Don Newcombe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: June 14, 1926 in Madison, NJ us

Died: February 19, 2019 in Sherman Oaks, CA

Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Elizabeth, NJ)

Debut: 1944 (9,552nd in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: May 20, 1949 (Age 22-340d)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1960 (Age 34-109d)
vs. CHW 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1949 season)

Full Name: Donald Newcombe

Nicknames: Newk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.7

153

ERA

3.57

360

305

2251.2

1187

WHIP

1.207

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-8 / in Starts: 25-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	164	2	Apr 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-8	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	12	8	5	2	3	2	0	6.14	5.91	36	10	20	10	0	1	29			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.058	2.25	-0.10%	-4.17	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a2
2	165	8	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	5.79	4.51	29	9	12	7	0	1	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.081	4.60	0.21%	-0.62	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out a1
3	166	13	Apr 24	BRO		NYG	L,10-11	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.50	4.64	17	6	9	5	0	1	45			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.033	4.13	-0.09%	0.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	167	21	May 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	11-GF(12)	W(3-0)	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.95	4.22	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.227	7.49	0.68%	1.00	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 2
5	168	24	May 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.41	3.23	27	14	7	1	0	0	91			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.584	4.61	1.82%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	169	29	May 15(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.84	2.76	33	11	17	7	0	0	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.13	0.372	5.15	1.02%	3.80	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
7	170	34	May 21	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-0)	5	7.0	11	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.20	2.79	31	10	12	5	0	2	44			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.083	5.02	0.24%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
8	171	37	May 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	5	1	0	2.83	2.89	35	16	10	2	0	2	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.307	5.73	0.88%	2.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	172	42	May 30(2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(8-0)	3	9.0	12	3	3	2	9	1	0	2.86	2.83	38	11	15	6	0	1	58			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	0	0	.82	0.188	3.56	0.49%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	173	47	Jun 4	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(9-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.63	2.80	34	13	13	5	0	0	77			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.321	2.74	0.79%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	174	52	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(10-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	2.44	2.74	31	9	14	4	0	1	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.456	3.07	0.99%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	175	55	Jun 12(1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-9	GS-6	L(10-1)	3	5.1	8	9	4	1	3	3	0	2.71	3.13	25	9	10	1	0	2	28			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	.75	-0.393	3.39	-1.07%	-6.11	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d8
13	176	60	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	W,12-1	CG	W(11-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	1	1	2.55	3.25	34	9	19	6	0	1	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.061	1.49	0.10%	3.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
14	177	63	Jun 21	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG(11)	W(12-1)	3	11.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	0	2.45	3.14	39	13	16	8	0	0	85			0	0	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.511	4.30	1.15%	3.59	1b start tie	11b 3 out a5
15	178	67	Jun 25	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(13-1)	3	8.2	10	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.50	3.07	36	11	17	9	0	0	54			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.203	2.68	0.32%	0.96	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
16	179	71	Jun 30	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	5	3	2	2	6	0	0	2.51	2.98	30	11	11	6	0	0	61			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	-0.044	2.15	-0.05%	0.31	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	180	73	Jul 2	BRO		PIT	L,6-7	8-9		1	1.2	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.69	3.09	9	2	5	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.05	-0.340	3.46	-0.35%	-2.56	8t -2- 0 out a4	9t 1-- 2 out tie
18	181	76	Jul 4(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	W(14-1)	1	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.65	3.11	35	7	20	9	0	1	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.057	.89	0.07%	2.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
19	182	82	Jul 8	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-8	GS-3		3	2.1	6	6	5	1	1	2	0	2.93	3.29	15	6	7	3	0	0	23			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.323	1.26	-0.27%	-5.00	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
20	183	86	Jul 15	BRO		STL	W,12-3	CG	W(15-1)	6	9.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.94	3.26	34	10	18	8	0	1	64			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.194	1.57	0.22%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
21	184	91	Jul 20(1)	BRO		CHC	W,10-1	CG	W(16-1)	4	9.0	2	1	0	2	8	0	0	2.76	3.14	30	10	10	4	0	0	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.133	.44	0.07%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
22	185	96	Jul 24(1)	BRO		MLN	W,9-7	GS-3		3	2.2	11	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.06	3.29	20	8	9	3	0	0	13			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.427	1.33	-0.31%	-4.66	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
23	186	98	Jul 26	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(17-1)	1	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.01	3.22	34	13	17	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.28	0.456	.85	0.18%	2.80	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
24	187	103	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	W(18-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	2	2	0	2.95	3.32	31	11	17	8	0	0	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.085	.30	0.03%	2.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	188	107	Aug 4	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-10	GS-5		3	4.2	7	5	3	1	3	2	0	3.03	3.42	22	10	8	4	0	0	36			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.337	.20	-0.06%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d3
26	189	110	Aug 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(18-2)	3	8.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.95	3.38	31	11	11	4	0	0	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.217	.12	0.01%	3.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	190	113	Aug 14(1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(18-3)	5	10.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.93	3.32	41	13	19	7	0	1	66			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.208	.02	0.00%	2.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
28	191	118	Aug 19	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(18-4)	4	8.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	2.91	3.25	32	11	18	8	0	0	59			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.69	-0.344	.09	-0.01%	-0.01	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out d1
29	192	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	W,6-4	GS-3		3	2.2	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2.91	3.28	17	6	7	3	0	0	38			1	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	1	2	1.21	-0.293	.30	-0.04%	-2.87	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d1
30	193	129	Aug 30	BRO		MLN	W,8-6	GS-6	W(19-4)	6	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.00	3.37	24	9	12	3	0	0	47			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.041	.09	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	194	135	Sep 5(1)	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	W(20-4)	5	9.0	8	4	3	1	7	1	0	3.00	3.34	35	8	19	4	0	0	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.266	.00	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
32	195	139	Sep 9(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS-3	L(20-5)	3	2.0	9	7	6	0	0	4	0	3.21	3.56	16	5	10	0	0	1	12			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.48	-0.447	.00	0.00%	-6.37	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d6
33	196	150	Sep 20(1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	GS-8		10	7.2	8	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.22	3.61	30	11	12	2	1	2	54			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.89	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
34	197	152	Sep 24(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	5-6		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.59	6	0	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.123	.00	0.00%	1.00	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out tie
							26-8		W-L:20-5	3.5	233.2	222	103	83	38	143	35	1	3.20	3.59	943	0.74		21%	0%	18	57	1	100%	5	5	0	893	37	1	1	22	5	14	.96	2.055	2.12	6.93%	14.51

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