News: s-r blog:Player Birthdays

 

Photo of Don Larsen


Don Larsen

Don James Larsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, IN
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Giants/Orioles/Browns/Athletics/... 1953-1967

Final Game: July 7, 1967
    About biographical information

27
27
18
18
18
26
18
31
18
31
40
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 23 SLB AL 50 85 81 11 23 3 1 3 10 0 0 4 14 .284 .318 .457 .774 105 37 1 0 0 1/7O
1954 24 BAL AL 44 95 88 6 22 5 3 1 4 0 0 5 15 .250 .290 .409 .699 97 36 2 0 2 0 1
1955 25 NYY AL 21 45 41 4 6 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 13 .146 .222 .317 .539 45 13 1 0 0 0 0 1
1956 26 NYY AL 45 85 79 10 19 5 0 2 12 0 0 6 17 .241 .294 .380 .674 80 30 2 0 1 0 0 1
1957 27 NYY AL 31 63 56 6 14 5 0 0 5 0 1 6 11 .250 .317 .339 .657 81 19 3 0 0 1 0 1
1958 28 NYY AL 28 57 49 9 15 1 0 4 13 0 2 5 9 .306 .364 .571 .935 158 28 2 0 2 1 0 1
1959 29 NYY AL 29 56 47 8 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 7 15 .255 .345 .298 .643 82 14 2 0 1 1 0 1
1960 30 KCA AL 23 29 29 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .207 .207 .241 .448 21 7 2 0 0 0 0 1
1961 31 TOT AL 43 48 45 4 14 0 0 2 8 0 0 1 10 .311 .326 .444 .771 105 20 0 0 2 0 0 1/7
1961 31 KCA AL 18 22 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .450 .783 108 9 0 0 1 0 0 /17
1961 31 CHW AL 25 26 25 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .320 .320 .440 .760 103 11 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 32 SFG NL 52 26 25 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .280 .480 28 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 33 SFG NL 46 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 28 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT NL 37 37 32 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .094 .194 .125 .319 -5 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 SFG NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 34 HOU NL 31 36 31 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .097 .200 .129 .329 -2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 13 13 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .308 .538 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 35 HOU NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 35 BAL AL 27 11 11 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .364 .636 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 37 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 480 652 596 65 144 25 5 14 72 0 3 43 138 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 221 15 0 11 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 220 201 22 49 8 2 5 24 0 1 15 47 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 75 5 0 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (5 yrs) 154 306 272 37 66 14 0 8 45 0 3 28 65 .243 .310 .382 .693 89 104 10 0 4 3 0
SFG (3 yrs) 104 40 37 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 .189 .211 .243 .454 25 9 0 0 2 0 0
BAL (3 yrs) 121 191 180 17 48 9 4 4 15 0 0 9 33 .267 .302 .428 .729 100 77 3 0 2 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 41 51 49 5 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 16 .245 .260 .327 .587 57 16 2 0 1 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 32 38 33 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 .091 .189 .121 .310 -8 4 0 0 1 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 25 26 25 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .320 .320 .440 .760 103 11 0 0 1 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 341 574 526 61 134 24 4 14 71 0 3 38 119 .255 .303 .395 .699 90 208 15 0 8 3 0
NL (5 yrs) 139 78 70 4 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 19 .143 .200 .186 .386 10 13 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 23 SLB AL 50 85 0 1 0 0 9 10 1.0 2 12 1.0 .521 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $ 1/7O
1954 24 BAL AL 44 95 0 -0 0 0 11 11 1.1 3 13 1.1 .526 .507 1.1 -0.0 13 $ 1
1955 25 NYY AL 21 45 -3 0 -0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1956 26 NYY AL 45 85 -2 -1 1 0 9 8 0.8 2 10 0.8 .517 .505 0.7 0.0 10 $ 1
1957 27 NYY AL 31 63 -2 0 -0 0 7 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .517 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1
1958 28 NYY AL 28 57 4 -1 0 0 6 10 1.0 2 11 1.0 .536 .506 1.0 -0.0 11 $17,000 1
1959 29 NYY AL 29 56 -1 -0 -0 0 6 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .519 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $17,000 1
1960 30 KCA AL 23 29 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1961 31 KCA AL 18 22 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /17
1961 31 CHW AL 25 26 1 -0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .518 .503 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1962 32 SFG NL 52 26 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1963 33 SFG NL 46 13 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1964 34 SFG NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .509 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $ /1
1964 34 HOU NL 31 36 -3 -1 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1965 35 HOU NL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .465 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1965 35 BAL AL 27 11 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $20,000 1
1967 37 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
14 Seasons 480 652 -11 -2 1 0 72 59 6.1 18 77 6.1 .513 .502 6.0 0.0 77 $54,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (5 yrs) 154 306 -3 -1 0 0 33 29 3.0 8 37 3.0 .520 .504 2.9 -0.0 37 $34,000
SFG (3 yrs) 104 40 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.1 3 $
BAL (3 yrs) 121 191 -0 0 0 0 21 22 2.3 5 27 2.2 .519 .505 2.2 -0.0 27 $20,000
KCA (2 yrs) 41 51 -3 -0 0 0 6 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $
HOU (2 yrs) 32 38 -3 -1 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $
CHC (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHW (1 yr) 25 26 1 -0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .518 .503 0.4 -0.0 5 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1953 23 SLB AL 85 59 12 5.5 104 .313 .284 .272 .318 .349 .457 .400 .774 .749 105 .592 -0.0 0.0 .695 .222 .173 .0
1954 24 BAL AL 95 70 10 3.8 92 .292 .250 .256 .290 .330 .409 .374 .699 .704 97 .452 -1.0 -0.1 .603 .216 .159 .0
1955 25 NYY AL 45 36 3 2.2 102 .154 .146 .265 .222 .345 .317 .395 .539 .740 45 .211 -3.6 -0.4 .472 .268 .171 .0
1956 26 NYY AL 85 63 9 3.8 104 .283 .241 .264 .294 .345 .380 .403 .674 .748 80 .397 -2.6 -0.2 .581 .215 .139 .0
1957 27 NYY AL 63 47 5 2.9 99 .304 .250 .262 .317 .334 .339 .396 .657 .729 81 .315 -1.2 -0.1 .522 .179 .089
1958 28 NYY AL 57 41 9 5.9 95 .297 .306 .257 .364 .325 .571 .390 .935 .715 158 .639 3.7 0.4 .816 .327 .265 .0
1959 29 NYY AL 56 39 5 3.4 95 .364 .255 .256 .345 .326 .298 .391 .643 .717 82 .390 -0.7 -0.1 .568 .191 .043
1960 30 KCA AL 29 25 1 1.1 102 .333 .207 .265 .207 .338 .241 .405 .448 .743 21 .069 -3.3 -0.3 .280 .034 .034
1961 31 TOT AL 48 33 7 5.7 103 .364 .311 .263 .326 .338 .444 .409 .771 .746 105 .589 -0.0 -0.0 .677 .156 .133 .0
1961 31 KCA AL 22 15 3 5.3 104 .357 .300 .264 .333 .339 .450 .411 .783 .750 108 .563 0.1 0.0 .714 .200 .150 .0
1961 31 CHW AL 26 18 4 5.9 102 .368 .320 .262 .320 .336 .440 .407 .760 .743 103 .609 -0.1 -0.0 .647 .120 .120 .0
1962 32 SFG NL 26 21 1 1.3 102 .278 .200 .269 .200 .336 .280 .408 .480 .744 28 .088 -2.8 -0.3 .350 .080 .080
1963 33 SFG NL 13 10 1 2.7 88 .200 .182 .253 .250 .315 .182 .378 .432 .693 28 .335 -1.0 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
1964 34 TOT NL 37 30 1 0.9 89 .136 .094 .257 .194 .313 .125 .381 .319 .694 -5 .058 -4.3 -0.5 .276 .156 .031
1964 34 SFG NL 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .266 .000 .324 .000 .394 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1964 34 HOU NL 36 29 1 0.9 89 .143 .097 .256 .200 .313 .129 .381 .329 .694 -2 .062 -4.0 -0.4 .286 .161 .032
1965 35 TOT MLB 13 10 1 2.7 92 .375 .231 .252 .231 .321 .308 .386 .538 .707 52 .321 -0.8 -0.1 .400 .077 .077
1965 35 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .249 .000 .311 .000 .376 .000 .687 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1965 35 BAL AL 11 8 1 3.4 93 .429 .273 .253 .273 .323 .364 .388 .636 .711 78 .419 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .091 .091
14 Yrs 652 484 65 3.6 98 .291 .242 .262 .291 .335 .371 .394 .662 .729 81 .405 -17.5 -1.8 .555 .196 .129 .0
162 Game Avg. 220 163 22 3.6 98 .291 .242 .262 .291 .335 .371 .394 .662 .729 81 .405 -17.5 -1.8 .555 .196 .129
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (5 yrs) 306 226 31 3.7 99 .287 .243 .261 .310 .336 .382 .396 .693 .731 89 .407 -4.2 -0.4 .589 .232 .140 .0
SFG (3 yrs) 40 32 2 1.7 98 .241 .189 .264 .211 .329 .243 .399 .454 .728 25 .149 -4.0 -0.4 .333 .081 .054
BAL (3 yrs) 191 137 23 4.5 98 .308 .267 .263 .302 .338 .428 .387 .729 .725 100 .518 -1.3 -0.1 .637 .211 .161 .0
KCA (2 yrs) 51 40 4 2.7 103 .344 .245 .264 .260 .339 .327 .407 .587 .746 57 .275 -3.2 -0.3 .436 .102 .082 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 38 31 1 0.9 89 .136 .091 .256 .189 .313 .121 .380 .310 .693 -8 .055 -4.6 -0.5 .267 .152 .030
CHW (1 yr) 26 18 4 5.9 102 .368 .320 .262 .320 .336 .440 .407 .760 .743 103 .609 -0.1 -0.0 .647 .120 .120 .0
AL (10 yrs) 574 421 62 4.0 99 .303 .255 .262 .303 .337 .395 .394 .699 .731 90 .444 -8.9 -0.9 .593 .207 .141 .0
NL (5 yrs) 78 63 3 1.3 93 .196 .143 .260 .200 .321 .186 .390 .386 .711 10 .101 -8.6 -0.9 .300 .114 .043

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 25 NYY AL WS BRO L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1957 27 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 NYY AL WS MLN W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 32 SFG NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 10 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 WS 10 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 1 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1953 23 SLB AL 85 3.5% 16.5% 4.7% 8.2% 30% 3.50 5.8 27.0 8.1 0.73 75%
1954 24 BAL AL 95 1.1% 15.8% 5.3% 9.5% 41% 3.00 5.9 88.0 22.0 1.08 76%
1955 25 NYY AL 45 4.4% 28.9% 8.9% 6.7% 50% 3.25 3.2 20.5 5.9 1.63 58%
1956 26 NYY AL 85 2.4% 20.0% 7.1% 8.2% 37% 2.83 4.6 39.5 6.6 1.15 71%
1957 27 NYY AL 63 0.0% 17.5% 9.5% 7.9% 36% 1.83 5.1 11.2 1.50 73%
1958 28 NYY AL 57 7.0% 15.8% 8.8% 8.8% 33% 1.80 5.4 12.3 3.8 1.42 65%
1959 29 NYY AL 56 0.0% 26.8% 12.5% 3.6% 17% 2.14 3.1 5.9 1.30 59%
1960 30 KCA AL 29 0.0% 37.9% 0.0% 3.5% 17% 2.6 9.7 1.80 62%
1961 31 TOT AL 48 4.2% 20.8% 2.1% 4.2% 14% 10.00 4.5 22.5 5.6 0.90 69%
1961 31 KCA AL 22 4.6% 22.7% 4.6% 4.6% 17% 5.00 4.0 20.0 5.0 0.60 64%
1961 31 CHW AL 26 3.9% 19.2% 0.0% 3.9% 13% 5.0 25.0 6.3 1.20 73%
1962 32 SFG NL 26 0.0% 26.9% 0.0% 3.9% 20% 3.6 25.0 5.50 69%
1963 33 SFG NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 11.0 3.50 77%
1964 34 TOT NL 37 0.0% 27.0% 10.8% 2.7% 33% 2.50 3.2 2.40 59%
1964 34 SFG NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1964 34 HOU NL 36 0.0% 27.8% 11.1% 2.8% 33% 2.50 3.1 2.40 58%
1965 35 TOT MLB 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 7.7% 33% 2.6 13.0 62%
1965 35 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1965 35 BAL AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 9.1% 33% 2.8 11.0 64%
14 Yrs 652 2.2% 21.2% 6.6% 6.8% 31% 3.21 4.3 42.6 8.3 1.34 69%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.7% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.60 6.5 39.4 8.6 1.04 74%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 23 SLB AL -0.0 0.0 83 -0.0 1.4 -1.5 1.02 0.3 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.99 1.7 1.45 10
1954 24 BAL AL -1.0 -0.1 95 -1.1 1.4 -2.5 1.24 -0.1 -0.8 -5.4 -0.6 0.95 -2.6 1.81 15
1955 25 NYY AL -3.6 -0.4 45 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .78 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.95 -1.6 1.25 3
1956 26 NYY AL -2.6 -0.2 85 0.0 1.5 -1.4 .98 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.97 -0.9 1.90 7
1957 27 NYY AL -1.2 -0.1 66 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .94 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.95 -1.7 2.02 1
1958 28 NYY AL 3.7 0.4 59 0.0 1.3 -1.3 1.17 0.7 -0.7 2.5 0.3 1.02 7.0 1.31 7
1959 29 NYY AL -0.7 -0.1 58 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 .92 -0.1 -0.0 1.4 0.1 1.03 0.4 1.93 3
1960 30 KCA AL -3.3 -0.3 30 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 1.20 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.05 -2.7 0.98 1
1961 31 TOT AL -0.1 -0.0 48 0.4 1.1 -0.7 1.06 0.5 -0.1 4.0 0.4 1.05 4.0 1.32 12
1961 31 KCA AL 0.0 0.0 22 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1.29 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.2 1.02 1.2 1.32 12
1961 31 CHW AL -0.2 -0.0 26 0.1 0.4 -0.3 .87 0.3 -0.2 2.4 0.2 1.07 2.8 0
1962 32 SFG NL -2.8 -0.3 27 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .94 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.94 -1.7 1.99 4
1963 33 SFG NL -1.0 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.23 -0.1 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 1.10 -1.2 0
1964 34 TOT NL -4.4 -0.5 37 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .75 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.81 -2.2 1.68 3
1964 34 SFG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .79 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.38 0.3 0
1964 34 HOU NL -4.1 -0.4 36 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .75 -0.2 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.82 -2.5 1.68 3
1965 35 TOT MLB -0.8 -0.1 13 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.05 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.94 -0.8 0
1965 35 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.18 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.60 -0.6 0
1965 35 BAL AL -0.3 -0.0 11 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .84 -0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.82 -0.2 0
1967 37 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Yrs -17.6 -1.8 659 -2.0 10.3 -12.2 1.02 0.1 -2.0 -6.3 -0.7 0.98 -2.2 1.60 66
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1953 23 SLB AL 1 0 33% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1954 24 BAL AL 2 0 19% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 25 NYY AL 1 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 NYY AL 2 0 35% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 5
1957 27 NYY AL 0 0 30% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 80% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1958 28 NYY AL 1 0 31% 21 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
1959 29 NYY AL 1 0 42% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 38% 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 2
1960 30 KCA AL 0 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1961 31 TOT AL 2 0 15% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0
1961 31 KCA AL 0 0 17% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1961 31 CHW AL 2 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1962 32 SFG NL 1 0 60% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1963 33 SFG NL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 34 TOT NL 3 0 0% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1964 34 SFG NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 HOU NL 2 0 0% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1965 35 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 BAL AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 14 0 30% 238 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 40% 27 21 5 6 5 1 27 6 18
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1953 23 SLB AL 85 42% 23 10 1 0 2 1.45 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 14 1 7% 11 2 18% 55 8 15% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
1954 24 BAL AL 95 39% 22 15 0 0 0 1.81 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 15 2 13% 12 3 25% 59 3 5% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1955 25 NYY AL 45 20% 6 3 1 0 0 1.25 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 28 5 18% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 NYY AL 85 27% 19 7 2 0 1 1.90 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 50% 22 2 9% 17 2 12% 60 12 20% 9 5 56% 2 1 50% 0
1957 27 NYY AL 63 29% 14 1 0 0 1 2.02 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 13 3 23% 12 3 25% 43 5 12% 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 0
1958 28 NYY AL 57 25% 15 7 2 1 1 1.31 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 100% 13 2 15% 12 4 33% 44 9 20% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1959 29 NYY AL 56 30% 12 3 1 0 1 1.93 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 6 1 17% 42 8 19% 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 0
1960 30 KCA AL 29 34% 6 1 0 0 0 0.98 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 8 3 38% 21 4 19% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
1961 31 TOT AL 48 27% 14 12 5 1 3 1.32 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 10 0 0% 9 2 22% 39 8 21% 4 3 75% 7 5 71% 0
1961 31 KCA AL 22 41% 6 12 5 1 3 1.32 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 19 3 16% 2 1 50% 5 3 60% 0
1961 31 CHW AL 26 15% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 5 2 40% 20 5 25% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1962 32 SFG NL 26 31% 5 4 0 0 0 1.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 16 2 13% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1963 33 SFG NL 13 38% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1964 34 TOT NL 37 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1.68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 14 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 HOU NL 36 44% 3 3 0 0 0 1.68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 14 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 TOT MLB 13 38% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 35 HOU NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 35 BAL AL 11 45% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 652 32% 144 66 12 2 9 1.60 14 1 23 10 4 7 7 0 14 11 79% 122 15 12% 100 22 22% 436 66 15% 38 22 58% 24 12 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 78% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 23 50 85 81 11 23 3 1 3 10 0 0 4 14 .284 .318 .457 .774 105 37 1 0 0
1954 24 94 180 169 17 45 8 4 4 14 0 0 9 29 .266 .303 .432 .735 101 73 3 0 2 0
1955 25 115 225 210 21 51 9 4 6 21 0 0 13 42 .243 .287 .410 .697 90 86 4 0 2 0 0
1956 26 160 310 289 31 70 14 4 8 33 0 0 19 59 .242 .289 .401 .690 87 116 6 0 3 0 0
1957 27 191 373 345 37 84 19 4 8 38 0 1 25 70 .243 .294 .391 .685 86 135 9 0 3 1 0
1958 28 219 430 394 46 99 20 4 12 51 0 3 30 79 .251 .303 .414 .717 95 163 11 0 5 2 0
1959 29 248 486 441 54 111 22 4 12 59 0 3 37 94 .252 .308 .401 .709 94 177 13 0 6 3 0
1960 30 271 515 470 57 117 23 4 12 62 0 3 37 105 .249 .302 .391 .693 89 184 15 0 6 3 0
1961 31 314 563 515 61 131 23 4 14 70 0 3 38 115 .254 .304 .396 .700 91 204 15 0 8 3 0
1962 32 366 589 540 64 136 23 5 14 71 0 3 38 122 .252 .299 .391 .690 88 211 15 0 9 3 0
1963 33 412 602 551 65 138 23 5 14 71 0 3 39 123 .250 .298 .387 .685 87 213 15 0 10 3 0
1964 34 449 639 583 65 141 24 5 14 71 0 3 43 133 .242 .293 .372 .665 82 217 15 0 11 3 0
1965 35 477 652 596 65 144 25 5 14 72 0 3 43 138 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 221 15 0 11 3 0
1966 36 477 652 596 65 144 25 5 14 72 0 3 43 138 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 221 15 0 11 3 0
1967 37 480 652 596 65 144 25 5 14 72 0 3 43 138 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 221 15 0 11 3 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 23 52 88 84 11 23 3 1 3 10 0 4 15 .274 .307 .440 .747 11 50
1954 24 46 102 94 7 25 6 3 1 5 0 6 16 .266 .310 .426 .736 13 44
1955 25 22 47 43 4 6 1 0 2 8 0 4 14 .140 .213 .302 .515 3 21
1956 26 47 90 83 11 20 5 0 2 13 0 6 18 .241 .292 .373 .666 9 45
1957 27 33 66 59 6 15 5 0 0 5 0 6 12 .254 .318 .339 .657 6 31
1958 28 29 60 52 10 16 1 0 4 14 0 5 9 .308 .362 .558 .920 11 28
1959 29 30 60 50 8 13 2 0 0 8 0 8 16 .260 .356 .300 .656 5 29
1960 30 24 29 29 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 .172 .172 .207 .379 1 23
1961 31 43 47 44 4 13 0 0 2 7 0 1 10 .295 .311 .432 .743 6 43
1962 32 52 25 24 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 .167 .167 .250 .417 1 52
1963 33 46 15 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 46
1964 34 37 37 32 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 .094 .194 .125 .319 1 37
1965 35 28 13 13 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .231 .231 .308 .538 1 28
13 Yrs 489 679 619 67 149 26 5 14 74 0 46 145 .241 .292 .367 .659 69 477
162 Game Avg. 162 225 205 22 49 9 2 5 25 0 15 48 .241 .292 .367 .659 23 477

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1975 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1976 BBWAA (12.1%)
1977 BBWAA (10.2%)
1978 BBWAA ( 8.4%)
1979 BBWAA (12.3%)
1980 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1981 BBWAA ( 8.2%)
1982 BBWAA ( 7.7%)
1983 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1984 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1985 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1986 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1987 BBWAA ( 7.3%)
1988 BBWAA ( 7.3%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1956 AL Babe Ruth Award
1956 ML WS MVP

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL  born 1929-08-07 (6th)

             

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Tommy Byrne (982)
  2. Mike Hampton (976)
  3. Elam Vangilder (973)
  4. Carlos Zambrano (971)
  5. Danny Goodwin (971)
  6. Mickey McDermott (970)
  7. Claude Hendrix (969)
  8. Don Robinson (959)
  9. Ramon Webster (958)
  10. Tim Harkness (957)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Don Newcombe (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mickey McDermott (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Hampton (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Hampton (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Hampton (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Byrne (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Don Larsen    

Viewed 42,131 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Don dave Don donald James Larsen larson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.