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	15-33 / in Starts: 7-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 62 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	30 (18-7-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 62 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (20-11-6)

Most Driven In
R McMillan	1
J Romano	1

Most Driven In By
H Kuenn	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	424	1	Apr 12	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.22	PH
2	425	5 (3)	Apr 17 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.040	2.12	-0.07%	-0.50	P
3	426	11 (5)	Apr 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.56	-0.020	1.17	-0.03%	-0.53	P
4	427	13 (1)	Apr 27	CIN		MLN	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.015	1.20	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
5	428	14	Apr 30	CIN		PIT	L,7-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.51	-0.011	.88	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
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
6	429	15	May 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-13	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.57	-0.008	.85	-0.01%	-0.03	P
7	430	25 (9)	May 14	CIN		PHI	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	1.04	-0.026	2.83	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
8	431	27 (1)	May 15 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	9	.67	0.001	1.50	0.00%	0.15	P
9	432	29 (1)	May 17	CIN		SFG	L,3-9	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.41	-0.012	1.35	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
10	433	35 (5)	May 22 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277	9	.94	-0.029	2.09	-0.04%	-0.17	P
11	434	36	May 23	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.188	.071	.259	9	2.73	-0.076	5.84	-0.10%	-0.35	PH
12	435	41 (4)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	.95	-0.047	2.58	-0.08%	-0.37	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
13	436	45 (3)	Jun 4	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.056	.150	.056	.206	9	.88	0.006	1.85	0.01%	0.17	P
14	437	52 (6)	Jun 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.143	.360	9	1.09	0.042	2.63	0.06%	0.23	P
15	438	56 (3)	Jun 16	CIN		STL	L,5-6	5-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.24	0.026	.33	0.02%	1.09	PH
16	439	57	Jun 17	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	1.10	-0.051	1.40	-0.04%	-0.45	P
17	440	64 (6)	Jun 25	CIN		SFG	L,2-5	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.66	-0.017	.55	-0.01%	-0.15	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
18	441	68 (3)	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.214	.448	9	.91	-0.061	.82	-0.03%	-0.64	P
19	442	69	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.207	.433	9	1.51	-0.076	1.70	-0.05%	-0.79	PH
20	443	73 (3)	Jul 5	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.212	.194	.406	9	1.28	-0.064	1.48	-0.05%	-0.46	P
21	444	77 (3)	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.194	.176	.371	9	.64	-0.047	.28	-0.01%	-0.43	P
22	445	82 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.194	.176	.371	9						P
23	446	85 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.184	.167	.351	9	.31	-0.015	.08	0.00%	-0.31	P
24	447	90 (4)	Jul 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.205	.167	.372	9	.45	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.12	P
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians
25	448	93	Jul 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.200	.162	.362	8	2.08	-0.051	4.25	-0.06%	-0.16	PH
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
26	449	95 (1)	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.200	.162	.362	9						P
27	450	98 (2)	Aug 6	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.200	.162	.362	9						P
28	451	100 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.195	.158	.353	9	.06	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.10	PH
29	452	103 (2)	Aug 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9	.93	0.005	.45	0.00%	-0.06	P
30	453	107 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.167	.367	9	1.22	-0.031	.17	0.00%	-0.10	P
31	454	108	Aug 16	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.196	.163	.358	9	4.31	-0.095	.48	-0.01%	-0.46	P
32	455	111 (2)	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	7-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.213	.182	.395	9	.89	0.042	.22	0.01%	0.39	P
33	456	114 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	5-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.229	.182	.411	9	3.18	0.033	.25	0.00%	0.27	P
34	457	117 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	GS-4	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.260	.239	.499	9	1.37	0.246	.12	0.01%	2.06	P
35	458	124 (6)	Aug 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.255	.234	.489	7	1.23	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
36	459	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.224	.470	9	.88	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.26	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
37	460	128 (2)	Sep 3	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.224	.470	9						P
38	461	130 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.224	.470	9						P
39	462	132 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.224	.470	9						P
40	463	134 (1)	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,0-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.224	.470	9						P
41	464	135	Sep 9	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9	.09	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
42	465	138 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.255	.235	.490	9	3.40	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
43	466	139	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.246	.226	.472	9	.48	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
44	467	143 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	9	3.40	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
45	468	145 (1)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-9	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.254	.236	.491	9	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
46	469	147 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.250	.232	.482	9	1.30	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
47	470	149 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-6	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.250	.232	.482	9						P
48	471	153 (3)	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.250	.232	.482	9						P
							15-33		62	56	1	11	2	0	0	2	4	0	15	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.196	.250	.232	.482		1.02	-0.687	1.07	-0.56%	-4.06

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