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	34-23 / in Starts: 25-6
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 125 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	85 (45-26-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 125 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (42-25-12)

Most Driven In
Self	7
C Furillo	5
D Zimmer	3
G Hodges	3
S AmorÃ³s	1
F Kellert	1
J Robinson	1
R Campanella	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
D Snider	4
P Reese	2
F Kellert	1
S AmorÃ³s	1
J Robinson	0
J Gilliam	0

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	170	2 (1)	Apr 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-8	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	9	.71	0.052	1.98	0.09%	1.72	P
2	171	8 (5)	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.571	2.143	9	.46	0.058	1.97	0.15%	0.65	P
3	172	13 (4)	Apr 24	BRO		NYG	L,10-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.375	1.875	9	.84	-0.024	3.81	-0.07%	-0.24	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	173	21 (7)	May 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	11-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.375	1.875	9						P
5	174	24 (2)	May 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.083	1.583	9	.78	0.058	4.03	0.18%	0.39	P
6	175	25	May 11	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-10	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.462	1.000	1.462	9	.93	-0.024	4.57	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
7	176	29 (3)	May 15 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.765	1.118	9	.83	-0.092	3.80	-0.25%	-1.23	P
8	177	34 (4)	May 21	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.650	.950	9	.59	-0.031	2.88	-0.09%	-0.56	P
9	178	37 (2)	May 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.292	.667	.958	9	1.00	0.030	4.78	0.09%	1.66	P
10	179	42 (4)	May 30 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-3	CG	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.893	1.250	9	.76	0.353	3.27	0.92%	2.92	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
11	180	47 (4)	Jun 4	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.355	.871	1.226	9	.40	0.022	1.63	0.05%	-0.36	P
12	181	49 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	BRO		STL	W,10-6	4-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.875	1.250	9	1.16	0.083	4.73	0.20%	0.85	PH
13	182	52 (2)	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.886	1.286	9	.80	0.116	2.89	0.25%	1.03	P
14	183	55 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.861	1.250	9	.81	-0.021	3.67	-0.06%	-0.25	P
15	184	56	Jun 12 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.378	.838	1.216	9	2.15	-0.061	10.90	-0.19%	-0.52	PH
16	185	58 (1)	Jun 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.395	.838	1.233	9	.24	0.008	.60	0.01%	0.39	PH
17	186	60 (1)	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	W,12-1	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405	.419	.905	1.323	9	.50	0.160	1.40	0.27%	1.48	P
18	187	61	Jun 18	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.419	.432	.907	1.339	8	3.04	0.080	7.25	0.12%	0.39	PH
19	188	63 (1)	Jun 21	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG(11)	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.426	.449	.915	1.364	9	1.07	0.159	3.99	0.36%	3.32	P
20	189	65 (1)	Jun 23	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.426	.460	.915	1.375	9	1.80	0.060	4.66	0.09%	0.39	PH
21	190	67 (1)	Jun 25	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.451	.481	.902	1.383	9	1.08	0.144	2.82	0.23%	1.50	P
22	191	68	Jun 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.442	.473	.885	1.357	9	1.56	-0.039	3.25	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
23	192	70 (1)	Jun 29	BRO		NYG	L,1-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.434	.464	.868	1.332	9	.19	-0.005	.31	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
24	193	71	Jun 30	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.418	.458	.836	1.294	9	1.02	-0.028	1.86	-0.03%	-0.07	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
25	194	72	Jul 1	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.411	.450	.821	1.271	9	5.11	-0.147	7.44	-0.13%	-0.33	PH
26	195	73	Jul 2	BRO		PIT	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.459	.825	1.284	9	.25	0.009	.42	0.01%	0.39	P
27	196	75 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.414	.452	.810	1.262	9	.33	-0.008	.76	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
28	197	76	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.433	.758	1.191	9	.45	-0.081	.94	-0.10%	-1.09	P
29	198	82 (5)	Jul 8	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.426	.746	1.173	9	.26	-0.007	.36	-0.01%	-0.11	P
30	199	85 (2)	Jul 14	BRO		STL	L,1-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.420	.734	1.155	9	.27	-0.007	.43	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
31	200	86	Jul 15	BRO		STL	W,12-3	CG	5	5	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.406	.446	.797	1.243	9	.59	0.175	1.10	0.20%	4.03	P
32	201	87	Jul 16	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.440	.786	1.226	9	4.06	-0.104	6.21	-0.10%	-0.79	PH
33	202	90 (2)	Jul 18	BRO		CIN	L,5-9	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.408	.447	.789	1.236	9	1.24	0.054	1.22	0.03%	0.94	PH
34	203	91	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.425	.747	1.172	9	.20	-0.020	.17	-0.01%	-0.84	P
35	204	95 (3)	Jul 23	BRO		MLN	L,6-11	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.395	.432	.750	1.182	9	1.11	0.050	.93	0.03%	0.39	PH
36	205	96	Jul 24 (1)	BRO		MLN	W,9-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.432	.750	1.182	9						P
37	206	98 (1)	Jul 26	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.388	.424	.725	1.149	9	.47	-0.049	.31	-0.02%	-0.77	P
38	207	101 (2)	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.395	.430	.741	1.171	9	1.65	0.104	1.19	0.05%	1.17	PH
39	208	103 (1)	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.376	.418	.706	1.123	9	.48	-0.050	.28	-0.02%	-1.52	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
40	209	104	Aug 1	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.384	.424	.709	1.133	9	3.23	0.102	2.05	0.04%	0.64	PH
41	210	107 (2)	Aug 4	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.415	.693	1.108	9	1.29	-0.065	.36	-0.01%	-0.65	P
42	211	108	Aug 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.411	.685	1.096	9	1.58	-0.040	.13	0.00%	-0.16	PH
43	212	109	Aug 7	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.417	.689	1.106	9	2.16	0.087	.13	0.00%	0.39	PH
44	213	110	Aug 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.372	.410	.670	1.080	9	1.60	-0.087	.16	-0.01%	-0.63	P
45	214	111	Aug 9	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379	.416	.674	1.090	9	4.41	0.047	.82	0.01%	0.34	PH
46	215	113 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.374	.410	.657	1.066	9	1.92	0.030	.02	0.00%	-0.42	P
47	216	116 (2)	Aug 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.406	.650	1.056	9	.76	-0.018	.04	0.00%	-0.37	PH
48	217	118 (1)	Aug 19	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.363	.398	.637	1.035	9	1.13	-0.075	.06	0.00%	-0.82	P
49	218	119	Aug 20	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.394	.631	1.026	9	5.46	-0.140	.42	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
50	219	120	Aug 21	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.391	.625	1.016	9	5.70	-0.144	.86	-0.01%	-0.77	PH
51	220	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	W,6-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.387	.619	1.006	9	.72	-0.018	.18	0.00%	-0.17	P
52	221	129 (7)	Aug 30	BRO		MLN	W,8-6	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.395	.617	1.012	9	.61	0.047	.08	0.00%	0.31	P
53	222	130	Aug 31	BRO		MLN	L,8-13	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.391	.611	1.002	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
Sept		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
54	223	135 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.395	.634	1.029	9	.89	0.242	.00	0.00%	2.50	P
55	224	139 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.392	.628	1.020	9	.87	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
56	225	150 (10)	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.362	.398	.638	1.036	9	1.06	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
57	226	152 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.395	.632	1.028	9	2.16	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
							34-23		125	117	18	42	9	1	7	23	6	0	18	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	.359	.395	.632	1.028		1.05	0.974	1.84	2.11%	13.56

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