	130	32	May 26(1)	NYY		WSH	L,7-9	GS-1		7	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	7.32	5.15	6	1	1	1	0	2	30			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.327	3.34	-0.66%	-3.63	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d4
7	131	35	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-5		1	4.2	6	4	1	5	2	0	0	6.29	5.09	26	8	6	1	3	5	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.175	6.43	-0.43%	-2.02	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out a1
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	132	41	Jun 2(1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	6-GF		4	3.2	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	5.46	4.78	14	2	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.223	3.30	0.41%	2.26	6t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
9	133	46	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.0	5	4	3	2	1	1	0	5.29	4.87	24	9	8	0	6	4	47			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.078	4.33	-0.17%	-0.09	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a1
10	134	49	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	3-6		2	3.2	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	5.50	5.27	15	4	5	1	2	5		0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.065	1.21	-0.16%	-1.30	3b --- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d5
11	135	60	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	2-4		11	3.0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	5.53	5.14	14	4	2	0	1	2		3	1	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.027	11.12	-0.13%	0.21	2t 123 0 out tie	4t 3 out d3
12	136	62	Jun 23(2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	7-GF		0	3.0	3	1	1	3	2	1	0	5.36	5.36	14	3	5	0	2	1		0	0	1	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.025	1.09	-0.12%	0.39	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
13	137	69	Jun 30(2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	0	4.61	4.81	31	10	9	0	4	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.80	0.418	4.32	1.35%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
14	138	74	Jul 4(2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	4.09	4.63	34	8	12	0	2	5	76			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.311	5.21	1.14%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	139	79	Jul 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	7	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.80	4.64	27	13	5	0	0	3	63			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.40	0.267	6.72	0.77%	2.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
16	140	85	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6		5	5.2	5	2	2	7	3	0	0	3.75	4.68	27	7	9	1	2	1	47			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.38	-0.013	5.86	-0.03%	0.14	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d2
17	141	90	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	W,10-6	GS-5		4	4.1	2	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.78	4.71	20	4	6	2	1	1	48			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.036	6.80	-0.16%	-0.21	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a2
18	142	95	Jul 28(1)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	GS-3	L(5-3)	4	2.0	2	4	3	4	1	0	0	4.02	4.77	11	3	2	0	1	1	35			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.217	5.75	-0.59%	-1.90	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out a1
19	143	99	Jul 31(2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-3)	2	8.0	2	4	1	6	1	0	0	3.76	4.75	32	13	10	0	3	2	63			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.073	5.26	0.22%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
20	144	104	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	L(6-4)	4	9.0	8	7	7	6	3	1	0	4.05	4.79	42	15	11	1	3	7	40			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.184	2.65	-0.33%	-2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
21	145	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	2-GF(8)		8	7.0	3	3	2	4	4	1	0	3.96	4.80	28	10	7	0	1	3		2	2	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	2	.38	-0.140	1.33	-0.29%	-0.54	2b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
22	146	117	Aug 18(2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-4)	3	7.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	3.79	4.54	29	8	8	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.007	2.68	-0.01%	0.77	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a2
23	147	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	GS-5		3	4.2	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.95	4.54	20	5	4	0	1	4	41			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.184	2.48	-0.30%	-1.86	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out a2
24	148	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	W(8-4)	5	5.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.93	4.50	24	7	5	2	0	5	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.089	9.54	-0.38%	-0.62	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
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
25	149	131	Sep 2(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-3		4	2.1	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.15	4.53	13	3	3	2	0	4	30			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.180	1.94	-0.22%	-3.19	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out a3
26	150	144	Sep 15(2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-4)	12	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.87	4.38	31	9	14	0	7	2	83			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.469	.77	0.24%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	151	150	Sep 25(1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(10-4)	9	7.0	4	1	1	6	9	0	0	3.74	4.28	31	6	6	0	0	4	68			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.218	.00	0.00%	2.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
							17-10		W-L:10-4,BSv:1	4.5	139.2	113	68	58	87	81	12	0	3.74	4.28	605	1.02		5%	13%	95	51	8	38%	5	8	2	513	14	3	0	11	2	9	1.10	-0.206	4.32	-0.77%	-2.47

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