How Don Larsen's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Don Larsen posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 4.94, near the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1961, posting 6.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.22 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at 2.25, well below the starting pitcher average of 6.0 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.07 in 1964 to 6.22 in 1965 and 2.25 in 1967. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.
Don Larsen Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Don Larsen
| Don Larsen
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 4.94 |
| Season Avg. | 4.94 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.94 |
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Don Larsen Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Don Larsen's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Don Larsen Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Don Larsen's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Larsen Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Larsen's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Don Larsen Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Larsen's seasonal Strikeouts Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Don Larsen Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Larsen's MLB career with Strikeouts Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
