Don Larsen Stats

Don Larsen was born on Wednesday, August 7, 1929, in Michigan City, Indiana. Larsen was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1953, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Larsen baseball stats page.
"He did it (perfect game) with a tremendous assortment of pitches that seemed to have five forward speeds, including a slow one that ought to have been equipped with backup lights." - Shirley Povich in Washington Post (1956)

"Dedicated to my best friend and our 14 years of true friendship." - Tom, Dian, Matt, Mark & Madison Schmidt
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Autograph on a 1958 Topps (#33)

Don Larsen Autograph on a 1958 Topps (#33)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Don James Larsen
Nickname:   Night Rider
Born On:   08-07-1929
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Michigan City, Indiana
Zodiac:   Leo
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04
Player Weight Chart Weight:   227
First Game:   04-18-1953 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-07-1967
Draft:   Not Applicable
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1953 Browns 38 22 14 7 12 .368 4.16 7 2 2 192.2 828 201 89 99 11 64 - 96 3 4 0 -
1954 Orioles 29 28 1 3 21 .125 4.37 12 1 0 201.2 892 213 98 106 18 89 0 80 2 1 0 -
1955 Yankees 19 13 5 9 2 .818 3.06 5 1 2 97.0 412 81 33 38 8 51 3 44 1 2 0 -
1956 Yankees 38 20 9 11 5 .688 3.26 6 1 1 179.2 759 133 65 72 19 96 0 107 3 7 0 -
1957 Yankees 27 20 5 10 4 .714 3.74 4 1 0 139.2 605 113 58 68 12 87 0 81 6 0 0 -
1958 Yankees 19 19 0 9 6 .600 3.07 5 3 0 114.1 491 100 39 43 4 52 3 55 0 4 0 -
1959 Yankees 25 18 3 6 7 .462 4.33 3 1 3 124.2 560 122 60 65 14 76 2 69 7 2 0 -
1960 Athletics 22 15 3 1 10 .091 5.38 0 0 0 83.2 381 97 50 55 11 42 1 43 2 0 0 -
1961 Athletics 8 1 5 1 0 1.000 4.20 0 0 0 15.0 75 21 7 9 2 11 0 13 2 1 0 -
1961 White Sox 25 3 13 7 2 .778 4.12 0 0 2 74.1 315 64 34 36 5 29 2 53 2 1 0 -
1962 Giants 49 0 25 5 4 .556 4.38 0 0 11 86.1 380 83 42 44 9 47 7 58 6 2 0 -
1963 Giants 46 0 26 7 7 .500 3.05 0 0 3 62.0 261 46 21 23 8 30 9 44 4 0 0 -
1964 Giants 6 0 3 0 1 .000 4.35 0 0 0 10.1 46 10 5 5 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 -
1964 Colt .45s 30 10 11 4 8 .333 2.26 2 1 1 103.1 424 92 26 36 4 20 4 58 1 1 0 -
1965 Astros 1 1 0 0 0 .000 5.06 0 0 0 5.1 27 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 -
1965 Orioles 27 1 8 1 2 .333 2.67 0 0 1 54.0 234 53 16 22 4 20 2 40 0 1 0 -
1967 Cubs 3 0 1 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 18 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
14 Years 412 171 132 81 91 .471 3.78 44 11 26 1,548.0 6,708 1,442 650 728 130 725 35 849 39 26 0 -
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 Browns 50 81 11 23 3 1 3 0 10 4 - 14 0 - 0 1 .284 .318 .457
1954 Orioles 44 88 6 22 5 3 1 0 4 5 - 15 2 0 0 2 .250 .290 .409
1955 Yankees 21 41 4 6 1 0 2 0 7 4 0 13 0 0 0 1 .146 .222 .317
1956 Yankees 45 79 10 19 5 0 2 1 12 6 0 17 1 0 0 2 .241 .294 .380
1957 Yankees 31 56 6 14 5 0 0 0 5 6 0 11 0 1 0 3 .250 .317 .339
1958 Yankees 28 49 9 15 1 0 4 0 13 5 0 9 2 1 0 2 .306 .364 .571
1959 Yankees 29 47 8 12 2 0 0 0 8 7 0 15 1 1 0 2 .255 .345 .298
1960 Athletics 23 29 3 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 .207 .207 .241
1961 Athletics 18 20 2 6 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 .300 .333 .450
1961 White Sox 25 25 2 8 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 .320 .320 .440
1962 Giants 52 25 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .280
1963 Giants 46 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182
1964 Giants 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1964 Colt .45s 31 31 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 1 0 0 0 .097 .200 .129
1965 Astros 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1965 Orioles 27 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364
1967 Cubs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 480 596 65 144 25 5 14 1 72 43 0 138 11 3 0 15 .242 .291 .371
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1953 Browns LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1953 Browns P 38 22 578 39 1.0 37 8 29 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .949 1.73 -
1954 Orioles P 29 28 605 49 1.7 48 14 34 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.14 -
1955 Yankees P 19 13 291 19 1.0 18 5 13 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.67 -
1956 Yankees P 38 20 539 39 1.0 36 13 23 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.80 -
1957 Yankees P 27 20 419 32 1.2 30 10 20 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.93 -
1958 Yankees P 19 19 343 21 1.1 19 5 14 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .905 1.50 -
1959 Yankees P 25 18 374 29 1.2 27 5 22 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.95 -
1960 Athletics P 22 15 251 13 0.6 12 4 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.29 -
1961 Athletics LF 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1961 Athletics P 8 1 45 5 0.6 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00 -
1961 White Sox P 25 3 223 17 0.7 17 4 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06 -
1962 Giants P 49 0 259 19 0.4 19 4 15 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.98 -
1963 Giants P 46 0 186 17 0.4 16 4 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.32 -
1964 Giants P 6 0 31 2 0.3 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74 -
1964 Colt .45s P 30 10 310 27 0.9 26 7 19 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.26 -
1965 Astros P 1 1 16 4 4.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75 -
1965 Orioles P 27 1 162 19 0.7 18 5 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 3.00 -
1967 Cubs P 3 0 12 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 412 171 4,644 353 0.9 336 92 244 17 22 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.95 --
LF Totals 2 0 0 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
14 Years 414 171 4,644 356 0.9 339 95 244 17 22 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.97 --
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1953 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 27.0 5.8 8.1 1.50 4.48 2.99
1954 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 88.0 5.9 22.0 0.90 3.57 3.97
1955 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 20.5 3.2 5.9 0.86 4.08 4.73
1956 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 39.5 4.6 6.6 1.11 5.36 4.81
1957 Yankees 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.1 11.2 0.93 5.22 5.61
1958 Yankees 0 2 .000 - - n/a 12.3 5.4 3.8 1.06 4.33 4.09
1959 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.1 5.9 0.91 4.98 5.49
1960 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.6 9.7 1.02 4.63 4.52
1961 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 20.0 4.0 5.0 1.18 7.80 6.60
1961 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 25.0 5.0 6.3 1.83 6.42 3.51
1962 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.6 25.0 1.23 6.05 4.90
1963 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 11.0 0.0 1.47 6.39 4.35
1964 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 5.23 5.23
1964 Colt .45s 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.1 0.0 2.90 5.05 1.74
1965 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.33 1.69 5.06
1965 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.8 11.0 2.00 6.67 3.33
1967 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 2.25 4.50
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 0 3 .000 - - n/a 42.6 4.3 8.3 1.17 4.94 4.22
Don Larsen

Don Larsen Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1953 St. Louis Browns 27 Undetermined - -
1954 Baltimore Orioles 27 Undetermined - -
1955 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - Stats
1956 New York Yankees 18 $13,000.00 - Stats
1957 New York Yankees 18 $18,000.00 - Stats
1958 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - Stats
1959 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -
1960 Kansas City Athletics 18 Undetermined - -
1961 Kansas City Athletics 18 Undetermined - -
1961 Chicago White Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1962 San Francisco Giants 18 Undetermined - Stats
1963 San Francisco Giants 18 Undetermined - -
1964 San Francisco Giants 18 Undetermined - -
1964 Houston Colt .45s 31 Undetermined - -
1965 Houston Astros 31 Undetermined - -
1965 Baltimore Orioles 18 $20,000.00 - -
1967 Chicago Cubs 33 Undetermined - -


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