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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-12 / in Starts: 14-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	43 (24-14-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (20-12-6)

Most Driven In
G McDougald	2
T Kubek	2
B Skowron	1
A Carey	0

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	2
J Coleman	1
T Kubek	1
G McDougald	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	161	3 (2)	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1.000			8	.55	-0.009	1.72	-0.02%	-0.16	P
2	162	10 (6)	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.73	-0.042	5.08	-0.07%	-0.15	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	163	14 (3)	May 3	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.70	0.007	2.13	0.01%	-0.11	PH P
4	164	21 (6)	May 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	1.32	-0.036	4.74	-0.08%	-0.29	P
5	165	26 (4)	May 18	NYY		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.73	-0.010	6.76	-0.02%	-0.22	P
6	166	32 (5)	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,7-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9						P
7	167	35 (2)	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.73	-0.054	2.99	-0.13%	-0.83	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	168	41 (5)	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	.92	-0.023	2.83	-0.04%	-0.10	P
9	169	46 (4)	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.188	.071	.259	9	.97	-0.077	3.64	-0.17%	-0.74	P
10	170	48 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	.176	.071	.248	9	6.00	0.036	21.24	0.08%	0.04	PH
11	171	49	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	3-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.211	.125	.336	9	.38	-0.005	1.55	-0.01%	-0.39	P
12	172	60 (10)	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	2-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.200	.118	.318	9	.45	-0.011	3.57	-0.05%	-0.10	P
13	173	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.190	.111	.302	9	.33	-0.010	2.64	-0.05%	-0.22	P
14	174	69 (6)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.320	.286	.606	9	.39	0.084	2.10	0.27%	1.91	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	175	74 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.357	.348	.705	9	.83	0.104	5.06	0.38%	0.85	P
16	176	77 (2)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.345	.333	.678	9	.79	-0.020	4.01	-0.06%	-0.09	PH
17	177	79 (1)	Jul 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.344	.370	.714	7	.88	0.024	4.20	0.07%	0.31	P
18	178	85 (5)	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.324	.345	.668	7	.83	-0.044	3.51	-0.11%	-0.38	P
19	179	90 (4)	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	W,10-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.314	.333	.648	9	.56	-0.015	3.98	-0.07%	-0.22	P
20	180	91	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.333	.333	.667	9	.38	0.018	2.40	0.07%	0.25	PH
21	181	95 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.324	.323	.647	9	1.06	-0.029	4.77	-0.08%	-0.31	P
22	182	99 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.300	.294	.594	7	1.20	-0.093	5.96	-0.28%	-0.71	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	183	104 (4)	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.326	.324	.650	9	1.83	0.118	5.47	0.21%	1.10	P
24	184	112 (7)	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	2-GF	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.362	.415	.776	9	.30	0.024	1.03	0.05%	1.07	P
25	185	117 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.340	.386	.726	9	1.13	-0.100	2.55	-0.14%	-0.92	P
26	186	120 (2)	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.346	.378	.724	9	1.39	0.077	3.80	0.13%	0.42	P
27	187	121	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.346	.378	.724	2						PR
28	188	126 (4)	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.327	.354	.681	8	.81	-0.060	5.66	-0.25%	-0.80	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	189	131 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.316	.340	.656	9	1.00	-0.044	2.04	-0.05%	-0.70	P
30	190	144 (12)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.317	.340	.656	9	.70	-0.058	.58	-0.03%	-0.41	P
31	191	150 (5)	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.317	.339	.657	9	.43	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
							19-12		63	56	6	14	5	0	0	5	6	0	11	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.250	.317	.339	.657		.94	-0.199	3.60	-0.46%	-1.53

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