For the American fighter pilot, see Donald A. Larson.
American professional baseball pitcher (1929–2020)
Baseball player
Don Larsen
Larsen with the Baltimore Orioles in 1954
Pitcher
Born: August 7, 1929 Michigan City, Indiana, U.S.
Died: January 1, 2020(2020-01-01) (aged 90) Hayden, Idaho, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
81–91
Earned run average
3.78
Strikeouts
849
Teams
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–1954)
New York Yankees (1955–1959)
Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961)
Chicago White Sox (1961)
San Francisco Giants (1962–1964)
Houston Colt .45's / Astros (1964–1965)
Baltimore Orioles (1965)
Chicago Cubs (1967)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1956, 1958)
World Series MVP (1956)
Pitched a perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series
Don James Larsen (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams: the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–54; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962–1964), Houston Colt .45's / Astros (1964–65), and Chicago Cubs (1967).
Larsen pitched the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is the only solo no-hitter and perfect game in World Series history and is one of only three no-hitters in MLB postseason history (the others being Roy Halladay's in 2010 and the combined Houston Astros no-hitter in 2022). He won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his 1956 postseason.
Don James Larsen (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career...
definition. No pitcher has thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by DonLarsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game...
or coached in 21 World Series, 13 on the winning side. Berra caught DonLarsen's perfect game in game five of the 1956 World Series. He also holds the...
(Games 3–7) to cap off the comeback. The highlight was DonLarsen's perfect game in Game 5. Larsen was named the Series MVP for his achievement. The Dodgers...
and Bob Hazle each made outs to end the fifth. Yankees relief pitcher DonLarsen had his comfortable lead cut down to just four runs. In the seventh inning...
became the second player to pitch a no-hitter in the postseason, joining DonLarsen of the New York Yankees, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World...
4–2 Yankees and knock O'Dell out of the game. Boyer's sacrifice fly off DonLarsen extended their lead to 5–2. The Yankees got a final run in the ninth on...
the charge. Robertson's perfect game was the last for 34 years, when DonLarsen pitched one in the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers; the...
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kinescope of NBC's coverage of Game 5 of the 1956 World Series in which DonLarsen hurled the Fall Classic's only perfect game. The game included all original...
Stone (1980) Most wins, rookie: 19, Wally Bunker (1964) Most losses: 21, DonLarsen (1954) Best won-lost %: .808, Dave McNally (1971) Most bases on balls:...
the Yankees twice in the series; both victories were complete games. DonLarsen won the 1956 World Series MVP after pitching the only no-hitter in World...
went the distance. Yankee manager Casey Stengel again chose DonLarsen to start Game 7. Larsen had only lasted 2+1⁄3 innings starting Game 7 in the 1957...
leadoff walk off DonLarsen and scored on Jim Gilliam's RBI double. In the top of the fourth, after a leadoff walk and single, Don Bessent relieved Erksine...
World Series to the Yankees in 1956 during which the Yankees pitcher DonLarsen pitched the only World Series perfect game in baseball history and the...
regular basis in a rotation which included Whitey Ford, Bobby Shantz, DonLarsen and Bob Turley. In a nine-season career, Ditmar compiled a 72–77 record...
DeMaestri in exchange for Marv Throneberry, Norm Siebern, Hank Bauer, and DonLarsen. In 1960, Maris hit a single, double, and two home runs in his first game...
Series play and only World Series perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' DonLarsen in Game 5. February 8, 1956: Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick...
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