Don Newcombe
Donald Newcombe
Born: June 14, 1926
Madison, NJ USA
Deceased: 2019
Sherman Oaks, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 220
Career: 1949-1960
Minor League Statistics
Don Newcombe compiled a career record of 149 wins and 90 losses in his 452-game career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1949 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.17 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 244.3 | 223 | 89 | 86 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1005 |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 19 | 11 | .633 | 3.70 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 267.3 | 258 | 120 | 110 | 22 | 75 | 0 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1101 |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 20 | 9 | .690 | 3.28 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 272.0 | 235 | 115 | 99 | 19 | 91 | 0 | 164 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1125 |
1954 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.55 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 144.3 | 158 | 81 | 73 | 24 | 49 | 0 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 640 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 20 | 5 | .800 | 3.20 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 233.7 | 222 | 103 | 83 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 943 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27 | 7 | .794 | 3.06 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 268.0 | 219 | 101 | 91 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1052 |
1957 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.49 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 198.7 | 199 | 86 | 77 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 815 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.86 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 53 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.85 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 133.3 | 159 | 61 | 57 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 571 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.16 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 222.0 | 216 | 87 | 78 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 899 |
1960 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.57 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 99 | 48 | 42 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 354 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.33 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 61 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 |
Totals | 149 | 90 | .623 | 3.56 | 344 | 294 | 34 | 136 | 24 | 7 | 2154.7 | 2102 | 956 | 852 | 252 | 490 | 21 | 1129 | 30 | 3 | 22 | 8891 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 39 | 102 | 96 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .229 | .267 | .271 | .538 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 110 | 97 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .247 | .318 | .330 | .648 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 114 | 103 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .223 | .286 | .272 | .558 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31 | 55 | 47 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .319 | .365 | .340 | .706 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 57 | 125 | 117 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .359 | .395 | .632 | 1.028 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 52 | 128 | 111 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .234 | .312 | .342 | .654 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 86 | 74 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | .230 | .329 | .297 | .627 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .417 | .500 | .417 | .917 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 39 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .350 | .420 | .417 | .837 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 61 | 123 | 105 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .305 | .402 | .410 | .811 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1960 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .139 | .205 | .167 | .372 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 24 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .300 | .333 | .350 | .683 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 452 | 988 | 878 | 94 | 238 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 147 | .271 | .338 | .367 | .705 | 322 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 1.550 | |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 45 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 1.725 | |
1954 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 29 | 25 | 144.3 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.684 | .931 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 34 | 31 | 233.7 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 5 | .907 | 1.502 | 1.147 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 38 | 36 | 268.0 | 25 | 39 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 2.149 | 1.684 |
1957 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 28 | 28 | 198.7 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 2.446 | 1.929 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 20 | 18 | 133.3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.485 | 1.100 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 11 | 8 | 34.3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.097 | .727 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 30 | 29 | 222.0 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.824 | 1.500 |
1960 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 16 | 15 | 82.7 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.851 | 1.063 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 20 | 2 | 54.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | .400 |
Totals | 344 | 192 | 1371.0 | 159 | 313 | 18 | 27 | .963 | 3.098 | 1.372 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 21.21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Totals | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 11.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.543 | 1.000 |
1955 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.000 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 1.000 |
Totals | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | 1.000 |
Awards
1949 - NL Rookie of the Year
1949 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1956 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1956 - NL Most Valuable Player
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