Don Larsen

Don Larsen
Larsen at age 84.
Pitcher
Born: (1929-08-07)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
debut
April 18, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns
Last appearance
July 7, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs
Career 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 / Houston 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 on October 8, 1956 in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers

Donald James Larsen (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher.^[1] During a 15-year MLB career, he pitched from 1953–1967 for seven different teams. Larsen was born in Michigan City, Indiana, but was raised in San Diego, California.

Larsen pitched for the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–1954; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962–1964), Houston Colt .45's / Houston Astros (1964–1965), and Chicago Cubs (1967).

Larsen died on January 1, 2020 in Hayden, Idaho at the age of 90 from esophageal cancer.^[2]

References

1. "Don Larsen Minor League Statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
2. Chamberlain, Samuel. "Former Yankees pitcher Don Larsen, who threw only World Series perfect game, dead at age 90". foxnews.com. Fox News Network, LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

Other websites

• Don Larsen's official site
• The box score for Larsen's perfect game
• Retrosheet
• ESPN: Fifty years later, Larsen's life still close to perfect