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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

ERA

3.78

412

171

1548.0

849

WHIP

1.400

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-27 / in Starts: 12-8
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	1 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	60 (33-15-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (28-16-8)

Most Driven In
B Martin	2
B Skowron	2
Self	2
A Carey	1
E Howard	1
J Collins	1
Y Berra	1
G McDougald	1

Most Driven In By
B Martin	3
H Bauer	3
Self	2
J Collins	1
Y Berra	1

1956 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	116	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	-0.060	1.36	-0.09%	-1.03	P
2	117	6 (4)	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,13-6	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	9	1.42	0.184	4.63	0.36%	2.90	P
3	118	10 (3)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	9	.71	0.085	2.58	0.19%	0.93	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	119	14 (3)	May 3	NYY		KCA	L,7-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	9						P
5	120	16 (1)	May 5	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.727	1.091	9	.06	-0.002	.22	0.00%	-0.11	P
6	121	20 (3)	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.615	.923	9	.90	-0.042	4.27	-0.12%	-0.66	P
7	122	23 (2)	May 12	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	2	7.15	-0.165	30.24	-0.42%	-0.48	PH
8	123	24	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,11-2	GS-6	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.647	1.000	9	.47	0.127	1.96	0.32%	1.85	P
9	124	29 (4)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.611	.944	9	.50	-0.013	2.37	-0.04%	-0.11	P
10	125	32 (2)	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.579	.895	9	.30	-0.009	1.39	-0.02%	-0.24	P
11	126	37 (4)	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9	2-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.550	.850	9	.23	-0.007	1.23	-0.02%	-0.22	P
12	127	39 (1)	May 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.550	.850	9						P
13	128	42 (2)	May 31	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	5-7	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.318	.545	.864	9	1.51	0.180	7.86	0.56%	2.14	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	129	44 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.348	.609	.957	9	.38	0.021	2.18	0.07%	0.22	PH
15	130	45	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.346	.577	.923	8	1.66	0.073	9.30	0.25%	0.18	P
16	131	50 (4)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	9	.29	0.000	1.90	0.00%	-0.48	P
17	132	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.345	.552	.897	9	2.68	-0.036	17.41	-0.14%	0.13	PH P
18	133	58 (4)	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9	1.62	-0.240	9.51	-0.85%	-1.92	P
19	134	61 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.303	.485	.788	6	2.35	-0.061	17.74	-0.28%	-0.25	P
20	135	64 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	1-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.306	.472	.778	9	1.32	-0.126	10.79	-0.62%	-0.79	P
21	136	68 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.306	.472	.778	9						P
22	137	69	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.459	.757	2	1.18	-0.027	6.34	-0.09%	-0.36	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	138	74 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.317	.525	.842	9	.43	0.079	2.67	0.30%	0.57	P
24	139	81 (6)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.310	.512	.822	9	.63	-0.016	3.61	-0.05%	-0.16	P
25	140	85 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.302	.500	.802	9	.70	-0.018	1.78	-0.03%	-0.24	P
26	141	89 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	3-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.326	.488	.814	9	.51	0.020	1.41	0.03%	0.18	P
27	142	91 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.340	.500	.840	2	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.13	PH
28	143	93 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.327	.478	.805	9	.65	-0.064	2.19	-0.13%	-0.93	P
29	144	98 (4)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.320	.468	.788	9	.29	-0.008	.89	-0.01%	-0.25	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	145	100 (1)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.327	.458	.785	9	.39	-0.005	1.89	-0.01%	-0.12	PH P
31	146	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.449	.770	9	.31	-0.008	1.02	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
32	147	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.315	.440	.755	9	.99	-0.026	3.33	-0.05%	-0.45	P
33	148	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.309	.431	.740	2	.46	-0.014	1.64	-0.03%	-0.33	PH
34	149	105 (1)	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.293	.407	.701	9	1.63	-0.005	6.33	-0.01%	-0.04	P
35	150	110 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.414	.704	9	.24	0.046	.75	0.09%	0.60	P
36	151	114 (3)	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.230	.277	.393	.670	9	2.08	0.149	3.03	0.13%	0.63	P
37	152	119 (4)	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.277	.393	.670	9						P
38	153	121 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	2-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.279	.391	.670	9	1.07	0.022	1.63	0.02%	0.27	P
39	154	126 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.279	.391	.670	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	155	133 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.278	.382	.660	9	.87	0.042	1.25	0.04%	0.08	P
41	156	135 (1)	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.382	.660	9						P
42	157	141 (5)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.389	.665	9	.28	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.57	P
43	158	147 (5)	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.382	.657	9	1.10	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
44	159	152 (4)	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.277	.380	.657	9	.30	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.26	P
45	160	153	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	11-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.380	.665	8	4.66	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
							18-27		85	79	10	19	5	0	2	12	5	0	17	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	.241	.286	.380	.665		.98	0.030	3.64	-0.68%	0.67

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Larsen Pages

Don Larsen Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Don Larsen Pages at Baseball Reference