Don Larsen
Don James Larsen
Born: August 7, 1929
Michigan City, IN USA
Deceased: 2020
Coeur d'Alene, ID USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 215
Career: 1953-1967
Minor League Statistics
Don Larsen compiled a career record of 81 wins and 91 losses in his 480-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Houston Colt .45's, Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1953 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.16 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 192.7 | 201 | 99 | 89 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 828 |
1954 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | 21 | .125 | 4.37 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 201.7 | 213 | 106 | 98 | 18 | 89 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 892 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.06 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 97.0 | 81 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 412 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.26 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 179.7 | 133 | 72 | 65 | 19 | 96 | 0 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 759 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.74 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 139.7 | 113 | 68 | 58 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 605 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.07 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 114.3 | 100 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 491 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.33 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 124.7 | 122 | 65 | 60 | 14 | 76 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 560 |
1960 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 1 | 10 | .091 | 5.38 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 381 |
1961 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 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 |
1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.12 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.3 | 64 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 315 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.38 | 49 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 86.3 | 83 | 44 | 42 | 9 | 47 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 380 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.05 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62.0 | 46 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 261 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
1964 | NL | Houston Colt .45's | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.26 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 103.3 | 92 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 424 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
1965 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.67 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 53 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Totals | 81 | 91 | .471 | 3.78 | 412 | 171 | 132 | 44 | 11 | 26 | 1548.0 | 1442 | 728 | 650 | 130 | 725 | 35 | 849 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 6708 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 50 | 85 | 81 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .284 | .318 | .457 | .774 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 44 | 95 | 88 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .250 | .290 | .409 | .699 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .146 | .222 | .317 | .539 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 45 | 86 | 79 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .241 | .294 | .380 | .674 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 31 | 63 | 56 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .250 | .317 | .339 | .657 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 28 | 57 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .306 | .364 | .571 | .935 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 29 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .255 | .345 | .298 | .643 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1960 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 23 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .207 | .207 | .241 | .448 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 18 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .333 | .450 | .783 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .320 | .320 | .440 | .760 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 52 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 46 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Houston Colt .45's | 31 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .097 | .200 | .129 | .329 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 27 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 480 | 653 | 596 | 65 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 138 | .242 | .291 | .371 | .662 | 221 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .949 | .974 | |
1954 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 29 | 28 | 201.7 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 2.142 | 1.655 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 19 | 13 | 97.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 1.670 | .947 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 38 | 20 | 179.7 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.803 | .947 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 27 | 20 | 139.7 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.933 | 1.111 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 19 | 19 | 114.3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.496 | 1.000 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 25 | 18 | 124.7 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.949 | 1.080 |
1960 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | P | 22 | 15 | 83.7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.291 | .545 |
1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 25 | 3 | 74.3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.058 | .680 |
1961 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | P | 8 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .625 |
1961 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 49 | 0 | 86.3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.981 | .388 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 46 | 0 | 62.0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.323 | .348 |
1964 | NL | Houston Colt .45's | P | 30 | 10 | 103.3 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 2.265 | .867 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 6 | 0 | 10.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.742 | .333 |
1965 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 27 | 1 | 54.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 3.000 | .667 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 4.000 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .667 |
Totals | 414 | 150 | 1364.3 | 95 | 244 | 17 | 22 | .952 | 2.236 | .819 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.72 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.96 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Totals | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.75 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .111 | .333 | .111 | .444 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .844 | .500 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .931 | .500 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .964 | .500 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | P | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | .333 |
Totals | 10 | 6 | 36.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | .500 |
Awards
1956 - AL Babe Ruth Award P
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