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: 13-15 / in Starts: 13-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	236	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7		99	7.0	9	6	5	1	4	0	0	6.43	1.74	31	10	14	8	0	2	40			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.499	2.80	-0.75%	-2.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	237	4	Apr 21(1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	4	2.1	7	4	4	0	0	3	0	8.68	6.10	15	6	9	4	0	0	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.241	3.55	-0.45%	-2.70	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d4
3	238	9	Apr 27	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.40	3.98	34	17	13	6	1	1	64			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	1	0	.65	0.297	2.19	0.60%	2.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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	239	14	May 3	BRO		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.62	3.55	34	13	14	1	0	3	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.244	1.30	0.53%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	240	19	May 8	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	CG	L(2-2)	4	9.0	11	7	7	1	0	3	0	4.46	4.44	38	18	15	3	0	4	36			0	0	1	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.425	3.83	-0.99%	-2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	241	23	May 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-3)	5	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.26	4.13	33	13	15	6	0	1	56			1	0	0	31	1	2	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.031	2.09	-0.06%	0.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	242	26	May 19	BRO	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	0	4.05	4.16	36	7	19	5	0	3	64			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.007	3.25	-0.01%	1.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
8	243	30	May 24	BRO		NYG	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.47	3.72	35	11	17	7	0	1	75			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.304	2.23	0.58%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	244	34	May 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-11	L(4-4)	3	10.1	10	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.22	3.53	39	19	15	6	0	2	64			0	1	0	37	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.70	0.133	6.09	0.29%	1.62	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out tie
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
10	245	40	Jun 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.46	3.72	31	8	20	7	0	2	49			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.285	2.47	-0.68%	-1.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	246	48	Jun 10	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-6)	7	8.0	8	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.35	3.72	32	10	15	7	0	3	58			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.054	4.91	0.14%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
12	247	52	Jun 14	BRO		STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(5-6)	3	10.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.10	3.69	39	17	16	5	0	2	74			1	0	0	38	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.54	0.693	5.94	1.60%	4.27	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
13	248	57	Jun 18	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.84	3.53	33	11	13	4	0	1	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.163	1.13	0.35%	4.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
14	249	61	Jun 22	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-6)	3	8.0	8	4	2	2	5	2	0	2.80	3.65	34	10	16	8	0	1	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.105	3.63	-0.22%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
15	250	65	Jun 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,9-13	GS-5		3	4.1	8	7	7	1	1	5	0	3.23	4.16	22	6	10	3	0	4	19			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.449	3.07	-1.02%	-4.99	1b start a 2	5b --- 1 out a2
16	251	68	Jun 30(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.16	3.98	31	7	16	3	0	1	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.108	3.87	-0.19%	1.35	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a1
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
17	252	73	Jul 4(2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.09	3.97	36	14	13	5	0	4	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	.62	0.183	1.77	0.31%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	253	79	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(9-6)	7	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.96	3.78	32	9	14	5	0	2	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.462	3.96	0.86%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	254	83	Jul 17	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	3.1	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.13	3.80	15	4	6	3	0	2	37			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.273	4.98	-0.86%	-2.44	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
20	255	89	Jul 21(2)	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	GS-4		3	4.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.17	3.83	16	3	4	2	0	2	51			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.027	3.42	-0.07%	0.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
21	256	92	Jul 25	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-8)	3	7.0	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.14	3.77	30	7	17	8	0	1	52			0	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.085	7.36	-0.30%	0.11	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out tie
22	257	97	Jul 30(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.19	3.78	25	7	15	5	0	2	45			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.085	3.81	-0.22%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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	258	106	Aug 7	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	GS-9	L(9-10)	7	8.0	10	7	7	2	6	1	0	3.41	3.76	36	12	11	2	0	5	38			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.32	-0.609	4.93	-1.36%	-2.18	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
24	259	111	Aug 11(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-3		3	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.40	3.78	12	4	4	1	0	0	50			0	0	0	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.09	0.022	3.35	0.04%	0.41	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
25	260	121	Aug 21	BRO		CIN	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-10)	9	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.24	3.67	32	7	17	5	0	1	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.355	1.12	0.40%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	261	126	Aug 27	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	GS-2	L(10-11)	5	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.40	3.76	12	2	4	2	0	2	29			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.295	1.09	-0.26%	-3.40	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
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	262	134	Sep 4	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-3	GS-7	W(11-11)	7	6.1	9	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.38	3.73	31	8	15	5	0	1	46			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.047	.07	0.00%	-0.22	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out a2
28	263	144	Sep 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-11	GS-5	L(11-12)	10	4.1	6	6	4	0	0	3	0	3.49	3.90	21	6	15	4	0	0	31			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	.95	-0.357	.33	-0.07%	-3.71	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d4
							13-15		W-L:11-12	4.4	198.2	199	86	77	33	90	28	1	3.49	3.90	815	0.72		20%	0%	53	54		---%	3	6	2	770	25	6	4	8	4	9	.97	-0.924	3.24	-1.82%	12.62

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