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: 17-12 / in Starts: 16-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	135	2	Apr 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	1	4.00	4.29	37	13	11	2	0	5	60			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.57	0.231	1.35	0.33%	0.64	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
2	136	5	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	GS-3		4	2.0	6	4	3	3	1	1	0	5.73	5.76	15	4	6	5	0	1	28			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.303	3.77	-0.49%	-3.33	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out d2
3	137	10	Apr 25(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS-1	L(1-1)	5	0.1	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	8.74	7.34	6	1	2	1	0	1	27			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.297	3.54	-0.61%	-3.69	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d3
4	138	15	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	11	3	2	0	8	0	0	5.75	4.37	37	8	20	10	0	1	63			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.270	3.08	0.55%	1.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
5	139	19	May 7	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	10	1	1	3	7	0	0	4.30	3.59	38	13	14	8	0	1	67			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	0.522	6.18	1.13%	3.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	140	23	May 12	BRO		MLN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	2	0	4.58	3.87	26	6	8	3	0	5	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	1	0	0	.63	-0.130	2.35	-0.29%	-0.82	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
7	141	30	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,3-9	8-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	3.83	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.002	.13	-0.01%	-0.08	8t 1-- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
8	142	37	May 27	BRO		PHI	L,5-11	GS-3	L(3-3)	7	2.2	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.85	3.71	14	3	7	3	0	1	37			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.212	3.78	-0.44%	-2.03	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d2
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
9	143	43	Jun 2	BRO	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS-2		5	1.2	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	4.87	3.80	11	1	2	1	0	1	47			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.090	7.84	-0.25%	-0.80	1b start a 1	2b 123 2 out tie
10	144	47	Jun 6	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-5		3	4.2	7	4	4	0	1	3	0	5.16	4.47	20	7	8	3	0	4	35			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.204	3.20	-0.59%	-1.75	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d3
11	145	59	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(4-3)	11	9.0	5	3	3	4	8	2	1	4.80	4.59	37	9	12	3	1	3	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.208	4.50	0.56%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	146	64	Jun 23	BRO		CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	1	4.55	4.20	33	13	15	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	1	.83	0.125	4.07	0.37%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	147	69	Jun 29	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	0	4.35	4.27	26	9	10	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.051	5.15	0.27%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
14	148	73	Jul 3	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-5		3	4.1	4	3	2	3	3	0	0	4.34	4.21	20	5	9	4	0	0	45			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.097	4.75	-0.25%	-0.40	1b start a 2	5b --3 1 out a1
15	149	78	Jul 7	BRO		NYG	L,2-10	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	4.1	7	7	6	3	2	2	0	4.78	4.50	24	6	10	1	0	3	22			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.358	6.78	-1.73%	-4.63	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
16	150	83	Jul 11(2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.60	4.41	25	8	11	1	0	3	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.086	4.47	0.22%	1.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	151	88	Jul 17	BRO	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS-9		5	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.26	4.20	40	16	15	6	0	3	65			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.60	0.563	5.32	1.13%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
18	152	93	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.2	7	4	2	4	4	1	0	4.16	4.25	32	10	14	5	0	0	48			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	0.021	4.04	0.04%	-0.81	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
19	153	98	Jul 27	BRO		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.2	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.32	4.32	21	7	5	2	0	3	40			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.002	2.87	-0.01%	-1.59	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a2
20	154	102	Jul 31	BRO		MLN	L,7-15	GS-2	L(6-6)	3	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	4.61	4.54	7	0	7	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.291	4.13	-0.98%	-3.10	1t start tie	2t -2- 0 out d2
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
21	155	103	Aug 1	BRO		MLN	L,6-14	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.48	7	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
22	156	114	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	6-6		12	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.49	4.46	4	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.010	2.11	0.07%	0.53	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
23	157	116	Aug 16	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.41	4.41	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.026	1.83	0.11%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	158	119	Aug 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS-7	W(7-6)	2	6.0	10	4	4	4	1	3	0	4.49	4.72	32	11	11	3	0	5	33			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.047	4.50	0.19%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a4
25	159	123	Aug 24	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-4	GS-3		4	2.2	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.54	4.70	14	6	5	2	0	2	35			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.070	5.99	-0.23%	-0.89	1b start a 1	3b 12- 2 out a3
26	160	130	Aug 31	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(7-7)	6	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	0	4.43	4.57	27	3	13	5	0	2	66			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.023	4.31	0.10%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Sept				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
27	161	137	Sep 6(2)	BRO		PIT	L,7-9	GS-1	L(7-8)	5	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.77	4.61	6	3	1	1	0	0	23			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.282	5.44	-0.81%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
28	162	141	Sep 11	BRO		MLN	W,5-3	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	1	4.65	4.62	37	15	14	4	0	2	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.289	4.03	0.80%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	163	145	Sep 15	BRO		CIN	W,10-4	GS-8	W(9-8)	3	7.0	8	4	2	3	2	0	0	4.55	4.55	33	19	9	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	30	4	0	2	1	0	1	1.09	0.103	6.91	0.39%	0.71	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
							17-12		W-L:9-8	4.0	144.1	158	81	73	49	82	24	5	4.55	4.55	640	0.82		20%	0%	50	47	1	100%	4	2	0	576	43	1	4	10	2	9	.95	0.237	4.30	-0.41%	-5.37

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