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: 13-23 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 7

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	325	5	Apr 17(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-5		99	4.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.53	16	3	9	3	0	1	55			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.176	2.51	0.30%	1.53	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out a5
2	326	11	Apr 24(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	5.1	7	4	3	2	3	0	1	2.89	3.28	26	9	5	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.028	2.25	0.04%	-1.56	1b start a 2	6b -23 1 out a6
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
3	327	15	May 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-13	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.1	6	6	6	3	2	1	0	5.93	4.36	22	5	6	0	5	6	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.383	1.32	-0.34%	-4.52	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
4	328	27	May 15(2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	13	6.1	6	1	1	0	9	0	0	4.50	2.88	24	5	4	0	0	6	66			0	0	1	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.255	1.92	0.34%	1.87	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
5	329	35	May 22(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	6	7.0	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	3.67	3.27	26	9	11	4	0	6	59			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	0	1	.98	0.180	2.17	0.24%	1.57	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
6	330	41	May 30(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	7	4.2	8	3	3	0	1	2	1	3.98	4.01	22	5	8	0	0	7	37			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.101	3.05	-0.17%	-0.76	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d3
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
7	331	45	Jun 4	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.2	8	5	5	1	0	2	0	4.71	4.62	23	5	9	0	0	8	27			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	2	1	.71	-0.274	1.48	-0.34%	-3.13	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
8	332	52	Jun 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-4)	6	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.57	4.63	27	8	15	5	0	0	53			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.058	2.51	-0.08%	0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
9	333	57	Jun 17	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	4.2	9	6	4	1	2	1	0	4.88	4.67	25	4	9	0	1	9	27			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.13	-0.418	1.43	-0.32%	-3.81	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
10	334	64	Jun 25	CIN		SFG	L,2-5	4-7		7	3.2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.53	4.44	16	1	8	0	0	5		2	2	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.007	.52	0.00%	0.83	4t -23 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
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
11	335	68	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7		5	6.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.53	4.17	28	9	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.231	1.18	-0.13%	-1.20	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out tie
12	336	73	Jul 5	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(3-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.19	3.86	33	15	11	2	0	4	66			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.114	1.11	0.08%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	337	77	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	4.46	4.05	24	7	8	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.379	.44	-0.10%	-2.40	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d2
14	338	82	Jul 17(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS-1		7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	4.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	50			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0t start tie	0t --- 0 out tie
15	339	85	Jul 20(2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	W(4-6)	2	7.0	6	3	2	0	3	1	0	4.29	4.01	27	7	12	3	0	5	58			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.13	0.097	.27	0.01%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	340	90	Jul 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.0	6	5	4	1	1	1	1	4.57	4.16	15	3	3	1	1	6	29			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.244	.05	-0.01%	-3.61	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out d5
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
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians
17	341	95	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-2	L(4-7)	7	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.91	4.29	11	3	2	1	0	4	29			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.282	1.31	-0.25%	-3.44	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
18	342	98	Aug 6	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	8-GF		3	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.00	4.29	11	4	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.159	1.42	-0.22%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
19	343	103	Aug 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	3-GF		4	6.1	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.76	4.15	24	5	10	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.058	.16	0.02%	2.43	3t -23 2 out d4	9t end d 3
20	344	107	Aug 14(2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	7-GF		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.61	4.05	10	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.067	.04	0.01%	1.42	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
21	345	108	Aug 16	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	BW(5-7)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.56	4.08	10	0	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.038	.21	0.00%	0.42	8t --- 0 out a1	10t end tie
22	346	111	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.47	4.03	6	1	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.027	.04	0.00%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
23	347	114	Aug 21(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	5-8	L(5-8)	1	3.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.50	4.00	16	1	6	0	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.046	.15	0.00%	0.62	5b 12- 0 out a1	8b -23 1 out tie
24	348	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	GS-4	L(5-9)	3	3.0	8	8	7	1	1	2	0	4.96	4.21	19	8	3	0	2	6	13			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.703	.09	-0.04%	-6.88	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
25	349	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	3-GF(8)		5	5.2	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.79	4.11	22	4	11	1	0	6		1	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.128	.00	0.00%	0.93	3b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 3
Sep/Oct				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
26	350	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.75	4.08	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.198	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
27	351	130	Sep 5(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.71	4.03	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
28	352	132	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	5-6		0	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.81	4.01	7	2	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.26	5b 1-- 2 out a2	6b 3 out tie
29	353	134	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,0-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.77	4.00	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
30	354	135	Sep 9	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	7-GF		0	3.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.88	4.02	15	2	4	0	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-1.58	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
31	355	139	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	4-GF	W(6-9)	3	5.1	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.67	3.93	20	5	6	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.71	0.419	.00	0.00%	3.12	4t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
32	356	143	Sep 18(1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	3.89	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	357	145	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-9	6-GF		1	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.52	3.95	15	2	9	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
34	358	147	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	5-7		3	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.42	3.89	10	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.42	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
35	359	149	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-6	6-7		1	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.49	3.85	9	2	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.01	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
36	360	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	5-5		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.48	3.85	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.68	5b -2- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d7
							13-23		W-L:6-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	136.2	160	76	68	22	64	18	3	4.48	3.85	576	0.72		7%	3%	141	43	12	33%	7	6	1	536	25	4	0	11	5	7	.92	-1.598	1.00	-0.95%	-13.15

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