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What's exceptional about Don Larsen New York Yankees 1955 ?


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wins a lot; season

Don Larsen of the New York Yankees had the 2nd-highest winning percentage (81.8%) of the 278 pitchers in 1955.

Ray Narleski of the Cleveland Indians was first with 90.0%.



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References

  1. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. A pitcher's winning percentage is only counted if the number of decisions (wins plus losses) is at least 10. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Profile

Don Larsen of the 1955 New York Yankees threw right-handed, played on a winning team, played in Yankee Stadium I, and was born in Indiana.

  • achievement score (2.0 see References)
  • assists (13)
  • complete games (5)
  • double plays (3)
  • games finished (5)
  • games played (19)
  • games started (13)
  • innings pitched (97.0)
  • putouts (5)
  • saves (2)
  • shutouts (1)
  • strikeouts (44)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (4.1)
  • winning percentage (81.8%)
  • wins (9)
  • balks (0)
  • earned run average (3.06)
  • earned runs (33)
  • errors (1)
  • hit by pitch (2)
  • hits (81)
  • hits per nine innings (7.5)
  • homers given up (8)
  • homers per nine innings (.7)
  • intentional walks (3)
  • losses (2)
  • runs allowed (38)
  • walks (51)
  • walks per nine innings (4.7)
  • wild pitches (1)
  • age (26 yrs)
  • batters faced (412)
  • height (6'4")
  • innings pitched per game (5.1)
  • weight (215 lbs)

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