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Don Larsen

Given Name: Don James


Born: 8/7/1929 in Michigan City, IN USA

First Game: Saturday April 18, 1953
Last Game: Friday July 7, 1967


1956 - WS MVP
1956 - Babe Ruth Award (P) 		Buy or Sell Chicago Cubs Tickets

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Major League Career Statistics

Don Larsen's Pitching Statistics
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YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1953 SLA 7 12 38 22 7 2 2 192.2 201 99 89 4.16 1.38 11 64 96 3 4 0 828 14
1954 BAL 3 21 29 28 12 1 0 201.2 213 106 98 4.37 1.50 18 89 80 2 1 0 892 1
1955 NYA 9 2 19 13 5 1 2 97.0 81 38 33 3.06 1.36 8 51 44 3 1 2 0 412 5
1956 NYA 11 5 38 20 6 1 1 179.2 133 72 65 3.26 1.27 19 96 107 0 3 7 0 759 9
1957 NYA 10 4 27 20 4 1 0 139.2 113 68 58 3.74 1.43 12 87 81 0 6 0 0 605 5
1958 NYA 9 6 19 19 5 3 0 114.1 100 43 39 3.07 1.33 4 52 55 3 0 4 0 491 0
1959 NYA 6 7 25 18 3 1 3 124.2 122 65 60 4.33 1.59 14 76 69 2 7 2 0 560 3
1960 KC1 1 10 22 15 0 0 0 83.2 97 55 50 5.38 1.66 11 42 43 1 2 0 0 381 3
1961 KC1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 15.0 21 9 7 4.20 2.13 2 11 13 0 2 1 0 75 5
1961 CHA 7 2 25 3 0 0 2 74.1 64 36 34 4.12 1.25 5 29 53 2 2 1 0 315 13
1962 SFN 5 4 49 0 0 0 11 86.1 83 44 42 4.38 1.51 9 47 58 7 6 2 0 380 25
1963 SFN 7 7 46 0 0 0 3 62.0 46 23 21 3.05 1.23 8 30 44 9 4 0 0 261 26
1964 SFN 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 5 5 4.35 1.55 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 46 3
1964 HOU 4 8 30 10 2 1 1 103.1 92 36 26 2.26 1.08 4 20 58 4 1 1 0 424 11
1965 HOU 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 3 3 5.06 2.06 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 27 0
1965 BAL 1 2 27 1 0 0 1 54.0 53 22 16 2.67 1.35 4 20 40 2 0 1 0 234 8
1967 CHN 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 9.00 1.75 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 1
Career 81 91 412 171 44 11 26 1548.0 1442 728 650 3.78 1.40 130 725 849 35 39 26 0 6708 132
'Best' 11 21 49 28 12 3 11 201.2 213 106 98 2.26 1.08 19 96 107 9 7 7 0 892 26
Rankings On All-Time Career Lists    
Wins
#745		 Losses
#614		 Games Pitched
#539		 Games Started
#771		 Complete Games
#924
Shutouts
#572		 Saves
#469		 Hits Allowed
#724		 Earned Runs
#665		 Home Runs Allowed
#514
Walks Allowed
#319		 Strikeouts Allowed
#587		 Intentional Walks
#606		 Wild Pitches
#709		 Batters Hit By Pitch
#1077
         

Don Larsen's PostSeason Pitching Statistics
YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1955 WS NYA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 11.25 1.75 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 0
1956 WS NYA 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 10.2 1 4 0 0.00 0.47 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 37 0
1957 WS NYA 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 9.2 8 5 4 3.72 1.34 1 5 6 0 0 1 0 44 1
1958 WS NYA 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 9 1 1 0.96 1.61 0 6 9 1 0 0 0 42 0
1962 WS SFN 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 3.86 1.29 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
4 2 10 6 1 1 0 36.0 24 16 11 2.75 1.19 3 19 24 1 0 2 0 153 1

Don Larsen's Batting Statistics
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YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPSISORCBABIPEyeCT%
1953 SLA 50 81 11 23 3 1 3 37 10 0 0 4 14 0 0 1 .284 .318 .457 .774 .173 11 .312 0.29 82.7
1954 BAL 44 88 6 22 5 3 1 36 4 0 0 5 15 0 2 0 2 .250 .290 .409 .699 .159 9 .292 0.33 83.0
1955 NYA 21 41 4 6 1 0 2 13 7 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .222 .317 .539 .171 2 .154 0.31 68.3
1956 NYA 45 79 10 19 5 0 2 30 12 0 0 6 17 0 0 1 0 2 .241 .294 .380 .674 .139 8 .283 0.35 78.5
1957 NYA 31 56 6 14 5 0 0 19 5 0 1 6 11 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .317 .339 .657 .089 5 .311 0.55 80.4
1958 NYA 28 49 9 15 1 0 4 28 13 0 2 5 9 0 0 2 1 2 .306 .364 .571 .935 .265 8 .306 0.56 81.6
1959 NYA 29 47 8 12 2 0 0 14 8 0 0 7 15 0 0 1 1 2 .255 .345 .298 .643 .043 4 .375 0.47 68.1
1960 KC1 23 29 3 6 1 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 .207 .207 .241 .448 .034 0 .333 0.00 62.1
1961 KC1 18 20 2 6 0 0 1 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .333 .450 .783 .150 2 .357 0.20 75.0
1961 CHA 25 25 2 8 0 0 1 11 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .320 .320 .440 .760 .120 3 .368 0.00 80.0
1962 SFN 52 25 3 5 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .280 .480 .080 1 .278 0.00 72.0
1963 SFN 46 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 .000 0 .200 1.00 90.9
1964 SFN 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 .000 0.00 100.0
1964 HOU 31 31 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 1 0 0 .097 .200 .129 .329 .032 0 .143 0.40 67.7
1965 HOU 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 .000 0.00 50.0
1965 BAL 27 11 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 .091 1 .429 0.00 63.6
Career 480 596 65 144 25 5 14 221 72 0 3 43 138 0 0 11 3 15 .242 .291 .371 .662 .129 60 .293 0.31 76.8
Max 52 88 11 23 5 3 4 37 13 0 2 7 17 0 0 2 1 3 .320 .364 .571 .935 .265 11 .429 1.00 100.0

Don Larsen's Post-Season Batting Statistics
YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
1955 WS NYA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1956 WS NYA 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1957 WS NYA 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1958 WS NYA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
10 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .333 .111 .444

Don Larsen's Fielding Statistics
YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1953 SLA OF 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLA P 38 22 192.2 8 29 2 1
1954 BAL P 29 28 201.2 14 34 1 3
1955 NYA P 19 13 97.0 5 13 1 3
1956 NYA P 38 20 179.2 13 23 3 3
1957 NYA P 27 20 139.2 10 20 2 2
1958 NYA P 19 19 114.1 5 14 2 2
1959 NYA P 25 18 124.2 5 22 2 1
1960 KC1 P 22 15 83.2 4 8 1 1
1961 KC1 LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0
1961 KC1 OF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0
1961 KC1 P 8 1 15.0 1 4 0 0
1961 CHA P 25 3 74.1 4 13 0 0
1962 SFN P 49 0 86.1 4 15 0 3
1963 SFN P 46 0 62.0 4 12 1 0
1964 SFN P 6 0 10.1 2 0 0 0
1964 HOU P 30 10 103.1 7 19 1 1
1965 HOU P 1 1 5.1 1 3 0 0
1965 BAL P 27 1 54.0 5 13 1 1
1967 CHN P 3 0 4.0 0 2 0 1
Career LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0
Career OF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0
Career P 412 171 1548.0 92 244 17 22
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