Don Larsen

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.