Don Newcombe

Positions: Starting Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: June 14, 1926 in Madison, NJ us

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Elizabeth, NJ)

Debut: May 20, 1949 (Age 22-340d, 8,195th in MLB history)
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 1949 season

Full Name: Donald Newcombe

Nicknames: Newk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.0

W

149

L

ERA

3.56

G

344

GS

294

SV

IP

2154.2

SO

1129

WHIP

1.203

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1944	18		Newark	NNL	NgM		1	3	.250		7.50		4		1	0		24.0	23	20			4		9	3		0		1.125	8.6		1.5	3.4	2.25
1945	19		Newark	NNL	NgM		3	4	.429		3.65		7		5	0		56.2	42	23			12		35	0		1		0.953	6.7		1.9	5.6	2.92
1946	20	-5.6	Nashua	NENL	B	BRO	14	4	.778	2.21	2.32	26	19					155.0	109	40	38		79							1.213	6.3		4.6
1947	21	-2.3	Nashua	NENL	B	BRO	19	6	.760	2.91	3.79	29	27					223.0	180	94	72		116							1.327	7.3		4.7
1948	22	-5.0	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	17	6	.739	3.14	3.95	37	27		16	3		189.0	151	83	66		106		144	9	0	5		1.360	7.2		5.0	6.9	1.36
1949	23	-5.8	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	17	8	.680	3.17	3.28	38	31	5	19	5	1	244.1	223	89	86	17	73		149	3	2	4	1005	1.211	8.2	0.6	2.7	5.5	2.04
1949	23	-3.6	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	2	2	.500	2.65	3.18	5	5		2	2		34.0	21	12	10		16		27	0	0	1		1.088	5.6		4.2	7.1	1.69
1950	24	-4.3	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	19	11	.633	3.70	4.04	40	35	4	20	4	3	267.1	258	120	110	22	75		130	2	1	1	1101	1.246	8.7	0.7	2.5	4.4	1.73
1951	25	-3.6	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	20	9	.690	3.28	3.81	40	36	2	18	3	0	272.0	235	115	99	19	91		164	6	0	7	1125	1.199	7.8	0.6	3.0	5.4	1.80

1954	28	-0.5	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	9	8	.529	4.55	5.05	29	25	2	6	0	0	144.1	158	81	73	24	49		82	5	0	0	640	1.434	9.9	1.5	3.1	5.1	1.67
1955	29	1.0	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	20	5	.800	3.20	3.97	34	31	1	17	1	0	233.2	222	103	83	35	38	1	143	1	0	0	943	1.113	8.6	1.3	1.5	5.5	3.76
1956	30	1.4	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	27	7	.794	3.06	3.39	38	36	2	18	5	0	268.0	219	101	91	33	46	8	139	3	0	4	1052	0.989	7.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	3.02
1957	31	3.4	BRO	NL	MLB	BRO	11	12	.478	3.49	3.90	28	28	0	12	4	0	198.2	199	86	77	28	33	4	90	1	0	0	815	1.168	9.0	1.3	1.5	4.1	2.73
1958	32		2 Teams	NL	MLB	LAD-CIN	7	13	.350	4.67	5.26	31	26	4	8	0	1	167.2	212	98	87	31	36	5	69	1	0	2	734	1.479	11.4	1.7	1.9	3.7	1.92
1958	32	4.3	LAD	NL	MLB	LAD	0	6	.000	7.86	9.70	11	8	2	1	0	0	34.1	53	37	30	11	8	1	16	0	0	0	163	1.777	13.9	2.9	2.1	4.2	2.00
1958	32	4.3	CIN	NL	MLB	CIN	7	7	.500	3.85	4.12	20	18	2	7	0	1	133.1	159	61	57	20	28	4	53	1	0	2	571	1.403	10.7	1.4	1.9	3.6	1.89
1959	33	5.3	CIN	NL	MLB	CIN	13	8	.619	3.16	3.53	30	29	1	17	2	1	222.0	216	87	78	25	27	3	100	5	0	4	899	1.095	8.8	1.0	1.1	4.1	3.70
1960	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	MLB	CIN	6	9	.400	4.48	5.00	36	17	13	1	0	1	136.2	160	76	68	18	22	0	63	3	0	0	577	1.332	10.5	1.2	1.4	4.1	2.86
1960	34	6.6	CIN	NL	MLB	CIN	4	6	.400	4.57	5.23	16	15	0	1	0	0	82.2	99	48	42	12	14	0	36	3	0	0	354	1.367	10.8	1.3	1.5	3.9	2.57
1960	34	6.1	CLE	AL	MLB	CLE	2	3	.400	4.33	4.67	20	2	13	0	0	1	54.0	61	28	26	6	8	0	27	0	0	0	223	1.278	10.2	1.0	1.3	4.5	3.38
1961	35	8.9	Spokane	PCL	AAA	LAD	9	8	.529	4.96	5.51	25	23		8	2		147.0	204	90	81	16	15	1	76	0	0	3		1.490	12.5	1.0	0.9	4.7	5.07
1962	36	10.9	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0		4.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
MLB (10 seasons)					MLB		149	90	.623	3.56	3.99	344	294	34	136	24	7	2154.2	2102	956	852	252	490	21	1129	30	3	22	8891	1.203	8.8	1.1	2.0	4.7	2.30
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		61	26	.701	3.21	3.84	122	101		26	7		748.0	665	319	267	16	332	1	247	9	0	9		1.333	8.0		4.0
NLB (2 seasons)					NLB		4	7	.364		4.80		11		6	0		80.2	65	43			16		44	3		1		1.004	7.3		1.8	4.9	2.75
All Levels (17 Seasons)							214	123	.635		3.98	467	407	34	168	31	7	2987.1	2834	1320	1121	268	840	22	1424	42	3	32	8907	1.230	8.5		2.5

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		28	16	.636	3.82	4.50	67	55		26	7		370.0	376	185	157	16	137	1	247	9	0	9		1.386	9.1		3.3	6.0	1.80
B (2 seasons)					Minors		33	10	.767	2.62	3.19	55	46					378.0	289	134	110		195							1.280	6.9		4.6

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