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: 8-20 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 9

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	382	6	Apr 18(2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-6		99	5.1	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.06	3.83	27	10	5	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.175	2.06	-0.21%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b --3 1 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
				Player went from Houston Astros to Baltimore Orioles
2	383	14	May 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	12	4.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	7.20	4.92	21	8	4	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	-0.276	2.63	-0.36%	-2.03	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d2
3	384	17	May 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	3-5		2	2.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.11	4.49	14	4	3	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.017	.47	-0.03%	-0.59	3b 1-- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d6
4	385	24	May 11	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	9-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.59	4.35	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.94	0.04%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
5	386	29	May 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	7-7	H(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.14	4.09	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.092	3.15	0.10%	0.45	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
6	387	40	May 26	BAL		KCA	L,3-6	5-7		9	2.2	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	6.23	4.25	13	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.142	2.17	-0.23%	-0.87	5t --- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d3
7	388	45	May 31(1)	BAL		MIN	L,0-6	7-GF		4	3.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.75	3.80	12	4	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.008	.12	-0.01%	0.34	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
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	389	48	Jun 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	3.74	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.14	0.01%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
9	390	51	Jun 8	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-2	5-5		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	3.86	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.089	2.77	-0.11%	-0.67	5b --3 2 out d1	5b 3 out d2
10	391	67	Jun 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-6	3-7		16	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.39	3.27	18	2	7	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.024	.44	0.06%	2.04	3b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
11	392	71	Jun 28	BAL		DET	L,3-4	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.08	3.01	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.012	.36	0.02%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
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
12	393	75	Jul 2	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	3-3		3	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.30	2.93	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.065	1.29	-0.14%	-1.52	3t 1-- 1 out d4	3t 3 out d6
13	394	81	Jul 8	BAL	@	KCA	W,10-6	8-8		5	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.55	2.85	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.104	2.78	-0.15%	-1.56	8b 1-3 0 out a5	8b -23 1 out a3
14	395	88	Jul 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	2.78	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
15	396	92	Jul 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-9	8-GF		2	2.0	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	4.68	3.19	10	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	-0.010	.19	-0.03%	-2.11	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
16	397	96	Jul 26	BAL		MIN	L,2-8	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.54	3.11	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
17	398	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	4-7		6	3.1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.14	3.00	13	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.010	4.78	0.03%	0.70	4b --- 0 out d2	7b 1-3 1 out tie
18	399	104	Aug 4(1)	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	5-7	W(1-1)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.83	2.89	13	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.81	0.08%	1.28	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
19	400	108	Aug 8(1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-5	6-6		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	2.89	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.235	5.83	-0.32%	-1.28	6b 123 2 out tie	6b 3 out d2
20	401	109	Aug 8(2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	3-7		-1	4.2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.40	2.72	17	8	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.25	0.029	.65	0.05%	0.84	3b --- 0 out d3	7b --3 2 out d4
21	402	113	Aug 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	7-8	H(2)	3	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.28	2.80	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.121	4.07	0.12%	0.51	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 2 out a1
22	403	115	Aug 14	BAL		WSA	L,5-8	11-GF(11)	L(1-2)	1	1.0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.21	3.06	6	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.35	-0.465	3.65	-0.44%	-2.55	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 3
23	404	119	Aug 19	BAL		BOS	L,3-11	4-7		4	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.00	13	2	6	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.155	1.09	0.17%	2.40	4t -2- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
24	405	122	Aug 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	3-4		4	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.89	3.06	7	1	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.012	.51	-0.01%	0.12	3b 123 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
25	406	127	Aug 29	BAL	@	WSA	L,4-5	6-8	BS(1)	4	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.77	2.93	9	0	4	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.004	.58	0.00%	0.06	6b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 3 out tie
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	407	134	Sep 5	BAL		CLE	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	6	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	2.88	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.031	.25	0.01%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
27	408	137	Sep 7(1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	7-8	H(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.62	3.00	7	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.035	2.52	-0.02%	-0.09	7b 1-- 2 out a2	8b 123 2 out a2
28	409	142	Sep 10(2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-10	4-4		2	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	2.88	3.22	8	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.243	1.16	-0.20%	-2.55	4t --- 0 out d1	4t 3 out d4
							8-20		W-L:1-2,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:3	3.3	59.1	61	25	19	23	41	4	1	2.88	3.22	261	1.09		4%	0%	60	34	14	57%	5	1	0	231	12	2	3	3	1	4	.75	-1.322	1.51	-1.56%	-4.76

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