How Don Larsen's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Don Larsen posted a career Total Average of .562, below the league average of .678 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Total Average season came in 1958, posting .868, well above the league average of .643 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .276, well below the league average of .625 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .276 in 1964 to .400 in 1965. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .276 to .868 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Don Larsen Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Don Larsen
| Don Larsen
Total Average |
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| Career | 0.562 |
| Season Avg. | 0.562 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.562 |
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Don Larsen Total Average Per Season
Don Larsen's Total Average 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 Total Average by Team
Don Larsen's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Larsen Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Larsen's career Total Average 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 Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Larsen's seasonal Total Average 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 Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Larsen's MLB career with Total Average 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.
