Don Larsen was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 412 career appearances, with a 3.78 ERA and 849 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.
Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | SLA | 7 | 12 | 4.16 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 192.2 | 201 | 89 | 64 | 96 | 1.38 |
| 1954 | BAL | 3 | 21 | 4.37 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 201.2 | 213 | 98 | 89 | 80 | 1.50 |
| 1955 | NYY | 9 | 2 | 3.06 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 97.0 | 81 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 1.36 |
| 1956 | NYY | 11 | 5 | 3.26 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 179.2 | 133 | 65 | 96 | 107 | 1.27 |
| 1957 | NYY | 10 | 4 | 3.74 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 139.2 | 113 | 58 | 87 | 81 | 1.43 |
| 1958 | NYY | 9 | 6 | 3.07 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 114.1 | 100 | 39 | 52 | 55 | 1.33 |
| 1959 | NYY | 6 | 7 | 4.33 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 124.2 | 122 | 60 | 76 | 69 | 1.59 |
| 1960 | KC1 | 1 | 10 | 5.38 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 83.2 | 97 | 50 | 42 | 43 | 1.66 |
| 1961 | CWS | 7 | 2 | 4.12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 74.1 | 64 | 34 | 29 | 53 | 1.25 |
| 1961 | KC1 | 1 | 0 | 4.20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2.13 |
| 1962 | SF | 5 | 4 | 4.38 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 86.1 | 83 | 42 | 47 | 58 | 1.51 |
| 1963 | SF | 7 | 7 | 3.05 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 62.0 | 46 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 1.23 |
| 1964 | HOU | 4 | 8 | 2.26 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 103.1 | 92 | 26 | 20 | 58 | 1.08 |
| 1964 | SF | 0 | 1 | 4.35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.55 |
| 1965 | BAL | 1 | 2 | 2.67 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 53 | 16 | 20 | 40 | 1.35 |
| 1965 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.06 |
| 1967 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 |
| Career Totals | — | 81 | 91 | 3.78 | 412 | 171 | 26 | 1548.0 | 1442 | 650 | 725 | 849 | 1.40 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | SLA | 50 | 81 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .284 | .318 | .457 | .774 |
| 1954 | BAL | 44 | 88 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .250 | .290 | .409 | .699 |
| 1955 | NYY | 21 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .146 | .222 | .317 | .539 |
| 1956 | NYY | 45 | 79 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .241 | .294 | .380 | .674 |
| 1957 | NYY | 31 | 56 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .250 | .317 | .339 | .657 |
| 1958 | NYY | 28 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .306 | .364 | .571 | .935 |
| 1959 | NYY | 29 | 47 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .255 | .345 | .298 | .643 |
| 1960 | KC1 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .207 | .207 | .241 | .448 |
| 1961 | CWS | 25 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .320 | .320 | .440 | .760 |
| 1961 | KC1 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .333 | .450 | .783 |
| 1962 | SF | 52 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 |
| 1963 | SF | 46 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 |
| 1964 | HOU | 31 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .097 | .200 | .129 | .329 |
| 1964 | SF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1965 | BAL | 27 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 |
| 1965 | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1967 | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals | — | 480 | 596 | 65 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 0 | 43 | 138 | .242 | .291 | .371 | .662 |