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: 29-9 / in Starts: 27-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	198	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,6-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.1	5	5	5	2	2	1	1	19.29	10.08	14	4	4	3	0	1	27			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.398	3.72	-0.61%	-3.72	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d3
2	199	5	Apr 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(1-1)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.48	4.41	22	10	9	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.205	1.68	0.31%	1.77	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a3
3	200	9	Apr 28	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	9	1	0	4.15	3.41	35	11	10	3	0	3	68			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.155	4.07	0.33%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 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
4	201	14	May 3	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	GS-9	W(3-1)	4	8.0	11	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.91	3.44	34	11	17	6	0	4	50			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.028	1.27	0.05%	-0.20	1b start a 4	9b 12- 0 out a4
5	202	18	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.88	3.07	32	15	11	1	0	2	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.34	0.212	.80	0.30%	4.25	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
6	203	21	May 13	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	6.0	6	4	4	0	5	1	1	3.35	3.11	25	10	5	2	0	4	49			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.080	2.14	0.14%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a2
7	204	25	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,5-10	GS-3	L(5-2)	5	2.1	6	6	5	2	4	1	0	4.22	3.33	16	2	8	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	13	3	0	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.420	3.32	-0.90%	-5.87	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d5
8	205	27	May 20(2)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	4-GF	W(6-2)	0	5.2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.18	20	10	9	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.290	4.50	0.53%	2.53	4t 12- 1 out tie	9t end a 2
9	206	30	May 25	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(6-3)	4	8.0	9	6	6	2	4	3	0	4.15	3.72	34	13	8	1	0	7	42			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.386	2.21	-0.69%	-2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	207	33	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.72	3.32	34	11	13	6	1	3	76			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.147	1.66	0.25%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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
11	208	38	Jun 2(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(7-4)	3	8.0	10	5	4	1	5	0	0	3.80	3.12	33	13	14	10	0	0	48			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	2	0	0	.94	-0.174	2.36	-0.26%	-1.22	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
12	209	42	Jun 6	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	5	2	0	1	6	1	0	3.39	3.09	34	11	15	4	0	1	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.310	3.69	0.67%	2.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
13	210	47	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-9	W(9-4)	4	8.1	10	6	6	2	5	2	0	3.67	3.26	35	13	13	6	0	2	42			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.096	4.31	-0.24%	-0.29	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out a5
14	211	52	Jun 17(2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	GS-5	L(9-5)	5	5.0	5	3	2	2	3	2	0	3.67	3.49	22	4	11	6	0	2	48			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.095	3.92	-0.28%	-0.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
15	212	55	Jun 21	BRO		STL	W,9-8	GS-6		3	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.83	3.70	23	5	13	5	0	3	36			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.197	4.89	-0.57%	-1.58	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out tie
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
16	213	69	Jul 4(1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-2	GS-8	W(10-5)	12	8.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.72	3.54	30	9	14	7	0	1	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.32	0.189	1.28	0.46%	1.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out a12
17	214	73	Jul 8(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.58	3.53	32	7	20	5	0	1	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.42	0.251	1.95	0.70%	2.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
18	215	76	Jul 13(1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	GS-1		4	1.0	6	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.01	3.60	9	3	1	1	0	3	19			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.396	7.39	-1.44%	-5.55	1b start tie	1b 3 out d6
19	216	79	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-6	W(12-5)	1	6.0	3	4	3	2	1	1	0	4.03	3.67	24	10	10	3	0	1	51			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	1	.87	-0.210	3.03	-0.44%	-1.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
20	217	84	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	3.83	3.73	33	13	16	6	0	2	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.378	2.48	0.64%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	218	89	Jul 25	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(14-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.65	3.63	33	8	14	5	0	1	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.573	5.33	1.47%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	219	93	Jul 29(1)	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.43	3.57	32	11	17	5	0	0	77			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.726	6.53	1.88%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
23	220	98	Aug 2	BRO		MLN	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	3.24	3.38	31	7	12	3	0	2	89			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.545	6.91	2.46%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	221	103	Aug 7	BRO		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.07	3.29	32	14	8	1	0	2	79			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	0	.89	0.439	5.03	1.49%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	222	107	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.02	3.33	29	9	17	2	0	2	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.283	3.58	1.00%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	223	110	Aug 15	BRO		NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	L(18-6)	3	8.0	3	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.94	3.34	30	11	9	2	0	1	75			0	1	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	1	.94	0.308	5.66	1.12%	3.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	224	114	Aug 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(19-6)	3	8.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.86	3.33	31	8	18	6	0	0	69			1	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	0.399	7.08	1.39%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
28	225	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	W(20-6)	3	9.0	8	5	5	1	6	3	0	2.96	3.43	35	9	14	3	1	5	56			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.286	11.34	1.44%	-0.50	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
29	226	121	Aug 27	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-3	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.01	3.50	22	6	7	2	0	3	47			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.129	7.81	-0.93%	-0.76	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
30	227	122	Aug 28(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	8-GF	BW(21-6)	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.49	8	5	3	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.021	20.06	-0.10%	-0.61	8b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 2
31	228	126	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(22-6)	2	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.03	3.53	34	8	18	7	0	2	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.058	5.19	0.28%	1.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
32	229	135	Sep 7(2)	BRO		NYG	W,3-1	CG(11)	W(23-6)	6	11.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.93	3.44	39	11	23	5	0	1	85			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	0.813	11.44	4.08%	4.72	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
33	230	139	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	GS-2		4	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.07	3.45	7	3	2	0	0	1	30			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.322	23.59	-4.14%	-3.40	1t start tie	2t --3 0 out tie
34	231	141	Sep 15	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(24-6)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.95	3.39	32	14	10	1	0	1	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.79	0.452	10.15	3.48%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	232	145	Sep 19	BRO		STL	W,17-2	GS-7	W(25-6)	3	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	2	0	2.94	3.44	28	6	15	8	0	4	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.127	8.46	1.19%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a13
36	233	148	Sep 23 susp	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-8	W(26-6)	3	8.0	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	2.92	3.43	34	17	12	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.26	-0.048	24.47	-0.56%	0.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
37	234	151	Sep 26	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	GS-5	L(26-7)	2	5.0	5	4	2	1	2	1	1	2.93	3.47	22	8	8	2	0	2	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.190	23.40	-2.76%	-1.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
38	235	154	Sep 30	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	GS-8	W(27-7)	3	7.1	11	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.06	3.48	32	11	13	4	0	5	33			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.024	21.29	-0.28%	-2.11	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
							29-9		W-L:27-7,BSv:1	3.3	268.0	219	101	91	46	139	33	3	3.06	3.48	1052	0.80		19%	0%	72	59	3	33%	5	5	0	992	45	4	8	21	3	11	.92	4.148	6.55	11.46%	31.05

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