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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 Loma (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
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #689. Tim Burke… #690. Octavio Dotel… #691. Greg Minton… #692. DON LARSEN… #693. Brett Myers… #694. Steve Farr… #695. Ross Grimsley… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 23 SLB AL 7 12 .368 4.16 38 22 14 7 2 2 192.2 201 99 89 11 64 96 4 0 3 828 102 1.375 9.4 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
1954 24 BAL AL 3 21 .125 4.37 29 28 1 12 1 0 201.2 213 106 98 18 89 80 1 0 2 892 82 1.498 9.5 0.8 4.0 3.6 0.90
1955 25 NYY AL 9 2 .818 3.06 19 13 5 5 1 2 97.0 81 38 33 8 51 3 44 2 0 1 412 123 1.361 7.5 0.7 4.7 4.1 0.86
1956 26 NYY AL 11 5 .688 3.26 38 20 9 6 1 1 179.2 133 72 65 19 96 0 107 7 0 3 759 119 1.275 6.7 1.0 4.8 5.4 1.11
1957 27 NYY AL 10 4 .714 3.74 27 20 5 4 1 0 139.2 113 68 58 12 87 0 81 0 0 6 605 97 1.432 7.3 0.8 5.6 5.2 0.93
1958 28 NYY AL 9 6 .600 3.07 19 19 0 5 3 0 114.1 100 43 39 4 52 3 55 4 0 0 491 116 1.329 7.9 0.3 4.1 4.3 1.06
1959 29 NYY AL 6 7 .462 4.33 25 18 3 3 1 0 124.2 122 65 60 14 76 2 69 2 0 7 560 84 1.588 8.8 1.0 5.5 5.0 0.91
1960 30 KCA AL 1 10 .091 5.38 22 15 3 0 0 0 83.2 97 55 50 11 42 1 43 0 0 2 381 74 1.661 10.4 1.2 4.5 4.6 1.02
1961 31 TOT AL 8 2 .800 4.13 33 4 18 0 0 2 89.1 85 45 41 7 40 2 66 2 0 4 390 96 1.399 8.6 0.7 4.0 6.6 1.65
1961 31 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 4.20 8 1 5 0 0 0 15.0 21 9 7 2 11 0 13 1 0 2 75 101 2.133 12.6 1.2 6.6 7.8 1.18
1961 31 CHW AL 7 2 .778 4.12 25 3 13 0 0 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 29 2 53 1 0 2 315 95 1.251 7.7 0.6 3.5 6.4 1.83
1962 32 SFG NL 5 4 .556 4.38 49 0 25 0 0 11 86.1 83 44 42 9 47 7 58 2 0 6 380 87 1.506 8.7 0.9 4.9 6.0 1.23
1963 33 SFG NL 7 7 .500 3.05 46 0 26 0 0 3 62.0 46 23 21 8 30 9 44 0 0 4 261 105 1.226 6.7 1.2 4.4 6.4 1.47
1964 34 TOT NL 4 9 .308 2.45 36 10 14 2 1 1 113.2 102 41 31 4 26 5 64 1 0 1 470 141 1.126 8.1 0.3 2.1 5.1 2.46
1964 34 SFG NL 0 1 .000 4.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 10 5 5 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 46 85 1.548 8.7 0.0 5.2 5.2 1.00
1964 34 HOU NL 4 8 .333 2.26 30 10 11 2 1 1 103.1 92 36 26 4 20 4 58 1 0 1 424 152 1.084 8.0 0.3 1.7 5.1 2.90
1965 35 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 2.88 28 2 8 0 0 1 59.1 61 25 19 4 23 3 41 1 0 0 261 122 1.416 9.3 0.6 3.5 6.2 1.78
1965 35 BAL AL 1 2 .333 2.67 27 1 8 0 0 1 54.0 53 22 16 4 20 2 40 1 0 0 234 132 1.352 8.8 0.7 3.3 6.7 2.00
1965 35 HOU NL 0 0 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 27 71 2.063 13.5 0.0 5.1 1.7 0.33
1967 37 CHC NL 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 44 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
14 Seasons 81 91 .471 3.78 412 171 132 44 11 23 1548.0 1442 728 650 130 725 35 849 26 0 39 6708 99 1.400 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .471 3.78 48 20 15 5 1 3 181 168 85 76 15 85 99 3 0 5 782 99 1.400 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (5 yrs) 45 24 .652 3.50 128 90 22 23 7 3 655.1 549 286 255 57 362 8 356 15 0 17 2827 106 1.390 7.5 0.8 5.0 4.9 0.98
SFG (3 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.86 101 0 54 0 0 14 158.2 139 72 68 17 83 17 108 2 0 10 687 92 1.399 7.9 1.0 4.7 6.1 1.30
BAL (3 yrs) 11 35 .239 4.08 94 51 23 19 3 3 448.1 467 227 203 33 173 2 216 6 0 5 1954 95 1.428 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.3 1.25
KCA (2 yrs) 2 10 .167 5.20 30 16 8 0 0 0 98.2 118 64 57 13 53 1 56 1 0 4 456 78 1.733 10.8 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06
HOU (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 2.40 31 11 11 2 1 1 108.2 100 39 29 4 23 5 59 1 0 1 451 144 1.132 8.3 0.3 1.9 4.9 2.57
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 44 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 7 2 .778 4.12 25 3 13 0 0 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 29 2 53 1 0 2 315 95 1.251 7.7 0.6 3.5 6.4 1.83
AL (10 yrs) AL 65 71 .478 3.87 277 160 66 42 10 8 1276.2 1198 613 549 108 617 13 681 23 0 28 5552 98 1.422 8.4 0.8 4.3 4.8 1.10
NL (5 yrs) NL 16 20 .444 3.35 135 11 66 2 1 15 271.1 244 115 101 22 108 22 168 3 0 11 1156 105 1.297 8.1 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1953 23 SLB AL 192.2 22 99 113 -4 1.0 14 2.3 $
1954 24 BAL AL 201.2 28 106 118 -6 1.1 12 1.4 $
1955 25 NYY AL 97.0 13 38 49 5 1.0 11 1.2 $
1956 26 NYY AL 179.2 20 72 99 4 .9 27 2.6 $
1957 27 NYY AL 139.2 20 68 66 4 1.1 -2 -0.2 $
1958 28 NYY AL 114.1 19 43 52 5 1.0 9 1.0 $
1959 29 NYY AL 124.2 18 65 63 2 .8 -2 -0.2 $
1960 30 KCA AL 83.2 15 55 51 -2 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1961 31 KCA AL 15.0 1 9 10 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
1961 31 CHW AL 74.1 3 36 42 0 .9 6 0.3 $
1962 32 SFG NL 86.1 0 44 47 2 .9 3 -0.3 $
1963 33 SFG NL 62.0 0 23 33 -1 1.5 10 0.8 $
1964 34 SFG NL 10.1 0 5 5 0 1.1 0 -0.1 $
1964 34 HOU NL 103.1 10 36 61 -4 .9 25 2.5 $
1965 35 HOU NL 5.1 1 3 3 0 1.1 0 0.0 $
1965 35 BAL AL 54.0 1 22 26 3 .7 4 0.1 $
1967 37 CHC NL 4.0 0 4 2 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $
14 Seasons 1548.0 171 728 840 8 1.0 112 10.9 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYY (5 yrs) 655.1 90 286 329 20 1.0 43 4.4 $
SFG (3 yrs) 158.2 0 72 85 1 1.1 13 0.4 $
BAL (3 yrs) 448.1 51 227 257 -7 1.0 30 3.8 $
KCA (2 yrs) 98.2 16 64 61 -2 1.0 -3 -0.4 $
HOU (2 yrs) 108.2 11 39 64 -4 .9 25 2.5 $
CHC (1 yr) 4.0 0 4 2 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 74.1 3 36 42 0 .9 6 0.3 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 25 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 19 1.750 11.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1956 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 10.2 1 4 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 37 0.469 0.8 0.0 3.4 5.9 1.75
1957 27 NYY AL WS L MLN 1 1 .500 3.72 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 8 5 4 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 44 1.345 7.4 0.9 4.7 5.6 1.20
1958 28 NYY AL WS W MLN 1 0 1.000 0.96 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 1 1 0 6 1 9 0 0 0 42 1.607 8.7 0.0 5.8 8.7 1.50
1962 32 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons (5 Series) 4 2 .667 2.75 10 6 1 1 1 0 36.0 24 16 11 3 19 1 24 2 0 0 153 1.194 6.0 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.26
5 WS 4 2 .667 2.75 10 6 1 1 1 0 36.0 24 16 11 3 19 1 24 2 0 0 153 1.194 6.0 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.26

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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
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/O
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 86 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 .771 104 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 .783 107 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 .760 102 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 -6 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 -3 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 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 1/1
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 1/1
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 Seasons 480 653 596 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) 154 307 272 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 .760 102 11 0 0 1 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 341 575 526 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 23 SLB AL 85 -1 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1/O
1954 24 BAL AL 95 -2 0 1 0 0 7 3 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ 1
1955 25 NYY AL 45 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1956 26 NYY AL 85 -2 -1 1 1 0 6 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1
1957 27 NYY AL 63 -1 0 -1 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1958 28 NYY AL 57 4 -1 0 0 0 4 2 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $17,000 1
1959 29 NYY AL 56 -1 0 0 0 0 5 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $17,000 1
1960 30 KCA AL 29 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1961 31 KCA AL 22 0 -1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /17
1961 31 CHW AL 26 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1962 32 SFG NL 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1963 33 SFG NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1964 34 SFG NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1964 34 HOU NL 36 -4 -1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1965 35 HOU NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/1
1965 35 BAL AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $20,000 1/1
13 Seasons 652 -19 -4 4 1 0 49 19 50 5.0 50 5.1 -0.1 $54,000
NYY (5 yrs) 306 -4 -2 0 1 0 23 9 27 2.7 27 2.7 0.0 $34,000
SFG (3 yrs) 40 -4 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
BAL (3 yrs) 191 -3 0 1 0 0 14 5 17 1.7 17 1.8 -0.1 $20,000
KCA (2 yrs) 51 -3 -1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $
HOU (2 yrs) 38 -5 -1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 26 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1953 SLB AL 23 P 38 192.2 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1.73 0.97 .957 1.95 1.93
1953 SLB AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1953 SLB AL 23 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
1954 BAL AL 24 P 29 201.2 49 14 34 1 3 .980 2.14 1.66 .959 2.01 1.99
1955 NYY AL 25 P 19 97.0 19 5 13 1 3 .947 1.67 0.95 .956 1.99 1.97
1956 NYY AL 26 P 38 179.2 39 13 23 3 3 .923 1.80 0.95 .950 1.92 1.91
1957 NYY AL 27 P 27 139.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 1.93 1.11 .963 1.99 2.00
1958 NYY AL 28 P 19 114.1 21 5 14 2 2 .905 1.50 1.00 .963 1.95 1.93
1959 NYY AL 29 P 25 124.2 29 5 22 2 1 .931 1.95 1.08 .955 2.05 2.03
1960 KCA AL 30 P 22 83.2 13 4 8 1 1 .923 1.29 0.55 .967 1.96 1.95
1961 TOT AL 31 P 33 4 0 89.1 22 5 17 0 0 1.000 2.22 0.67 .954 2.05 2.02 5 1 17% 0
1961 KCA AL 31 P 8 1 0 15.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.63 .954 2.04 2.02 1 0 0% 0
1961 KCA AL 31 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 3.00 3.00 .970 2.00 2.00
1961 KCA AL 31 OF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 3.00 3.00 .977 23.10 2.20
1961 CHW AL 31 P 25 3 0 74.1 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.06 0.68 .954 2.05 2.02 4 1 20% 0
1962 SFG NL 32 P 49 86.1 19 4 15 0 3 1.000 1.98 0.39 .948 2.06 2.05
1963 SFG NL 33 P 46 62.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 2.32 0.35 .951 2.06 2.06
1964 TOT NL 34 P 36 10 2 113.2 29 9 19 1 1 .966 2.22 0.78 .953 2.14 2.13 10 0 0% 0
1964 SFG NL 34 P 6 0 0 10.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.33 .955 2.09 2.13 3 0 0% 0
1964 HOU NL 34 P 30 10 2 103.1 27 7 19 1 1 .963 2.26 0.87 .953 2.14 2.13 7 0 0% 0
1965 TOT MLB 35 P 28 59.1 23 6 16 1 1 .957 3.34 0.79 .952 2.03 2.03
1965 BAL AL 35 P 27 54.0 19 5 13 1 1 .947 3.00 0.67 .951 2.03 2.03
1965 HOU NL 35 P 1 5.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 4.00 .955 2.02 2.10
1967 CHC NL 37 P 3 4.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0.67 .960 2.02 2.00
14 Seasons P 412 14 2 1548.0 353 92 244 17 22 .952 1.95 0.82 .956 2.00 2.01 15 1 6% 0
2 Seasons OF 2 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 3.00 1.50 .977 23.10 2.30
2 Seasons LF 2 1 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 2.25 1.50 .970 2.03 2.10
14 Seasons TOT 414 15 3 1557.0 356 95 244 17 22 .952 0 0 1.96 0.82 .956 2.12 2.01 15 1 6% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1956 AL  3.26 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL  .688 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL  1.275 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  6.662 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  2.990 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  4.484 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1962 NL  11 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  18 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  87 (5th)
1959 AL  76 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  213 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  1.500 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  0.514 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL  12 (9th)
1954 AL  21 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  98 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (5th)
1959 AL  7 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1962 NL  25 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1956 AL  119 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 AL  1.000 (1st)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (502), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Steve Renko (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Norris (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Norris (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve McCatty (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Art Ditmar (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Diego Segui (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Diego Segui (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Diego Segui (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dennis Lamp (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Mike Hampton (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195828New York Yankees$17,0002/19/59 UPI
195929New York Yankees$17,0002/19/59 UPI
196535Baltimore Orioles$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196636Baltimore Orioles$18,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$72,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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