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Don Larsen
Don James Larsen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 227 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
Final Game: July 7, 1967
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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 3 828 101 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 96 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 0 491 115 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 3 124.2 122 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 95 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 99 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 86 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 1 470 140 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 82 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 1 424 151 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 0 261 121 1.416 9.3 0.6 3.5 6.2 1.78
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 66 2.063 13.5 0.0 5.1 1.7 0.33
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 0 234 131 1.352 8.8 0.7 3.3 6.7 2.00
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 39 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
14 Seasons 81 91 .471 3.78 412 171 132 44 11 26 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
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 6 655.1 549 286 255 57 362 8 356 15 0 17 2827 105 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 94 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 77 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 1 451 143 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 39 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) 65 71 .478 3.87 277 160 66 42 10 11 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) 16 20 .444 3.35 135 11 66 2 1 15 271.1 244 115 101 22 108 22 168 3 0 11 1156 104 1.297 8.1 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.56

Postseason Pitching

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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

Standard Batting

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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 .771 105 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 .783 107 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 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 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

Postseason Batting

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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 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1953 SLB AL 23 P 38 39 8 29 2 1 .949 0.97 .956 0.88
1953 SLB AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1954 BAL AL 24 P 29 28 201.2 49 14 34 1 3 .980 2.14 1.66 .957 2.01 0.93
1955 NYY AL 25 P 19 13 97.0 19 5 13 1 3 .947 1.67 0.95 .958 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 26 P 38 20 179.2 39 13 23 3 3 .923 1.80 0.95 .951 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 27 P 27 20 139.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 1.93 1.11 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 NYY AL 28 P 19 19 114.1 21 5 14 2 2 .905 1.50 1.00 .967 1.95 0.82
1959 NYY AL 29 P 25 18 124.2 29 5 22 2 1 .931 1.95 1.08 .955 2.05 0.85
1960 KCA AL 30 P 22 15 83.2 13 4 8 1 1 .923 1.29 0.55 .969 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 31 P 33 4 89.1 22 5 17 0 0 1.000 2.22 0.67 .955 2.05 0.83
1961 KCA AL 31 P 8 1 15.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.63 .960 2.04 0.82
1961 KCA AL 31 LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.00 1.60
1961 KCA AL 31 OF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.20 2.00
1961 CHW AL 31 P 25 3 74.1 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.06 0.68 .953 2.05 0.83
1962 SFG NL 32 P 49 0 86.1 19 4 15 0 3 1.000 1.98 0.39 .947 2.06 0.82
1963 SFG NL 33 P 46 0 62.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 2.32 0.35 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT NL 34 P 36 10 113.2 29 9 19 1 1 .966 2.22 0.78 .952 2.14 0.84
1964 SFG NL 34 P 6 0 10.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.33 .950 2.09 0.83
1964 HOU NL 34 P 30 10 103.1 27 7 19 1 1 .963 2.26 0.87 .952 2.14 0.84
1965 TOT MLB 35 P 28 2 59.1 23 6 16 1 1 .957 3.34 0.79 .952 2.03 0.75
1965 HOU NL 35 P 1 1 5.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 4.00 .950 2.02 0.80
1965 BAL AL 35 P 27 1 54.0 19 5 13 1 1 .947 3.00 0.67 .953 2.03 0.75
1967 CHC NL 37 P 3 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0.67 .950 2.02 0.77
14 Seasons P 412 149 1355.1 353 92 244 17 22 .952 2.23 0.82 .956 2.01 0.84
2 Seasons OF 2 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.50 .967 2.20 2.10 2-0-0
1 Season (incomplete) LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.00 1.60
14 Seasons TOT 414 150 1364.1 356 95 244 17 22 .952 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.24 0.82 .908 2.01 0.84 2-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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  3.256 (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 (7th)

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  .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)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with players to be named later, Billy Hunter and Bob Turley to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954) and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954) and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

December 11, 1959: Traded by the New York Yankees with Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe DeMaestri, Kent Hadley and Roger Maris.

June 10, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Andy Carey, Ray Herbert and Al Pilarcik to the Chicago White Sox for Wes Covington, Stan Johnson, Bob Shaw and Jerry Staley.

November 30, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Billy Pierce to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Bob Farley, Eddie Fisher and Dom Zanni. The San Francisco Giants sent Verle Tiefenthaler (August 17, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

May 20, 1964: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the San Francisco Giants.

April 24, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Saverine and cash.

April 11, 1966: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

Before 1967 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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