Don Larsen
1953–1967 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Browns
480G
.242AVG
.291OBP
.371SLG
More career statistics
144H
14HR
72RBI
0SB
81–91W–L
1,548.0IP
849K
3.78ERA
171GS
23SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 138 | 137 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 653 | 652 |
| Batting · Walks | 43 | 42 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,708 | 6,710 |
| Pitching · p k | 849 | 845 |
| Pitching · p w | 725 | 724 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 | 653 | 596 | 65 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 43 | 138 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 221 | .242 | .291 | .371 | .662 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,548.0 | 412 | 171 | 44 | 81 | 91 | 23 | 1,442 | 728 | 650 | 130 | 725 | 849 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 | 1.400 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1956-08-23 to 1956-09-28
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Perfect Game | 1956-10-08 | 1 in 9,814 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1954-07-19 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1957-05-11 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 226 | 308 | 70 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 58 | .252 | .302 | .360 |
| Away | 254 | 344 | 74 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 79 | .233 | .270 | .381 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | .245 | .305 | .396 |
| May | 87 | 127 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 26 | .239 | .283 | .342 |
| June | 80 | 105 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 18 | .227 | .248 | .299 |
| July | 96 | 104 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | .258 | .327 | .495 |
| August | 109 | 149 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 33 | .243 | .275 | .382 |
| September | 72 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | .242 | .290 | .333 |
| October | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 103 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 19 | .274 | .311 | .505 |
| detroit-tigers | 53 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 24 | .256 | .256 | .427 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | .203 | .250 | .305 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | .220 | .259 | .240 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 34 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .224 | .283 | .367 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 27 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .286 | .388 | .357 |
| baltimore-orioles | 27 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | .268 | .339 | .429 |
| new-york-yankees | 22 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .270 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 50 | 81 | 23 | 3 | 10 | – | .284 | 192 | 96 |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 44 | 88 | 22 | 1 | 4 | – | .250 | 201 | 80 |
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 21 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 7 | – | .146 | 97 | 44 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 45 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 12 | – | .241 | 179 | 103 |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 31 | 56 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .250 | 139 | 81 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 28 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 13 | – | .306 | 114 | 55 |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 29 | 47 | 12 | – | 8 | – | .255 | 124 | 69 |
| 1960 |  Kansas City Athletics | 23 | 29 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .207 | 83 | 43 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 43 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 8 | – | .311 | 89 | 66 |
| 1962 |  San Francisco Giants | 52 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 86 | 58 |
| 1963 | San Francisco Giants | 46 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 62 | 44 |
| 1964 | Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants | 37 | 32 | 3 | – | – | – | .094 | 113 | 64 |
| 1965 | Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros | 28 | 13 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .231 | 59 | 41 |
| 1967 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 |