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: 23-15 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	17	29	May 20	BRO	@	STL	L,2-6	7-7		99	0.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	81.00	-3.49	5	0	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.186	3.30	-0.31%	-3.18	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -2- 1 out d4
2	18	31	May 22(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.89	1.65	31	10	16	6	0	2	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.463	3.08	0.88%	4.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
3	19	36	May 28	BRO		BSN	L,6-7	GS-7		5	6.1	8	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.45	2.70	32	7	12	5	0	2	48			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.029	4.36	0.07%	-0.73	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a3
4	20	39	May 30(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	2.69	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.39	0.02%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
5	21	42	Jun 2	BRO		STL	L,4-7	GS-9		2	8.2	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.55	2.39	33	11	18	8	0	1	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.044	4.29	-0.10%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out tie
6	22	44	Jun 4	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.21	2.39	4	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.296	6.42	-0.60%	-2.44	8t --- 0 out a3	8t --3 1 out a1
7	23	46	Jun 6	BRO		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	4	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.38	1.96	33	11	9	5	0	0	84			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.84	0.411	2.90	0.86%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	24	51	Jun 11	BRO		CIN	W,11-3	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	3	3	2	9	2	0	3.30	2.40	32	10	9	4	0	2	72			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	.51	0.236	2.29	0.64%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	25	56	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.91	2.42	33	15	12	5	0	1	72			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.573	6.28	1.54%	3.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	26	60	Jun 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(4-1)	4	10.2	9	4	4	2	1	2	0	2.98	2.91	40	17	18	10	0	2	59			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.042	5.93	-0.13%	1.22	1b start a 2	11b 12- 2 out d1
11	27	64	Jun 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,15-3	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	13	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.99	2.72	39	13	18	7	0	3	54			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.221	2.86	0.66%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
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
12	28	68	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-8	L(5-2)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.18	2.73	31	13	12	5	0	2	47			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.080	7.40	-0.26%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
13	29	72	Jul 4(2)	BRO		PHI	W,8-4	GS-8	W(6-2)	2	7.2	10	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.31	2.86	34	11	14	5	0	4	44			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.113	6.43	0.46%	-0.56	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a3
14	30	74	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.48	3.00	6	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.097	2.89	-0.38%	-1.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
15	31	76	Jul 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GS-5		1	4.2	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.59	2.99	24	3	13	4	0	1	41			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.110	9.07	-0.42%	-0.87	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out tie
16	32	80	Jul 15	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	CG	W(7-2)	6	9.0	10	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.72	3.11	39	12	18	11	0	1	47			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.46	0.117	2.62	0.40%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	33	84	Jul 19	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	10	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.74	2.99	31	12	11	6	0	1	47			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.214	7.90	0.76%	1.91	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out tie
18	34	85	Jul 20	BRO		PIT	L,6-8	9-GF	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.80	3.09	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.617	12.39	-2.11%	-2.06	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 2
19	35	89	Jul 24	BRO		STL	L,1-14	GS-1	L(7-3)	3	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.09	3	0	2	2	0	1	32			0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.253	11.79	-1.46%	-2.92	1t start tie	1t --3 0 out d2
20	36	92	Jul 27	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS-9	W(8-3)	2	8.1	9	3	3	2	10	1	1	3.99	3.06	37	9	10	3	0	5	61			1	1	0	34	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.143	5.50	0.45%	0.50	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a4
21	37	96	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	8	2	1	2	6	0	1	3.78	3.00	36	10	13	5	0	4	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.447	9.66	2.64%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
22	38	100	Aug 4	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	11	3	3	3	3	0	1	3.72	3.01	40	11	20	9	0	2	53			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	2	0	0	.90	0.080	5.51	0.30%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
23	39	105	Aug 8	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.55	3.07	32	13	9	2	0	2	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.675	9.08	2.67%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	40	109	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(11-4)	3	7.0	6	5	5	5	4	2	0	3.69	3.26	31	13	7	3	0	2	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.92	-0.219	5.72	-0.81%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
25	41	111	Aug 16	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(11-5)	3	12.0	8	2	1	4	4	0	0	3.47	3.23	47	22	15	4	0	2	80			0	0	0	43	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.582	9.91	2.24%	4.35	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
26	42	116	Aug 21	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(11-6)	4	8.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.57	3.26	33	13	10	3	0	4	48			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	.53	-0.229	3.73	-0.96%	-1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
27	43	120	Aug 24	BRO		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-6)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.39	3.19	34	11	15	6	0	0	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.448	13.58	3.67%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	44	125	Aug 28	BRO		PIT	W,9-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.23	3.16	35	12	10	5	0	1	81			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.39	0.195	2.61	0.79%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
29	45	130	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.09	3.09	34	8	16	5	0	1	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.199	2.89	0.79%	4.58	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
30	46	135	Sep 6	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	1	0	3.04	3.13	36	10	12	5	0	2	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.095	4.66	0.45%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	47	139	Sep 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.09	3.15	22	8	9	4	0	1	43			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.151	10.88	-0.80%	-0.70	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out tie
32	48	143	Sep 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-5	L(15-7)	5	4.2	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.28	3.16	21	8	9	4	0	1	27			1	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.191	7.49	-0.99%	-2.64	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
33	49	145	Sep 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.15	3	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.015	1.67	0.06%	1.48	9b 12- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
34	50	148	Sep 21(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	L(15-8)	2	8.0	8	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.19	3.17	34	12	11	3	0	5	60			0	0	0	28	5	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.206	34.34	2.93%	1.39	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out d1
35	51	151	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(16-8)	2	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.10	3.16	34	10	10	3	0	2	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.43	0.245	7.50	2.59%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
36	52	152	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.14	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.32	0.019	6.04	0.22%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
37	53	154	Sep 29(2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-0	SHO(5)	W(17-8)	3	5.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.02	3.08	18	4	6	1	0	2	65			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.062	5.41	0.87%	2.42	1b start a 5	5b 3 out a8
38	54	156	Oct 2	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	GS-4		2	3.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.13	3.13	18	6	7	5	0	1	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.202	17.74	-2.30%	-2.42	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out a2
							23-15		W-L:17-8,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.6	244.1	223	88	85	73	149	17	3	3.13	3.13	1005	0.87		22%	0%	67	59	4	50%	4	6	0	918	38	8	4	24	0	9	.94	3.078	7.11	15.29%	36.37

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