Don Newcombe
Donald Newcombe (Newk)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 14, 1926 in Madison, NJ
High School: Jefferson (Madison, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1949
Final Game: October 1, 1960
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 BRO NL 23 P 38 57 17 40 0 2 1.000 1.50 .951 0.91 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1
1950 BRO NL 24 P 40 64 19 43 2 3 .969 1.55 .961 0.97 AS,MVP-18
1951 BRO NL 25 P 40 72 24 45 3 3 .958 1.73 .962 0.96 AS,MVP-22
1954 BRO NL 28 P 29 25 144.1 29 11 16 2 2 .931 1.68 0.93 .962 2.07 0.87
1955 BRO NL 29 P 34 31 233.2 43 15 24 4 5 .907 1.50 1.15 .951 2.04 0.83 AS,MVP-7
1956 BRO NL 30 P 38 36 268.0 65 25 39 1 5 .985 2.15 1.68 .965 2.05 0.83 CYA-1,MVP-1
1957 BRO NL 31 P 28 28 198.2 56 13 41 2 1 .964 2.45 1.93 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 TOT NL 32 P 31 26 167.2 30 11 19 0 2 1.000 1.61 0.97 .953 1.97 0.77
1958 LAD NL 32 P 11 8 34.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.10 0.73 .950 1.97 0.77
1958 CIN NL 32 P 20 18 133.1 22 9 13 0 2 1.000 1.48 1.10 .955 1.97 0.77
1959 CIN NL 33 P 30 29 222.0 46 14 31 1 4 .978 1.82 1.50 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 TOT MLB 34 P 36 17 136.2 28 10 15 3 0 .893 1.65 0.69 .964 2.04 0.82
1960 CIN NL 34 P 16 15 82.2 19 6 11 2 0 .895 1.85 1.06 .963 2.09 0.87
1960 CLE AL 34 P 20 2 54.0 9 4 4 1 0 .889 1.33 0.40 .967 1.97 0.78
10 Seasons P 344 192 1371.0 490 159 313 18 27 .963 3.10 1.37 .959 2.03 0.87
10 Seasons TOT 344 192 1371.0 490 159 313 18 27 .963 3.10 1.37 .922 2.03 0.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 BRO NL 23 39 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 24 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 25 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 28 31 25 31 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1955 BRO NL 29 57 31 57 57 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1956 BRO NL 30 52 36 52 52 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1957 BRO NL 31 34 28 34 34 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1958 CIN NL 32 39 18 39 39 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1958 LAD NL 32 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 33 61 29 61 61 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1960 CIN NL 34 24 15 24 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1960 CLE AL 34 24 2 24 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 452 192 452 452 344 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 28 643 79% 30% 22 86% 1 11 0 8 16 8 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1955 BRO NL 29 953 81% 32% 32 75% 1 15 0 12 26 15 5 4 0 0 4 3 5 3 5 0 4 75%
1956 BRO NL 30 1065 82% 30% 47 85% 0 25 4 19 37 31 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 4 1 9 44%
1957 BRO NL 31 825 85% 30% 49 80% 0 12 1 10 40 34 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 60%
1958 CIN NL 32 582 86% 26% 14 100% 0 10 0 7 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
1958 LAD NL 32 166 86% 22% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1959 CIN NL 33 912 86% 28% 29 97% 2 12 0 11 30 17 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 8 88%
1960 CLE AL 34 228 84% 20% 5 60% 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1960 CIN NL 34 367 86% 23% 12 67% 0 6 0 6 9 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
7 Seasons 5741 83% 29% 216 84% 4 97 6 78 180 130 26 13 1 3 9 8 20 14 19 1 33 67%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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