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Don James Larsen

First name: Don

Last name: Larsen

Birthdate: 1929-08-07

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: larsd102

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1953SLA1.10.01.10.60.90.13
1954BAL1.20.01.20.81.20.04
1955NYA0.60.00.60.30.50.11
1956NYA1.00.01.00.71.00.03
1957NYA0.80.00.80.60.80.02
1958NYA0.70.00.71.01.3-0.54
1959NYA0.70.00.70.60.8-0.23
1960KC10.40.00.40.10.20.21
1961KC10.30.00.30.10.10.10
1961CHA0.30.00.30.40.5-0.11
1962SFN0.30.00.30.00.10.30
1963SFN0.20.00.20.10.20.01
1964HOU0.50.00.50.10.20.21
1964SFN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1965BAL0.10.00.10.10.20.01
1965HOU0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career8.20.08.25.47.90.325

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1953SLA8500-2-100000749.40.40.00.00.40
1954BAL95-2-1-2000000858.40.60.00.00.60
1955NYA45-4-41000000529.40.20.00.00.20
1956NYA85-3-31-1100007510.10.50.00.00.50
1957NYA63-1-1-1000000649.00.40.00.00.40
1958NYA57331-100000589.30.90.00.00.90
1959NYA56-1-11000000559.30.50.00.00.50
1960KC129-3-30000000309.50.00.00.00.00
1961KC122000-1000001010.00.00.00.00.00
1961CHA2600-1-111000339.70.30.00.00.30
1962SFN26-3-30-1000003-110.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1963SFN13-1-10000000219.20.10.00.00.10
1964HOU36-4-40-101000408.00.00.00.00.00
1964SFN1000000000008.60.00.00.00.00
1965BAL11000000000118.50.10.00.00.10
1965HOU2-1-100000000-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career652-20-19-2-7220006036-3.80.00.03.80

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1953 SLA AL 38 8.8 192.7 99 101 -1 5.07 9.9 0.07 -0.09 2 1.02 2 0.2 4.6 4.2 2.0 14
1954 BAL AL 29 9.2 201.7 105 95 -3 6.96 9.4 0.10 -0.09 -7 0.99 -7 -0.7 3.9 5.3 1.2 12
1955 NYA AL 19 4.3 97.0 38 47 6 5.11 9.3 0.09 -0.09 4 1.02 4 0.4 2.6 1.8 1.3 8
1956 NYA AL 38 8.1 179.7 72 91 10 4.73 9.5 0.03 -0.09 8 1.06 8 0.8 4.8 3.2 2.4 14
1957 NYA AL 27 6.2 139.7 68 62 3 5.17 9.1 0.06 -0.09 -10 1.09 -10 -1.1 2.0 4.2 0.2 6
1958 NYA AL 19 5.2 114.3 43 49 2 6.02 8.5 0.08 -0.09 4 1.00 4 0.5 3.1 2.1 1.6 9
1959 NYA AL 25 5.2 124.7 65 56 1 4.99 9.2 0.10 -0.09 -10 0.91 -10 -1.1 1.5 3.7 0.0 4
1960 KC1 AL 22 4.0 83.7 55 42 -3 3.80 10.0 0.01 -0.09 -11 1.07 -11 -1.1 0.9 3.1 -0.3 3
1961 KC1 AL 8 0.6 15.0 9 8 -2 1.88 10.0 -0.28 -0.09 0 0.69 0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 1
1961 CHA AL 25 3.5 74.3 36 36 1 2.97 9.4 -0.19 -0.09 -3 1.11 -3 -0.3 1.5 2.1 0.5 4
1962 SFN NL 49 4.3 86.3 44 41 2 1.76 9.4 -0.26 0.09 -6 1.18 -7 -0.7 1.4 2.8 0.1 4
1963 SFN NL 46 3.9 62.0 23 26 3 1.35 8.5 -0.33 0.09 -1 1.93 -1 -0.1 1.9 2.1 0.7 6
1964 HOU NL 30 4.6 103.3 36 45 -2 3.44 8.5 -0.15 0.09 10 0.95 10 1.2 3.5 1.1 2.1 10
1964 SFN NL 6 0.4 10.3 5 4 0 1.72 8.2 -0.30 0.09 -1 1.02 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0
1965 BAL AL 27 1.9 54.0 22 24 -1 2.00 8.8 -0.31 -0.09 0 0.68 0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 3
1965 HOU NL 1 0.2 5.3 3 2 -1 5.30 7.9 0.09 0.09 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0
1967 CHN NL 3 0.1 4.0 4 2 0 1.33 10.1 -0.32 0.09 -2 0.12 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Career 412 70.5 1548 727 731 15 -23 -23 -2.2 33.2 37.6 12.3 98

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1953 SLA 41 0.0 0
1954 BAL 47 2.0 2
1955 NYA 19 0.0 0
1956 NYA 32 0.0 0
1957 NYA 27 -1.0 -1
1958 NYA 19 -2.0 -2
1959 NYA 28 0.0 0
1960 KC1 14 -1.0 -1
1961 CHA 17 0.0 0
1961 KC1 5 0.0 0
1962 SFN 18 0.0 0
1963 SFN 14 1.0 1
1964 HOU 24 0.0 0
1964 SFN 2 0.0 0
1965 HOU 3 0.0 0
1965 BAL 14 0.0 0
1967 CHN 2 0.0 0
326 -1.0 -1

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1953 SLA LF 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1961 KC1 LF 32 5 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
LF 43 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1955NYA0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1956NYA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1957NYA0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
1958NYA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.00.00.00.00.00.00

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1955NYA2-1-100000000-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1956NYA4000000000009.10.00.00.00.00
1957NYA4000000000117.90.10.00.00.10
1958NYA3000000000008.60.00.00.00.00
Career13-1-1000000010-0.00.00.00.00

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1955 NYA MLB 1 0.2 4.0 5 3 0 4.00 13.2 0.08 0.00 -3 1.00 -3 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0
1956 NYA MLB 2 0.5 10.7 4 5 1 5.35 9.2 0.01 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 1
1957 NYA MLB 2 0.8 9.7 5 5 0 4.85 9.8 0.05 0.00 0 2.61 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
1958 NYA MLB 2 0.4 9.3 1 4 0 4.65 8.0 0.10 0.00 4 1.00 4 0.5 0.7 -0.3 0.6 2
1962 SFN MLB 3 0.1 2.3 1 1 0 0.77 10.4 -0.26 0.00 0 1.14 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0
Career 10 2 36 16 18 1 1 1 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.9 4

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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