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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1949 23 BRO NL 17 8 .680 3.17 38 31 5 19 5 1 244.1 223 89 86 17 73 149 3 2 4 1005 130 1.211 8.2 0.6 2.7 5.5 2.04 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1
1950 24 BRO NL 19 11 .633 3.70 40 35 4 20 4 3 267.1 258 120 110 22 75 130 2 1 1 1101 111 1.246 8.7 0.7 2.5 4.4 1.73 AS,MVP-18
1951 25 BRO NL 20 9 .690 3.28 40 36 2 18 3 0 272.0 235 115 99 19 91 164 6 0 7 1125 120 1.199 7.8 0.6 3.0 5.4 1.80 AS,MVP-22
1954 28 BRO NL 9 8 .529 4.55 29 25 2 6 0 0 144.1 158 81 73 24 49 82 5 0 0 640 90 1.434 9.9 1.5 3.1 5.1 1.67
1955 29 BRO NL 20 5 .800 3.20 34 31 1 17 1 0 233.2 222 103 83 35 38 1 143 1 0 0 943 128 1.113 8.6 1.3 1.5 5.5 3.76 AS,MVP-7
1956 30 BRO NL 27 7 .794 3.06 38 36 2 18 5 0 268.0 219 101 91 33 46 8 139 3 0 4 1052 132 0.989 7.4 1.1 1.5 4.7 3.02 CYA-1,MVP-1
1957 31 BRO NL 11 12 .478 3.49 28 28 0 12 4 0 198.2 199 86 77 28 33 4 90 1 0 0 815 119 1.168 9.0 1.3 1.5 4.1 2.73
1958 32 TOT NL 7 13 .350 4.67 31 26 4 8 0 1 167.2 212 98 87 31 36 5 69 1 0 2 734 89 1.479 11.4 1.7 1.9 3.7 1.92
1958 32 LAD NL 0 6 .000 7.86 11 8 2 1 0 0 34.1 53 37 30 11 8 1 16 0 0 0 163 52 1.777 13.9 2.9 2.1 4.2 2.00
1958 32 CIN NL 7 7 .500 3.85 20 18 2 7 0 1 133.1 159 61 57 20 28 4 53 1 0 2 571 108 1.403 10.7 1.4 1.9 3.6 1.89
1959 33 CIN NL 13 8 .619 3.16 30 29 1 17 2 1 222.0 216 87 78 25 27 3 100 5 0 4 899 129 1.095 8.8 1.0 1.1 4.1 3.70
1960 34 TOT MLB 6 9 .400 4.48 36 17 13 1 0 1 136.2 160 76 68 18 22 0 63 3 0 0 577 85 1.332 10.5 1.2 1.4 4.1 2.86
1960 34 CIN NL 4 6 .400 4.57 16 15 0 1 0 0 82.2 99 48 42 12 14 0 36 3 0 0 354 84 1.367 10.8 1.3 1.5 3.9 2.57
1960 34 CLE AL 2 3 .400 4.33 20 2 13 0 0 1 54.0 61 28 26 6 8 0 27 0 0 0 223 87 1.278 10.2 1.0 1.3 4.5 3.38
10 Seasons 149 90 .623 3.56 344 294 34 136 24 7 2154.2 2102 956 852 252 490 21 1129 30 3 22 8891 114 1.203 8.8 1.1 2.0 4.7 2.30
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .623 3.56 37 31 4 14 3 1 230 224 102 91 27 52 120 3 0 2 948 114 1.203 8.8 1.1 2.0 4.7 2.30
LAD (8 yrs) 123 66 .651 3.51 258 230 18 111 22 4 1662.2 1567 732 649 189 413 14 913 21 3 16 6844 116 1.191 8.5 1.0 2.2 4.9 2.21
CIN (3 yrs) 24 21 .533 3.64 66 62 3 25 2 2 438.0 474 196 177 57 69 7 189 9 0 6 1824 111 1.240 9.7 1.2 1.4 3.9 2.74
CLE (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.33 20 2 13 0 0 1 54.0 61 28 26 6 8 0 27 0 0 0 223 87 1.278 10.2 1.0 1.3 4.5 3.38
NL (10 yrs) 147 87 .628 3.54 324 292 21 136 24 6 2100.2 2041 928 826 246 482 21 1102 30 3 22 8668 115 1.201 8.7 1.1 2.1 4.7 2.29
AL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.33 20 2 13 0 0 1 54.0 61 28 26 6 8 0 27 0 0 0 223 87 1.278 10.2 1.0 1.3 4.5 3.38

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 23 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 3.09 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.2 10 4 4 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 47 1.114 7.7 0.8 2.3 8.5 3.67
1955 29 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 9.53 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.765 12.7 4.8 3.2 6.4 2.00
1956 30 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 21.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 11 11 11 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 28 3.000 21.2 7.7 5.8 7.7 1.33
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 4 .000 8.59 5 5 0 1 0 0 22.0 29 21 21 8 8 0 19 0 0 0 100 1.682 11.9 3.3 3.3 7.8 2.38
3 WS 0 4 .000 8.59 5 5 0 1 0 0 22.0 29 21 21 8 8 0 19 0 0 0 100 1.682 11.9 3.3 3.3 7.8 2.38

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 BRO NL 23 0 0 1 .000 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1950 BRO NL 24 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1951 BRO NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 4.15 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 37 1.269 9.3 0.0 2.1 5.2 2.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 28 BRO NL 29 640 576 81 158 43 1 24 4 2 49 82 .274 .335 .477 .813 .284 275 10 5 8 2
1955 29 BRO NL 34 943 893 103 222 37 1 35 5 5 38 143 .249 .279 .410 .688 .260 366 22 1 6 5 1
1956 30 BRO NL 38 1052 992 101 219 45 4 33 5 5 46 139 .221 .257 .374 .631 .226 371 21 3 8 3 8
1957 31 BRO NL 28 815 770 86 199 25 6 28 3 6 33 90 .258 .288 .416 .704 .261 320 8 1 7 4 4
1958 32 TOT NL 31 735 687 98 212 34 7 31 5 3 36 69 .309 .342 .514 .856 .306 353 16 1 7 4 5
1958 32 CIN NL 20 572 534 61 159 29 4 20 3 2 28 53 .298 .332 .479 .812 .300 256 13 1 6 3 4
1958 32 LAD NL 11 163 153 37 53 5 3 11 2 1 8 16 .346 .377 .634 1.011 .331 97 3 0 1 1 1
1959 33 CIN NL 30 899 854 87 216 32 6 25 5 1 27 100 .253 .279 .392 .672 .261 335 19 5 11 2 3
1960 34 CLE AL 20 222 210 28 61 8 0 6 2 2 8 27 .290 .317 .414 .731 .311 87 6 0 4 0 0
1960 34 CIN NL 16 354 326 48 99 17 4 12 5 4 14 36 .304 .333 .491 .824 .307 160 5 3 6 5 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 36 576 536 76 160 25 4 18 7 6 22 63 .299 .327 .461 .788 .309 247 11 3 10 5 0
7 Seasons 226 5660 5308 632 1386 241 29 194 34 28 251 686 .261 .296 .427 .723 .268 2267 107 19 57 25 21
162 Game Avg. 37 921 864 103 225 39 5 32 6 5 41 112 .261 .296 .427 .723 .268 369 17 3 9 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 28 BRO NL 29 25 9 8 8 2 2 16 9 .640 0 3 6 0 11 44% 47 69 22 22 9 7 10 5.4 5.1 5.5
1955 29 BRO NL 34 31 19 5 7 4 3 25 6 .806 0 6 17 1 20 65% 57 91 12 11 0 14 7 7.2 6.6 7.4
1956 30 BRO NL 38 36 25 7 4 4 2 27 9 .750 0 2 18 5 23 64% 59 89 19 9 4 19 6 6.0 6.1 7.2
1957 31 BRO NL 28 28 11 12 5 0 5 13 15 .464 1 3 12 4 17 61% 54 82 19 12 4 10 11 5.0 5.0 7.1
1958 32 TOT NL 31 26 7 12 7 2 5 10 16 .385 0 6 8 0 11 42% 45 74 23 17 7 7 8 4.8 4.8 6.2
1958 32 LAD NL 11 8 0 6 2 0 1 0 8 .000 0 1 1 0 1 13% 35 58 23 9 4 2 5 4.0 6.3 4.0
1958 32 CIN NL 20 18 7 6 5 2 4 10 8 .556 0 5 7 0 10 56% 50 74 31 8 3 5 3 5.1 4.5 7.2
1959 33 CIN NL 30 29 13 8 8 1 2 17 12 .586 2 5 17 2 17 59% 57 77 16 11 3 1 11 6.0 5.2 7.6
1960 34 TOT MLB 36 17 4 8 5 1 2 7 10 .412 0 2 1 0 6 35% 42 66 13 14 3 4 11 3.7 4.5 4.9
1960 34 CIN NL 16 15 4 6 5 1 2 7 8 .467 0 2 1 0 6 40% 45 66 26 9 1 3 10 3.7 4.4 5.3
1960 34 CLE AL 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 29 13 5 2 1 1 3.5 6.0 2.3
7 Seasons 226 192 88 60 44 14 21 115 77 .599 3 27 79 12 105 55% 53 91 12 96 30 62 64 5.6 5.5 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 28 BRO NL 29 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.958 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 4.5
1955 29 BRO NL 34 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0.961 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 5.7
1956 30 BRO NL 38 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 4 0.943 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 11.0
1958 32 TOT NL 31 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 0.976 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 3.2
1958 32 LAD NL 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.915 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2.3
1958 32 CIN NL 20 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 0.993 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1959 33 CIN NL 30 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 1.117 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1960 34 TOT MLB 36 19 13 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 4 33% 0.938 4 5 9 5 0 14 7 12 15 1 15 2 8.4
1960 34 CIN NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 1.007 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0
1960 34 CLE AL 20 18 13 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 10 2 20% 5 0.828 4 4 9 5 0 13 6 12 14 1 14 2 8.2
6 Seasons 198 34 23 5 2 5 3 2 60% 5 0 18 8 44% 0.985 10 7 15 9 3 22 12 22 23 2 23 7 6.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1949 23 BRO NL
1950 24 BRO NL
1951 25 BRO NL
1954 28 BRO NL 640 39% 3.8% 12.8% 7.7% 10.6% 43% 0.98 74% 116 10 9%
1955 29 BRO NL 943 39% 3.7% 15.2% 4.0% 7.7% 33% 1.04 76% 153 22 14%
1956 30 BRO NL 1052 42% 3.1% 13.2% 4.4% 7.8% 37% 0.91 78% 150 21 14%
1957 31 BRO NL 815 39% 3.4% 11.0% 4.1% 7.2% 30% 0.78 80% 130 8 6%
1958 32 TOT NL 735 44% 4.2% 9.4% 4.9% 9.8% 34% 0.76 80% 131 16 12%
1958 32 LAD NL 163 37% 6.8% 9.8% 4.9% 11.7% 36% 0.55 78% 33 3 9%
1958 32 CIN NL 572 46% 3.5% 9.3% 4.9% 9.3% 33% 0.82 81% 98 13 13%
1959 33 CIN NL 899 45% 2.8% 11.1% 3.0% 7.0% 29% 0.92 81% 143 19 13%
1960 34 TOT MLB 576 41% 3.1% 10.9% 3.8% 8.2% 29% 0.71 80% 119 11 9%
1960 34 CIN NL 354 46% 3.4% 10.2% 4.0% 9.3% 33% 0.75 80% 71 5 7%
1960 34 CLE AL 222 32% 2.7% 12.2% 3.6% 6.3% 23% 0.64 80% 48 6 13%
10 Seasons 5660 41% 4.5% 20.0% 8.7% 8.2% 22% 0.88 79% 942 107 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1949 23 BRO NL 223 17 4
1950 24 BRO NL 258 22 1
1951 25 BRO NL 235 19 7
1954 28 BRO NL 640 158 24 0 8 16 8 11 13 21 10 0 48% 10 0 0 247 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 29 BRO NL 943 222 35 0 8 26 9 17 18 30 16 6 53% 14 0 2 309 5 5 50% 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 0
1956 30 BRO NL 1052 219 33 1 15 23 10 15 18 33 20 4 61% 11 4 0 315 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1957 31 BRO NL 815 199 28 1 5 13 15 13 15 22 10 3 45% 9 0 1 274 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 0
1958 32 TOT NL 735 212 31 0 8 18 13 20 11 23 11 2 48% 6 2 1 284 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 6 0
1958 32 LAD NL 163 53 11 0 1 9 2 7 4 7 3 2 43% 3 0 0 56 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1958 32 CIN NL 572 159 20 0 7 9 11 13 7 16 8 0 50% 3 2 1 228 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 0
1959 33 CIN NL 899 216 25 1 8 10 15 12 13 31 14 3 45% 9 4 0 301 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 576 160 18 2 8 11 7 6 12 25 14 2 56% 7 0 2 219 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1960 34 CIN NL 354 99 12 1 4 7 5 3 9 16 9 1 56% 5 0 0 138 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
1960 34 CLE AL 222 61 6 1 4 4 2 3 3 9 5 1 56% 2 0 2 81 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 5660 2102 252 5 60 117 77 94 100 185 95 20 51% 66 22 6 1949 34 28 55% 33 24 0 3 1 1 14 1 47 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1949 23 17 8 .680 3.17 38 31 5 19 5 1 244.1 223 89 86 17 73 149 3 2 4 1005 130 1.211 8.2 0.6 2.7 5.5 2.04 130
1950 24 36 19 .655 3.45 78 66 9 39 9 4 511.2 481 209 196 39 148 279 5 3 5 2106 119 1.229 8.5 0.7 2.6 4.9 1.89 119
1951 25 56 28 .667 3.39 118 102 11 57 12 4 783.2 716 324 295 58 239 443 11 3 12 3231 119 1.219 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.85 119
1952 26 56 28 .667 3.39 118 102 11 57 12 4 783.2 716 324 295 58 239 443 11 3 12 3231 119 1.219 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.85 119
1953 27 56 28 .667 3.39 118 102 11 57 12 4 783.2 716 324 295 58 239 443 11 3 12 3231 119 1.219 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.85 119
1954 28 65 36 .644 3.57 147 127 13 63 12 4 928.0 874 405 368 82 288 525 16 3 12 3871 114 1.252 8.5 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.82 114
1955 29 85 41 .675 3.49 181 158 14 80 13 4 1161.2 1096 508 451 117 326 1 668 17 3 12 4814 116 1.224 8.5 0.9 2.5 5.2 2.05 116
1956 30 112 48 .700 3.41 219 194 16 98 18 4 1429.2 1315 609 542 150 372 9 807 20 3 16 5866 119 1.180 8.3 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.17 119
1957 31 123 60 .672 3.42 247 222 16 110 22 4 1628.1 1514 695 619 178 405 13 897 21 3 16 6681 119 1.179 8.4 1.0 2.2 5.0 2.21 119
1958 32 130 73 .640 3.54 278 248 20 118 22 5 1796.0 1726 793 706 209 441 18 966 22 3 18 7415 115 1.207 8.6 1.0 2.2 4.8 2.19 115
1959 33 143 81 .638 3.50 308 277 21 135 24 6 2018.0 1942 880 784 234 468 21 1066 27 3 22 8314 116 1.194 8.7 1.0 2.1 4.8 2.28 116
1960 34 149 90 .623 3.56 344 294 34 136 24 7 2154.2 2102 956 852 252 490 21 1129 30 3 22 8891 114 1.203 8.8 1.1 2.0 4.7 2.30 114

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1949 23 17 10 .630 3.10 247.0 226 94 85 17 74 151 3 1.215 8.2 2.7 5.5 2.04 0.6 38
1950 24 16 14 .533 3.67 270.0 263 122 110 22 76 131 2 1.256 8.8 2.5 4.4 1.72 0.7 40
1951 25 17 13 .567 3.38 274.0 245 114 103 20 95 165 6 1.241 8.0 3.1 5.4 1.74 0.7 40
1954 28 7 9 .438 4.35 151.0 165 81 73 25 51 86 5 1.430 9.8 3.0 5.1 1.69 1.5 29
1955 29 16 10 .615 3.15 240.0 232 93 84 37 40 147 1 1.133 8.7 1.5 5.5 3.68 1.4 34
1956 30 19 11 .633 3.07 273.0 229 103 93 35 48 142 3 1.015 7.5 1.6 4.7 2.96 1.2 38
1957 31 13 9 .591 3.35 204.0 204 84 76 29 34 92 1 1.167 9.0 1.5 4.1 2.71 1.3 28
1958 32 8 10 .444 4.63 171.0 221 98 88 32 38 70 1 1.515 11.6 2.0 3.7 1.84 1.7 31
1959 33 15 10 .600 3.17 227.0 225 89 80 26 28 102 5 1.115 8.9 1.1 4.0 3.64 1.0 30
1960 34 6 9 .400 4.90 136.0 171 82 74 19 24 63 3 1.434 11.3 1.6 4.2 2.63 1.3 36
10 Seasons 134 105 .561 3.55 2193.0 2181 960 866 262 508 1149 30 1.226 9.0 4.7 2.26 1.1 344

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (206th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-ML--1--62%
1 Cy Young
0.62 Career Shares (80th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL--3.168--8th
1955 NL--3.197--2nd
1956 NL--3.056--5th
1959 NL--3.162--10th

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL--17--4th
1950 NL--19--4th
1951 NL--20--6th
1955 NL--20--2nd
1956 NL--27--1st
Career--149--240th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL--.680--4th
1950 NL--.633--7th
1951 NL--.690--3rd
1955 NL--.800--1st
1956 NL--.794--1st
1959 NL--.619--7th
Career--.623--59th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 NL--1.212--4th
1950 NL--1.246--9th
1951 NL--1.199--5th
1955 NL--1.113--1st
1956 NL--.989--1st
1957 NL--1.168--4th
1959 NL--1.095--2nd
Career--1.203--137th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL--8.214--3rd
1951 NL--7.776--2nd
1955 NL--8.551--10th
1956 NL--7.355--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL--2.525--7th
1955 NL--1.464--1st
1956 NL--1.545--2nd
1957 NL--1.495--1st
1958 NL--1.932--5th
1959 NL--1.095--1st
Career--2.047--101st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL--5.488--1st
1951 NL--5.427--3rd
1955 NL--5.508--5th

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL--3--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 NL--244.3--5th
1950 NL--267.3--6th
1951 NL--272.0--6th
1955 NL--233.7--7th
1956 NL--268.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 NL--149--2nd
1950 NL--130--7th
1951 NL--164--1st
1955 NL--143--4th
1956 NL--139--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1949 NL--31--8th
1950 NL--35--5th
1951 NL--36--3rd
1955 NL--31--9th
1956 NL--36--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL--19--3rd
1950 NL--20--6th
1951 NL--18--6th
1955 NL--17--2nd
1956 NL--18--4th
1957 NL--12--8th
1959 NL--17--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 NL--5--1st
1950 NL--4--5th
1951 NL--3--7th
1956 NL--5--2nd
1957 NL--4--2nd
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--24--7th
1955 NL--35--3rd
1956 NL--33--2nd
1957 NL--28--3rd
1958 NL--31--1st
1959 NL--25--7th
Career--252--92nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 NL--91--5th

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL--258--7th
1951 NL--235--10th
1955 NL--222--6th
1956 NL--219--8th
1958 NL--212--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 NL--2.041--3rd
1950 NL--1.733--6th
1951 NL--1.802--5th
1955 NL--3.763--1st
1956 NL--3.022--2nd
1957 NL--2.727--3rd
1958 NL--1.917--10th
1959 NL--3.704--2nd
Career--2.304--133rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL--.629--9th

Losses s c a p y
1958 NL--13--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 NL--110--6th
1951 NL--99--5th
1956 NL--91--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL--7--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL--6--6th
1954 NL--5--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 NL--1005--7th
1950 NL--1101--6th
1951 NL--1125--6th
1955 NL--943--9th
1956 NL--1052--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL--130--7th
1951 NL--120--10th
1955 NL--128--2nd
1956 NL--132--2nd
1957 NL--119--7th
1959 NL--129--5th
Career--114--227th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 21 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 136 (117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 78 (145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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