Bio
- Debut
- 1953
- World Series MVP
- 1956
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
- World Series MVP
- 1956
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 412
- W
- 81
- L
- 91
- ERA
- 3.78
- IP
- 1548.0
- K
- 849
- BB
- 725
- WHIP
- 1.40
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BAL | 38 | 7 | 12 | 4.16 | 192.2 | 96 | 64 | 1.38 |
| 1954 | BAL | 29 | 3 | 21 | 4.37 | 201.2 | 80 | 89 | 1.50 |
| 1955 | NYY | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3.06 | 97.0 | 44 | 51 | 1.36 |
| 1956 | NYY | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3.26 | 179.2 | 107 | 96 | 1.27 |
| 1957 | NYY | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3.74 | 139.2 | 81 | 87 | 1.43 |
| 1958 | NYY | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3.07 | 114.1 | 55 | 52 | 1.33 |
| 1959 | NYY | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4.33 | 124.2 | 69 | 76 | 1.59 |
| 1960 | ATH | 22 | 1 | 10 | 5.38 | 83.2 | 43 | 42 | 1.66 |
| 1961 |  ATH/CHW | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4.13 | 89.1 | 66 | 40 | 1.40 |
| 1962 | SF | 49 | 5 | 4 | 4.38 | 86.1 | 58 | 47 | 1.51 |
| 1963 | SF | 46 | 7 | 7 | 3.05 | 62.0 | 44 | 30 | 1.23 |
| 1964 |  SF/HOU | 36 | 4 | 9 | 2.45 | 113.2 | 64 | 26 | 1.13 |
| 1965 |  HOU/BAL | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2.88 | 59.1 | 41 | 23 | 1.42 |
| 1967 | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.75 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 4
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 2.91
- IP
- 34.0
- K
- 24
- BB
- 19
- WHIP
- 1.26
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 44
- SHO
- 11
- K/9
- 4.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BAL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | NYY | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATH/CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | SF/HOU | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | HOU/BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Don Larsen's career stats?
Don Larsen played 14 seasons for the Orioles, the Yankees, the Athletics, the Giants and the Cubs. He had 81 wins and 849 strikeouts with a 3.78 ERA over 1,548.0 innings. His best season was 1956: 11 wins, a 3.26 ERA and 107 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1953 to 1967
Championships ×2
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees
Awards
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