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: 12-7 / in Starts: 12-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	152	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	3.03	32	13	11	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.499	2.62	0.75%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	153	7	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-5	W(2-0)	5	5.0	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.00	2.33	25	6	2	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.222	4.83	0.43%	2.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
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	154	19	May 13	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	21	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.00	2.82	34	11	14	5	2	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.502	5.37	1.40%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	155	36	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		17	7.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	0	0.90	3.01	33	9	11	2	0	7	47			0	0	0	29	4	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.019	4.75	-0.06%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
5	156	41	Jun 5(1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-5	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	1	1.98	3.36	28	4	11	3	1	7	40			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.080	5.11	-0.25%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a5
6	157	47	Jun 11(1)	NYY		KCA	W,10-2	GS-7	W(5-0)	5	6.2	6	2	2	7	5	0	0	2.09	3.48	32	7	9	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.182	5.58	0.67%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a5
7	158	53	Jun 15(1)	NYY		DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-1)	3	7.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.16	3.40	31	10	12	2	0	3	59			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.036	7.07	0.12%	1.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	159	60	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,15-0	SHO	W(6-1)	6	9.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.83	3.31	32	7	18	4	0	1	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.130	1.80	0.48%	4.50	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a15
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
9	160	68	Jul 1(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-1)	8	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	1	1.77	3.28	26	11	4	1	0	4	71			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.266	6.12	0.79%	2.08	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
10	161	74	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	GS-3	L(7-2)	4	2.0	6	6	5	1	3	0	0	2.38	3.21	14	1	4	1	0	5	24			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.423	4.37	-0.86%	-4.71	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
11	162	80	Jul 13(1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS-3	L(7-3)	6	2.1	6	4	3	2	2	0	0	2.69	3.21	15	2	3	2	0	6	31			1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.362	3.18	-0.53%	-3.51	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
12	163	86	Jul 18	NYY		KCA	L,1-2	CG	L(7-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.61	3.07	36	13	11	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.79	0.074	1.35	0.08%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	164	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-3		5	3.0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.84	3.16	16	7	2	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.34	-0.164	1.32	-0.10%	-1.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
14	165	99	Jul 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG(4)	L(7-5)	5	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.92	3.32	16	2	7	1	1	4	45			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.047	.52	-0.02%	-0.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
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
15	166	105	Aug 4	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.0	4	3	3	4	1	0	1	3.02	3.41	26	7	9	2	0	4	49			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.161	.19	-0.03%	-1.33	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
16	167	110	Aug 10(1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS-7		5	6.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.11	3.34	24	4	7	0	1	5	50			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.171	.19	0.02%	0.73	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
17	168	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-6	L(8-6)	5	5.0	11	7	5	3	0	1	1	3.40	3.54	31	6	21	9	5	0	18			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	1	1	.72	-0.225	.12	-0.02%	-4.91	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d5
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
18	169	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-6		34	6.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.21	3.50	22	5	13	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.337	.00	0.00%	2.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
19	170	154	Sep 28(1)	NYY		BAL	W,7-0	GS-5	W(9-6)	7	5.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.07	3.41	17	3	8	2	0	1	68			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.276	.00	0.00%	2.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
							12-7		W-L:9-6	5.1	114.1	100	43	39	51	55	4	4	3.07	3.41	490	0.72		13%	3%	75	54		---%	2	1	0	429	18	2	3	8	2	8	.98	1.214	3.07	2.86%	8.86

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