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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-15 / in Starts: 22-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 110 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	66 (34-24-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 110 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (38-23-11)

Most Driven In
R Campanella	2
G Hodges	2
C Furillo	1
D Snider	1
B Morgan	1
Self	1
B Cox	0

Most Driven In By
P Reese	2
G Hermanski	1
D Snider	1
C Furillo	1
Self	1
B Cox	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	59	1	Apr 18	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	60	5 (3)	Apr 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.67	0.045	1.95	0.08%	0.17	P
3	61	9 (3)	Apr 28	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.60	-0.038	5.16	-0.07%	-0.37	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	62	20 (10)	May 13	BRO		BSN	L,2-12	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9						P
5	63	23 (2)	May 17	BRO		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	9	1.07	0.027	3.81	0.06%	1.63	P
6	64	28 (4)	May 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	9	.31	-0.025	1.18	-0.06%	-0.59	P
7	65	33 (4)	May 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-7	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	9	.39	0.011	1.91	0.03%	0.13	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	66	38 (4)	Jun 2	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.429	.866	9	.58	-0.068	2.93	-0.21%	-0.29	P
9	67	42 (3)	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.389	.450	.444	.894	9	.57	-0.091	2.20	-0.21%	0.68	P
10	68	44 (1)	Jun 9	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.450	.444	.894	9						P
11	69	46 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.417	.381	.798	9	.95	0.082	3.86	0.20%	1.03	P
12	70	50 (3)	Jun 17	BRO		STL	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.280	.357	.320	.677	9	.35	-0.038	1.90	-0.12%	-2.00	P
13	71	54 (3)	Jun 21	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.323	.286	.608	9	.84	-0.023	3.83	-0.06%	-0.16	P
14	72	58 (3)	Jun 25	BRO		PIT	L,11-16	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.276	.588	9	1.35	-0.034	6.52	-0.10%	-0.33	P
15	73	62 (3)	Jun 30	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.250	.556	9	1.85	-0.018	10.52	-0.06%	-0.24	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	74	67 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.371	.705	9	.95	0.099	3.30	0.21%	1.06	P
17	75	71 (3)	Jul 8	BRO		PHI	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.351	.668	9	1.66	-0.119	6.13	-0.26%	-0.81	P
18	76	75 (3)	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,13-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.366	.699	9	.33	0.019	.94	0.03%	0.35	P
19	77	80 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.354	.386	.741	9	1.27	0.092	5.50	0.24%	0.84	P
20	78	84 (3)	Jul 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.354	.386	.741	9						P
21	79	86 (1)	Jul 26	BRO		STL	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.346	.362	.708	9	.31	-0.028	1.64	-0.09%	-0.75	P
22	80	91 (4)	Jul 30	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.340	.667	9	.43	-0.036	1.87	-0.09%	-0.61	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	81	95 (3)	Aug 4	BRO		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.339	.340	.679	9	.59	0.108	2.40	0.26%	0.85	P
24	82	98 (2)	Aug 8	BRO		PHI	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.339	.339	.678	9	1.26	-0.032	7.69	-0.12%	-0.03	P
25	83	102 (3)	Aug 12	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-10	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.344	.345	.689	9	1.60	-0.024	4.62	-0.04%	-0.20	P
26	84	106 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.274	.338	.355	.693	9	.61	0.073	1.63	0.12%	0.99	P
27	85	109 (2)	Aug 21	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.347	.364	.711	9	1.83	0.015	6.92	0.03%	-0.11	P
28	86	114 (4)	Aug 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.342	.348	.690	9	.35	-0.026	1.54	-0.07%	-0.47	P
29	87	118 (3)	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.274	.338	.342	.680	9	.46	0.022	1.82	0.05%	-0.76	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	88	122 (3)	Sep 2	BRO		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.325	.329	.654	9	1.08	-0.087	2.49	-0.12%	-1.29	P
31	89	126 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.354	.688	9	.55	0.002	1.91	0.00%	0.41	P
32	90	127	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.326	.346	.672	9	.66	-0.034	3.42	-0.10%	-0.27	P
33	91	131 (3)	Sep 10	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.319	.337	.656	9	1.43	-0.059	3.73	-0.09%	-0.57	P
34	92	135 (3)	Sep 15	BRO		STL	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.319	.337	.656	9	.83	-0.016	2.51	-0.03%	-0.15	P
35	93	139 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,14-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.356	.689	9	.08	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.87	P
36	94	143 (3)	Sep 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.333	.348	.681	9	.34	0.005	.61	0.01%	0.12	P
37	95	146 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.333	.348	.681	9						P
38	96	148 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.255	.327	.340	.667	9	.80	-0.012	1.06	-0.01%	-0.04	P
39	97	152 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.340	.667	2						P
40	98	155 (2)	Oct 1	BRO		PHI	L,1-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.318	.330	.648	9	1.12	-0.087	46.53	-2.17%	-0.54	P
							25-15		110	97	8	24	3	1	1	8	10	0	19	0	3		4	3	0	0	.247	.318	.330	.648		.79	-0.279	4.25	-2.77%	-1.46

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