Don Larsen

Don Larsen
Don Larsen
	Larsen at age 84.
	Pitcher
	Born: August 7, 1929; Michigan City, Indiana, U.S.
	Died: January 1, 2020 (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 died on January 1, 2020 in Hayden, Idaho at the age of 90 from esophageal cancer.^[2]

Don Larsen Media

Larsen as a member of the Baltimore Orioles in 1954.
Larsen at a Yankees fan fair in 2007
Roy Halladay and Don Larsen, the only two pitchers to throw solo postseason no-hitters in MLB history

↑ "Don Larsen Minor League Statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ 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.

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