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: 5-24 / in Starts: 5-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	39	1	Apr 13	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	3	3	2	5	3	0	3.38	6.77	36	14	6	1	1	9	55			1	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	1	.78	-0.012	2.00	-0.02%	0.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
2	40	5	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	7	4	4	4	2	0	0	4.50	5.47	29	4	12	0	2	7	40			1	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.226	2.96	-0.35%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	41	10	Apr 25(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(0-3)	6	8.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.09	4.85	35	6	14	0	2	9	54			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.017	2.66	0.02%	0.90	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
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
4	42	19	May 10	BAL		PHA	W,7-6	GS-7		14	7.0	7	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.66	4.12	30	11	5	1	2	7	46			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.441	2.02	-0.35%	-1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
5	43	25	May 16(2)	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	0	4.03	3.90	32	2	19	1	1	3	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.304	.79	0.30%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	44	29	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(1-4)	5	9.2	12	4	4	5	2	1	0	3.97	4.10	46	10	17	6	3	12	46			0	0	0	40	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.85	-0.051	2.69	-0.05%	0.35	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
7	45	33	May 26	BAL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(1-5)	3	8.0	11	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.37	3.94	36	9	11	0	2	11	35			1	1	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.303	.34	-0.11%	-2.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	46	38	May 30	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.04	3.82	36	11	12	1	3	6	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.16	0.324	.21	0.04%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
9	47	43	Jun 3	BAL	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-6)	3	7.0	10	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.14	3.92	33	5	10	2	2	10	41			1	0	0	29	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.05	-0.158	.19	-0.02%	-0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
10	48	48	Jun 6(2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(2-7)	2	8.0	10	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.29	3.94	32	12	9	1	2	9	42			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.122	.11	-0.01%	-1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
11	49	56	Jun 13(2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-1		6	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	3.94	3	1	1	0	0	1	47			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.070	.16	-0.01%	-0.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out tie
12	50	70	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-8)	15	6.2	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.36	4.06	32	8	11	1	4	7	42			0	0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.27	-0.227	.01	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
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
13	51	75	Jul 5(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(2-9)	5	8.0	10	3	2	3	2	0	0	4.18	3.97	35	12	11	3	1	7	51			3	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	1	.91	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
14	52	83	Jul 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-10)	9	8.0	6	3	1	5	2	1	0	3.94	4.08	35	9	13	1	2	6	59			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	53	89	Jul 19(2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-11)	3	3.1	10	8	8	3	2	5	0	4.50	4.69	23	2	6	1	0	10	7			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.709	.00	0.00%	-6.20	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d3
16	54	91	Jul 21	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-6	1-GF	L(2-12)	1	7.2	6	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.35	4.57	34	11	9	2	2	6		1	0	0	0	0	29	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.41	-0.179	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b -2- 2 out d2	9b end d 1
17	55	96	Jul 25(2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-13)	3	7.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.48	4.43	28	9	11	1	1	7	44			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.453	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
18	56	100	Jul 30	BAL		NYY	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-13)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.16	4.30	35	10	12	1	3	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.203	.00	0.00%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
19	57	105	Aug 3	BAL		PHA	L,2-6	GS-2	L(3-14)	3	2.0	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	4.10	4.27	12	5	2	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.417	.00	0.00%	-4.14	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
20	58	110	Aug 8(2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(3-15)	4	8.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.12	4.15	33	11	9	1	0	9	50			1	1	0	30	2	1	1	0	1	0	.99	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
21	59	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	4.10	4.21	30	8	14	1	4	3	53			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.137	.00	0.00%	0.16	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
22	60	119	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-16)	3	6.1	10	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.17	4.15	34	8	7	2	0	10	38			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
23	61	124	Aug 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-5	L(3-17)	5	5.0	7	5	5	5	2	1	0	4.32	4.25	26	8	4	0	0	7	30			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-2.73	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
24	62	128	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	6	3	1	0	4.22	4.31	34	4	15	1	3	6	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	2	1	1	.93	0.132	.00	0.00%	2.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
25	63	133	Aug 31(2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-8	L(3-18)	2	7.2	9	6	6	5	1	0	0	4.34	4.30	35	7	13	0	3	9	33			0	1	0	29	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d3
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
26	64	138	Sep 6(2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9		5	8.2	8	2	2	5	4	0	0	4.24	4.25	37	5	15	1	1	8	59			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out tie
27	65	142	Sep 11	BAL		WSH	L,0-3	CG	L(3-19)	4	9.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.18	4.17	35	9	16	1	3	3	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	2	.77	-0.097	.00	0.00%	0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
28	66	148	Sep 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(3-20)	6	8.0	9	6	6	4	3	0	0	4.28	4.13	35	8	11	0	2	9	39			1	1	0	28	2	1	1	1	1	0	.67	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-2.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
29	67	154	Sep 25	BAL		CHW	L,0-11	GS-2	L(3-21)	6	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.37	4.10	11	1	3	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.37	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
							5-24		W-L:3-21	4.2	201.2	213	106	98	89	80	18	1	4.37	4.10	892	0.74		6%	9%	204	48	1	0%	9	8	0	778	28	13	15	13	7	12	1.04	-3.790	.55	-0.55%	-17.09

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