Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Don Larsen's Battery Mates


Don Larsen pitched for St. Louis (AL) 1953; Baltimore (AL) 1954, 1965; New York (AL) 1955-1959; Kansas City (AL) 1960-1961; Chicago (AL) 1961; San Francisco (NL) 1962-1964; Houston (NL) 1964-1965; and Chicago (NL) 1967. He pitched in 412 games, made 171 starts, had 44 complete games and pitched 11 shutouts. None of Larsen's shutouts were with multiple catchers.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT LARSEN'S STARTS
Yogi Berra 72   Ray Murray 3
Clint Courtney 33   John Bateman 2
Elston Howard 16   Darrell Johnson 2
Les Moss 14   Dave Adlesh 1
Danny Kravitz 7   Ron Brand 1
Jerry Grote 6   Hank Foiles 1
Harry Chiti 4   John Hoffman 1
Pete Daley 3   John Orsino 1
Sherm Lollar 3   Joe Pignatano 1

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT LARSEN'S SHUTOUTS
Yogi Berra **7   Elston Howard 1
Clint Courtney 2   Les Moss 1
Jerry Grote 1      


HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED

** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER) not counted in Career Totals
(10/5/1956 NYA vs BRO World Series Gm 5)



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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