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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-28 / in Starts: 2-3
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 48 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	39 (18-14-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 48 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	29 (15-9-4)

Most Driven In
A Carey	3
N Fox	2
Self	2
M Throneberry	1
J Martin	0
C Carreon	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
J Landis	1
H Bauer	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	272	1	Apr 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.27	-0.007	.58	-0.01%	-0.24	P
2	273	4 (2)	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.58	-0.046	3.11	-0.05%	-0.23	PH
3	274	7 (2)	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.80	0.180	3.37	0.20%	1.40	P
4	275	10 (2)	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						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
5	276	15 (4)	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	2.57	0.126	3.90	0.11%	0.72	P
6	277	18 (2)	May 9	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	9	1.82	0.093	3.29	0.10%	0.76	PH
7	278	27 (8)	May 19	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-11	6-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	.32	-0.016	.59	-0.02%	-0.83	PH P
8	279	29 (1)	May 21	KCA		DET	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	9	1.58	0.046	2.70	0.05%	0.21	PH
9	280	30	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.875	1.431	9	.04	0.005	.06	0.01%	1.00	PH P
10	281	31	May 23	KCA		WSA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968	4	1.23	-0.126	1.23	-0.08%	-1.15	LF
11	282	32	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.538	.896	9	2.57	0.126	2.03	0.06%	0.72	PH
12	283	34 (1)	May 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.571	.971	7	1.80	0.040	2.11	0.03%	0.21	PH
13	284	35	May 28 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.533	.908	8	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.10	PH 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	285	44 (8)	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.500	.853	3	.18	-0.005	.18	0.00%	-0.33	PH
15	286	46 (1)	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	9	.52	-0.014	.64	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
16	287	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	9	.77	-0.018	.76	-0.01%	-0.37	P
17	288	50 (2)	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	9	1.04	0.045	1.02	0.03%	0.58	PH
18	289	51	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.450	.783	9	4.36	-0.124	3.54	-0.06%	-0.58	PH
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Chicago White Sox
19	290	52	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.333	.450	.783	9						P
20	291	54 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-8	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9	.71	-0.017	.06	0.00%	-0.16	P
21	292	58 (3)	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9						P
22	293	60 (1)	Jun 16	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.391	.683	9	1.15	-0.054	.24	-0.01%	-0.52	P
23	294	65 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-3	3-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.259	.346	.605	9	.43	0.044	.16	0.01%	0.12	P
24	295	71 (5)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.259	.346	.605	9						P
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
25	296	77 (5)	Jul 2	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-8	2-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	.71	-0.019	.41	-0.01%	-0.26	P
26	297	81 (3)	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9	.10	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.16	P
27	298	83 (1)	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-9	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9						P
28	299	89 (5)	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9						P
29	300	98 (8)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	6-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.345	.611	9	.57	0.026	.10	0.00%	0.38	P
30	301	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.345	.611	9						P
31	302	102 (2)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.333	.591	9	.48	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
32	303	104 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.323	.573	9	.61	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.36	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
33	304	107 (2)	Aug 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.219	.242	.313	.555	9	1.10	0.080	.01	0.00%	1.63	P
34	305	112 (4)	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,2-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.242	.313	.555	9						P
35	306	124 (11)	Aug 22	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	9	1.51	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
36	307	128 (3)	Aug 26	CHW		CLE	W,10-5	5-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.429	.706	9	.14	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.38	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
37	308	136 (7)	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSA	W,12-7	GS-7	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.325	.462	.787	9	.33	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.95	P
38	309	139 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.317	.450	.767	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
39	310	143 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	9	1.91	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
40	311	150 (6)	Sep 15	CHW		LAA	L,5-9	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	9						P
41	312	153 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	9						P
42	313	156 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		BAL	L,6-8	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	9						P
43	314	163 (6)	Sep 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	9						P
							15-28		48	45	4	14	0	0	2	8	1	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771		1.06	0.382	.80	0.34%	4.07

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