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: 12-21 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 10

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	218	1	Apr 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	7-8	H(1)	99	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.75	5.57	8	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.112	3.57	-0.14%	-0.90	7b --- 0 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a2
2	219	7	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	GS-6		12	5.2	7	3	1	6	5	0	1	2.57	4.72	30	4	7	0	0	7	46			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.181	2.96	-0.20%	-0.72	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
3	220	10	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.25	4.82	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.018	.58	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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	221	15	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	W(1-0)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	4.35	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.139	4.24	0.13%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
5	222	27	May 19	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-11	6-7		15	2.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.27	5.12	11	1	3	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.004	.06	0.00%	-0.93	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d8
6	223	30	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	9-GF		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.50	4.57	6	0	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
7	224	35	May 28(1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.50	5.07	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.01	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 8
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	225	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.20	4.97	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Chicago White Sox
9	226	52	Jun 11(1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.94	4.89	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
10	227	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-8	4-6	W(2-0)	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.32	4.42	11	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.227	.13	0.01%	1.47	4b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out a1
11	228	58	Jun 14(2)	CHW		LAA	W,9-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.15	4.47	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.86	0.277	.43	0.02%	0.88	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
12	229	60	Jun 16	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	1	6.1	7	5	5	4	4	1	0	4.10	4.66	29	5	9	0	1	7	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.109	.22	-0.01%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d2
13	230	65	Jun 21(1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-3	3-GF	W(3-1)	4	7.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.24	4.13	29	9	9	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.124	.10	0.03%	3.49	3t --- 0 out a1	9t end a12
14	231	71	Jun 27(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	5-6		5	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3.38	4.56	8	1	2	0	2	2		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.081	1.31	-0.04%	-0.24	5b 1-- 2 out tie	6b 3 out d1
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
15	232	77	Jul 2	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-8	2-6		4	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.95	4.16	16	5	7	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.063	.20	0.02%	2.30	2b -23 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
16	233	81	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	2-4		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	3.98	8	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.013	.03	0.00%	1.63	2b -23 2 out d8	4b 3 out d6
17	234	83	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-9	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.94	13	4	3	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	1	.08	-0.014	.01	0.00%	-5.01	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 9
18	235	89	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	10-GF(10)		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.93	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.018	.12	0.00%	0.23	10t 1-- 2 out d1	10t end d 1
19	236	98	Jul 25(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		9	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.61	4.07	10	2	6	0	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.011	.02	0.00%	0.79	6b 1-3 0 out d3	8b end d 5
20	237	99	Jul 25(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.97	6	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d12	8b end d12
21	238	102	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	3-6		2	3.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.76	4.00	20	5	2	0	0	6		0	0	2	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.78	-0.171	.01	0.00%	-2.14	3b --- 0 out d3	6b 1-3 1 out d3
22	239	104	Jul 30(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	5-6		1	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.98	5	1	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.108	.01	0.00%	-0.90	5b 123 2 out a3	6b 1-3 1 out a2
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
23	240	107	Aug 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.83	4.03	13	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.288	.02	0.00%	0.48	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
24	241	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,2-8	9-9		5	0.1	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.29	4.14	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.07	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 1 out d1
25	242	124	Aug 22	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	4-GF	W(4-1)	12	5.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.92	3.94	21	8	2	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.457	.00	0.00%	2.99	4t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end tie
26	243	128	Aug 26	CHW		CLE	W,10-5	5-GF	W(5-1)	3	5.0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.76	3.84	17	7	4	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.192	.00	0.00%	1.33	5t 123 0 out a4	9t end a 5
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
27	244	136	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSA	W,12-7	GS-7	W(6-1)	6	6.0	7	5	4	2	4	0	0	3.95	3.71	27	6	8	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1b start a 5	7b 12- 0 out a5
28	245	139	Sep 4(1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	3.65	12	4	4	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.60	6b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 4
29	246	143	Sep 6(2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-10	W(7-1)	1	9.1	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.59	3.43	34	10	13	0	4	4	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.464	.00	0.00%	2.79	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out a2
30	247	150	Sep 15	CHW		LAA	L,5-9	5-6		8	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.81	3.42	12	5	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-2.00	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d5
31	248	153	Sep 17(2)	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(8-1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.77	3.39	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
32	249	156	Sep 22	CHW		BAL	L,6-8	5-5		4	0.2	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.94	3.52	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-2.60	5t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d6
33	250	163	Sep 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(8-2)	7	0.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.13	3.53	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	-0.804	.00	0.00%	-2.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
							12-21		W-L:8-2,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.5	89.1	85	45	41	40	66	7	2	4.13	3.53	390	0.95		2%	10%	83	51	19	37%	5	1	0	338	11	0	2	4	0	4	.91	0.480	.44	-0.18%	0.25

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