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Don Newcombe

Donald Newcombe (Newk)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 14, 1926 in Madison, NJ
High School: Jefferson HS (Madison, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1949 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Redlegs/Reds/Indians 1949-1960

Final Game: October 1, 1960 (Age 34)
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1949 23 BRO NL 39 102 96 8 22 4 0 0 10 0 5 16 .229 .267 .271 .538 42 26 4 0 1 1 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1
1950 24 BRO NL 40 110 97 8 24 3 1 1 8 0 10 19 .247 .318 .330 .648 69 32 3 0 3 1 AS,MVP-18
1951 25 BRO NL 40 114 103 11 23 3 1 0 8 0 0 8 9 .223 .286 .272 .558 50 28 0 1 2 1 AS,MVP-22
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 28 BRO NL 31 55 47 6 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 .319 .365 .340 .706 83 16 0 0 3 1 1
1955 29 BRO NL 57 125 117 18 42 9 1 7 23 1 0 6 18 .359 .395 .632 1.028 163 74 1 1 1 0 0 1 AS,MVP-7
1956 30 BRO NL 52 128 111 13 26 6 0 2 16 1 0 12 18 .234 .312 .342 .654 70 38 4 1 3 1 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-1
1957 31 BRO NL 34 86 74 8 17 2 0 1 7 0 1 11 11 .230 .329 .297 .627 65 22 4 0 1 0 0 1
1958 32 TOT NL 50 83 72 11 26 1 0 1 9 0 0 10 12 .361 .434 .417 .850 122 30 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 32 LAD NL 11 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .417 .500 .417 .917 143 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 32 CIN NL 39 69 60 9 21 1 0 1 9 0 0 8 10 .350 .420 .417 .837 118 25 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 33 CIN NL 61 123 105 10 32 2 0 3 21 0 0 17 23 .305 .402 .410 .811 115 43 1 0 1 0 1 1
1960 34 TOT MLB 48 62 56 1 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .196 .250 .232 .482 33 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 34 CIN NL 24 41 36 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .139 .205 .167 .372 3 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 34 CLE AL 24 21 20 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 88 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 452 988 878 94 238 33 3 15 108 2 1 87 147 .271 .338 .367 .705 85 322 17 3 17 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 354 315 34 85 12 1 5 39 1 31 53 .271 .338 .367 .705 85 115 6 1 6
LAD (8 yrs) 304 734 657 74 174 28 3 11 76 2 1 58 99 .265 .326 .367 .693 81 241 16 3 14 2 0
CIN (3 yrs) 124 233 201 19 58 4 0 4 31 0 0 28 41 .289 .374 .368 .742 97 74 1 0 3 1 1
CLE (1 yr) 24 21 20 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 88 7 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 428 967 858 93 232 32 3 15 107 2 1 86 140 .270 .338 .367 .705 85 315 17 3 17 3 1
AL (1 yr) 24 21 20 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 88 7 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 23 BRO NL 39 102 -8 -0 -1 0 11 2 0.2 4 6 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 6 1 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1
1950 24 BRO NL 40 110 -5 -1 0 0 13 8 0.7 4 12 0.7 .519 .505 0.8 -0.0 12 1 AS,MVP-18
1951 25 BRO NL 40 114 -7 -1 1 0 11 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 -0.0 8 1 AS,MVP-22
1954 28 BRO NL 31 55 -2 -1 1 0 6 4 0.4 2 7 0.4 .515 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 1
1955 29 BRO NL 57 125 11 1 -0 0 12 25 2.4 5 29 2.4 .543 .515 2.5 -0.1 29 1 AS,MVP-7
1956 30 BRO NL 52 128 -5 0 -0 0 14 9 0.9 5 14 0.9 .519 .506 1.0 -0.1 14 1 CYA-1,MVP-1
1957 31 BRO NL 34 86 -3 -0 -1 0 9 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .516 .503 0.6 -0.0 9 1
1958 32 LAD NL 11 14 1 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $30,000 1
1958 32 CIN NL 39 69 3 0 0 0 8 11 1.1 3 14 1.1 .529 .507 1.1 -0.0 14 1
1959 33 CIN NL 61 123 3 1 1 0 14 18 1.9 5 23 1.9 .530 .511 1.9 0.0 23 1
1960 34 CIN NL 24 41 -4 -0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
1960 34 CLE AL 24 21 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 1
10 Seasons 452 988 -17 -1 2 0 107 91 9.0 37 128 9.0 .521 .505 9.3 -0.2 128 $30,000
LAD (8 yrs) 304 734 -18 -1 1 0 79 60 5.9 28 88 5.9 .520 .505 6.1 -0.2 88 $30,000
CIN (3 yrs) 124 233 1 1 1 0 26 29 3.0 9 38 3.0 .524 .506 3.0 0.0 38
CLE (1 yr) 24 21 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 2

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1949 23 BRO NL 102 79 7 2.4 107 .275 .229 .275 .267 .349 .271 .412 .538 .761 42 .230 -8.1 -0.8 .397 .094 .042
1950 24 BRO NL 110 79 10 3.4 111 .299 .247 .273 .318 .351 .330 .423 .648 .774 69 .351 -4.6 -0.4 .553 .186 .082 .0
1951 25 BRO NL 114 82 8 2.6 105 .245 .223 .270 .286 .344 .272 .409 .558 .753 50 .269 -7.5 -0.8 .463 .126 .049
1954 28 BRO NL 55 36 6 4.5 113 .357 .319 .279 .365 .351 .340 .431 .706 .782 83 .468 -1.0 -0.1 .625 .106 .021
1955 29 BRO NL 125 77 30 10.4 109 .380 .359 .270 .395 .342 .632 .428 1.028 .770 163 .812 10.3 1.0 1.079 .333 .274 1.8
1956 30 BRO NL 128 93 12 3.4 111 .261 .234 .274 .312 .342 .342 .433 .654 .776 70 .384 -4.6 -0.5 .584 .225 .108 1.3
1957 31 BRO NL 86 63 7 3.0 110 .258 .230 .279 .329 .344 .297 .432 .627 .775 65 .313 -3.7 -0.4 .516 .203 .068 .0
1958 32 TOT NL 83 47 15 8.6 111 .417 .361 .276 .434 .345 .417 .432 .850 .777 122 .753 3.0 0.3 .870 .194 .056 .0
1958 32 LAD NL 14 7 3 11.5 110 .500 .417 .274 .500 .343 .417 .429 .917 .772 143 .840 0.9 0.1 1.000 .167 .000
1958 32 CIN NL 69 40 12 8.1 111 .400 .350 .277 .420 .346 .417 .432 .837 .778 118 .731 2.0 0.2 .846 .200 .067 .0
1959 33 CIN NL 123 75 19 6.8 108 .367 .305 .274 .402 .340 .410 .424 .811 .764 115 .668 2.8 0.3 .811 .267 .105 .0
1960 34 TOT MLB 62 47 4 2.3 100 .268 .196 .264 .250 .332 .232 .404 .482 .736 33 .232 -5.3 -0.5 .378 .107 .036
1960 34 CIN NL 41 33 2 1.6 101 .179 .139 .266 .205 .332 .167 .408 .372 .739 3 .141 -4.9 -0.5 .290 .111 .028
1960 34 CLE AL 21 14 2 3.8 99 .462 .300 .260 .333 .333 .350 .398 .683 .731 88 .430 -0.3 -0.0 .571 .100 .050
10 Yrs 988 678 118 4.7 108 .310 .271 .273 .338 .344 .367 .423 .705 .767 85 .506 -18.7 -1.9 .628 .196 .096 3.5
162 Game Avg. 354 243 42 4.7 108 .310 .271 .273 .338 .344 .367 .423 .705 .767 85 .506 -18.7 -1.9 .628 .196 .096 1
LAD (8 yrs) 734 516 83 4.3 109 .297 .265 .274 .326 .346 .367 .423 .693 .769 81 .469 -18.3 -1.8 .606 .192 .102 3.4
CIN (3 yrs) 233 148 33 6.0 107 .344 .289 .273 .374 .340 .368 .423 .742 .764 97 .619 -0.1 -0.0 .708 .219 .080 .0
CLE (1 yr) 21 14 2 3.8 99 .462 .300 .260 .333 .333 .350 .398 .683 .731 88 .430 -0.3 -0.0 .571 .100 .050
NL (10 yrs) 967 664 116 4.7 109 .307 .270 .274 .338 .344 .367 .423 .705 .768 85 .507 -18.4 -1.9 .629 .198 .097 3.5
AL (1 yr) 21 14 2 3.8 99 .462 .300 .260 .333 .333 .350 .398 .683 .731 88 .430 -0.3 -0.0 .571 .100 .050

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 23 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 29 BRO NL WS NYY W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 BRO NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 23 BRO NL 102 0.0% 15.7% 4.9% 3.9% 18% 3.20 6.0 9.6 1.68 78%
1950 24 BRO NL 110 0.9% 17.3% 9.1% 4.6% 21% 1.90 5.1 97.0 12.1 3.38 70%
1951 25 BRO NL 114 0.0% 7.9% 7.0% 3.5% 17% 1.13 11.4 12.9 2.17 82%
1954 28 BRO NL 55 0.0% 10.9% 7.3% 1.8% 7% 1.50 7.8 11.8 1.50 76%
1955 29 BRO NL 125 5.6% 14.4% 4.8% 13.6% 41% 3.00 6.5 16.7 5.1 2.00 74%
1956 30 BRO NL 128 1.6% 14.1% 9.4% 6.3% 31% 1.50 6.2 55.5 6.9 2.00 72%
1957 31 BRO NL 86 1.2% 12.8% 12.8% 3.5% 18% 1.00 6.7 74.0 10.6 1.88 72%
1958 32 TOT NL 83 1.2% 14.5% 12.1% 2.4% 8% 1.20 6.0 72.0 8.0 1.36 72%
1958 32 LAD NL 14 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.0 0.67 71%
1958 32 CIN NL 69 1.5% 14.5% 11.6% 2.9% 10% 1.25 6.0 60.0 6.7 1.55 72%
1959 33 CIN NL 123 2.4% 18.7% 13.8% 4.1% 16% 1.35 4.6 35.0 5.0 1.41 64%
1960 34 TOT MLB 62 0.0% 24.2% 6.5% 3.2% 18% 3.75 3.7 28.0 1.07 66%
1960 34 CIN NL 41 0.0% 19.5% 7.3% 2.4% 20% 2.67 4.5 36.0 1.00 68%
1960 34 CLE AL 21 0.0% 33.3% 4.8% 4.8% 17% 7.00 2.9 20.0 1.33 62%
10 Yrs 988 1.5% 14.9% 8.8% 5.2% 21% 1.69 6.0 58.5 8.1 1.84 73%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.4% 9.3% 6.5% 29% 1.22 7.8 41.0 8.2 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 23 BRO NL -8.1 -0.8 103 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 .76 -0.4 -0.5 -0.0 -0.0 0.90 -4.5 1.18 1
1950 24 BRO NL -4.6 -0.4 111 -0.3 1.3 -1.5 .79 -0.1 -0.2 -1.5 -0.1 0.95 -2.0 0
1951 25 BRO NL -7.5 -0.8 114 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 .80 -0.8 0.3 -5.1 -0.5 0.95 -7.8 0
1954 28 BRO NL -1.0 -0.1 56 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .69 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.88 -0.4 0.56 1
1955 29 BRO NL 10.3 1.0 128 1.0 3.1 -2.1 1.05 1.3 -0.3 13.6 1.3 0.97 13.3 2.10 21
1956 30 BRO NL -4.6 -0.5 129 -0.2 1.9 -2.0 .94 -0.3 0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.02 -3.7 1.72 12
1957 31 BRO NL -3.7 -0.4 88 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 1.03 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -1.8 1.56 3
1958 32 TOT NL 3.0 0.3 84 0.1 1.8 -1.6 1.26 0.5 -0.3 4.5 0.4 1.00 4.5 2.30 17
1958 32 LAD NL 0.9 0.1 15 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.11 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.91 0.7 0
1958 32 CIN NL 2.0 0.2 69 0.2 1.5 -1.4 1.29 0.4 -0.3 4.7 0.4 1.02 3.8 2.30 17
1959 33 CIN NL 2.8 0.3 124 0.7 2.9 -2.2 1.21 0.8 -0.3 10.4 1.0 1.03 9.3 1.64 21
1960 34 TOT MLB -5.3 -0.5 62 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 1.02 -0.4 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.88 -3.6 1.15 12
1960 34 CIN NL -4.9 -0.5 41 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .82 -0.4 -0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.86 -3.9 0.88 8
1960 34 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 21 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 1.40 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.92 0.2 1.69 4
10 Yrs -18.7 -1.9 999 -0.5 15.6 -16.1 .96 0.4 -1.0 12.2 1.1 0.96 3.4 1.80 88

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 23 BRO NL 4 0 30% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 43% 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0
1950 24 BRO NL 4 0 21% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 23% 9 8 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1951 25 BRO NL 0 0 34% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 36% 8 6 2 2 2 0 4 0 3
1954 28 BRO NL 0 0 32% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 38% 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 29 BRO NL 2 0 26% 45 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 30 BRO NL 0 0 30% 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 60% 12 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 3
1957 31 BRO NL 1 0 26% 36 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 31% 8 6 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
1958 32 TOT NL 2 0 29% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 4 4 0 1 0 1 4 2 2
1958 32 LAD NL 0 0 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1958 32 CIN NL 2 0 29% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1959 33 CIN NL 1 0 15% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30% 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 1 0 7% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 CIN NL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 CLE AL 0 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 15 0 25% 406 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 2 4 1 15 35% 66 46 18 7 5 2 26 10 15

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1949 23 BRO NL 102 49% 22 1 0 0 0 1.18 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 17 4 24% 11 4 36% 55 13 24% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 0
1950 24 BRO NL 110 66% 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 75% 21 3 14% 20 7 35% 66 9 14% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1951 25 BRO NL 114 80% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 18 0 0% 23 5 22% 76 8 11% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
1954 28 BRO NL 55 85% 15 1 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 13 0 0% 12 3 25% 30 4 13% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1955 29 BRO NL 125 94% 42 21 8 0 4 2.10 7 0 4 7 0 4 3 0 1 1 100% 21 1 5% 12 3 25% 85 16 19% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
1956 30 BRO NL 128 88% 26 12 0 0 0 1.72 2 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 100% 27 4 15% 22 5 23% 90 14 16% 11 6 55% 6 4 67% 0
1957 31 BRO NL 86 86% 17 3 0 0 0 1.56 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 21 4 19% 11 0 0% 55 7 13% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1958 32 TOT NL 83 76% 26 17 6 0 2 2.30 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 10 1 10% 59 8 14% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1958 32 LAD NL 14 71% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 32 CIN NL 69 77% 21 17 6 0 2 2.30 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 8 1 13% 48 8 17% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1959 33 CIN NL 123 84% 32 21 5 0 2 1.64 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 50% 25 1 4% 18 1 6% 94 18 19% 6 1 17% 4 3 75% 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 62 77% 11 12 1 0 1 1.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 10 4 40% 30 2 7% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1960 34 CIN NL 41 71% 5 8 1 0 1 0.88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 8 4 50% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1960 34 CLE AL 21 90% 6 4 0 0 0 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 1 8% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 988 79% 238 88 20 0 9 1.80 15 0 31 14 1 8 7 0 22 17 77% 187 17 9% 149 33 22% 640 99 15% 51 23 45% 26 18 69% 0
MLB Averages 49% 83% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 23 39 102 96 8 22 4 0 0 10 0 5 16 .229 .267 .271 .538 42 26 4 0 1
1950 24 79 212 193 16 46 7 1 1 18 0 15 35 .238 .293 .301 .594 56 58 7 0 4
1951 25 119 326 296 27 69 10 2 1 26 0 0 23 44 .233 .291 .291 .581 54 86 7 1 6
1952 26 119 326 296 27 69 10 2 1 26 0 0 23 44 .233 .291 .291 .581 54 86 7 1 6
1953 27 119 326 296 27 69 10 2 1 26 0 0 23 44 .233 .291 .291 .581 54 86 7 1 6
1954 28 150 381 343 33 84 11 2 1 30 0 0 27 50 .245 .301 .297 .598 58 102 7 1 9 1
1955 29 207 506 460 51 126 20 3 8 53 1 0 33 68 .274 .325 .383 .707 85 176 8 2 10 1 0
1956 30 259 634 571 64 152 26 3 10 69 2 0 45 86 .266 .322 .375 .697 82 214 12 3 13 2 0
1957 31 293 720 645 72 169 28 3 11 76 2 1 56 97 .262 .323 .366 .689 80 236 16 3 14 2 0
1958 32 343 803 717 83 195 29 3 12 85 2 1 66 109 .272 .335 .371 .706 84 266 16 3 14 3 0
1959 33 404 926 822 93 227 31 3 15 106 2 1 83 132 .276 .344 .376 .719 88 309 17 3 15 3 1
1960 34 452 988 878 94 238 33 3 15 108 2 1 87 147 .271 .338 .367 .705 85 322 17 3 17 3 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 23 40 106 100 8 23 4 0 0 10 0 5 17 .230 .267 .270 .537 7 39
1950 24 42 112 99 7 23 3 1 1 7 0 10 20 .232 .303 .313 .616 9 40
1951 25 42 118 107 12 24 3 1 0 8 0 8 9 .224 .284 .271 .556 8 40
1954 28 33 58 50 6 16 1 0 0 4 0 4 6 .320 .364 .340 .704 6 31
1955 29 60 129 121 18 42 9 1 7 23 1 6 19 .347 .383 .612 .994 28 57
1956 30 54 132 115 13 26 6 0 2 16 1 12 19 .226 .302 .330 .633 11 52
1957 31 36 89 77 8 17 2 0 1 7 0 11 11 .221 .318 .286 .604 7 34
1958 32 53 86 75 11 27 1 0 1 9 0 10 13 .360 .430 .413 .844 14 50
1959 33 64 128 109 10 33 2 0 3 22 0 18 24 .303 .402 .404 .805 18 61
1960 34 50 67 60 1 13 2 0 0 2 0 5 16 .217 .277 .250 .527 4 48
10 Yrs 474 1025 913 94 244 33 3 15 108 2 89 154 .267 .333 .359 .693 112 452
162 Game Avg. 162 350 312 32 83 11 1 5 37 1 30 53 .267 .333 .359 .693 38 452

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1967 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.7%)
1968 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1973 BBWAA ( 2.9%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1975 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1976 BBWAA ( 5.4%)
1977 BBWAA (11.2%)
1978 BBWAA (12.7%)
1979 BBWAA (12.0%)
1980 BBWAA (15.3%)

All-Star Games
1949 *
1950 *
1951 *
1955 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1949 NL Rookie of the Year
1956 ML Cy Young
1956 NL MVP
1956 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (8, 16%)
1950 NL (18, 4%)
1951 NL (22, 1%)
1955 NL (7, 26%)
1956 NL (1, 66%)
1 MVP
1.13 Career Shares (214th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 ML (1, 63%)
1 Cy Young
0.63 Career Shares (87th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.8 (10th)
1959 NL  6.7 (8th)

                           

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  4. Schoolboy Rowe (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Schoolboy Rowe (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: dave Don Donald Newk Newcombe newcome

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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