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: 11-20 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	264	3	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.1	4	5	2	2	1	1	0	5.40	7.58	17	3	9	3	0	2	37			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.315	2.48	-0.50%	-2.58	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out tie
2	265	13	Apr 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-7	9-GF		11	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	5.94	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
3	266	15	May 1	LAD		PIT	L,3-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	1	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	0	6.75	6.44	23	3	17	6	1	1	33			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.402	1.80	-0.38%	-2.44	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d2
4	267	22	May 7	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	8-8		5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.52	6.30	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.008	.19	-0.01%	-0.63	8t --3 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
5	268	26	May 13	LAD		SFG	L,9-16	GS-3		5	2.1	7	7	4	1	3	2	0	8.25	7.48	17	4	7	2	0	2	23			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.519	.67	-0.27%	-6.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d1
6	269	27	May 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.62	7.09	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	270	30	May 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	GS-4	L(0-3)	2	3.0	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	8.44	7.23	14	4	9	4	0	0	32			0	0	0	13	1	1	1	1	0	0	.90	-0.153	.55	-0.06%	-1.80	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d2
8	271	36	May 24	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-4)	6	4.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	8.71	6.35	21	6	12	5	0	0	31			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.202	.57	-0.06%	-1.84	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d3
9	272	41	May 30(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-10	GS-4		5	3.1	6	3	3	1	4	2	0	8.63	6.68	17	4	8	3	0	0	39			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.061	.28	-0.02%	-1.95	1b start a 4	4b 12- 1 out a4
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	273	50	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(0-5)	10	9.0	11	3	2	1	4	0	0	6.82	5.38	37	11	20	6	0	1	58			1	1	1	36	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.070	.87	0.03%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	274	55	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-12	GS-2	L(0-6)	4	1.1	5	5	5	0	0	3	0	7.86	6.41	9	1	8	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.337	.78	-0.21%	-4.25	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d5
				Player went from Los Angeles Dodgers to Cincinnati Redlegs
12	275	54	Jun 18	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(1-6)	2	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	1	0	6.44	6.01	36	11	14	3	4	6	70			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.293	2.05	0.52%	3.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	276	58	Jun 22(2)	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	GS-7		3	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	6.44	5.73	29	3	12	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.20	-0.273	4.09	-0.56%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	277	60	Jun 24(1)	CIN		LAD	L,10-13	9-GF(10)	L(1-7)	1	2.0	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	6.36	6.03	10	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.315	3.46	-0.62%	-1.96	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 3
15	278	65	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-8)	4	8.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.82	5.66	35	11	13	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.145	3.81	0.32%	2.17	1t start tie	8t 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
16	279	70	Jul 4(1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	GS-3		4	2.2	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	6.00	5.94	13	2	6	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.172	1.69	-0.24%	-1.67	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d3
17	280	78	Jul 13(1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-9)	8	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	0	5.79	5.88	27	8	11	2	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.037	1.90	0.05%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
18	281	84	Jul 18(1)	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	W(2-9)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	2	1	5.47	5.84	39	13	12	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.176	.78	0.12%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	282	91	Jul 25(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	L(2-10)	6	8.2	11	5	5	5	4	1	0	5.44	5.74	40	8	12	0	0	11	41			0	0	0	33	4	0	2	1	1	0	1.46	-0.568	2.38	-0.56%	-1.14	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
20	283	98	Jul 31	CIN		SFG	W,10-9	GS-3		5	2.2	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	5.68	5.72	15	2	3	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.239	2.40	-0.35%	-2.55	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d4
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	284	103	Aug 5	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	5.81	5.50	28	5	10	1	2	9	31			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.228	1.00	-0.16%	-2.11	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
22	285	109	Aug 10(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.68	5.40	28	5	15	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.083	.30	-0.02%	0.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
23	286	114	Aug 14	CIN		MLN	L,0-3	CG	L(2-11)	3	9.0	12	3	2	1	4	1	0	5.38	5.23	40	10	13	0	0	12	56			0	0	0	39	3	1	0	0	0	1	.70	0.050	.06	0.00%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
24	287	118	Aug 17(2)	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	5.21	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.077	.02	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
25	288	121	Aug 21	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	W(3-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	5.02	5.07	33	11	11	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.226	.00	0.00%	3.33	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
26	289	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-11)	4	7.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	5.01	5.03	30	13	11	3	0	1	49			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 1 out a3
27	290	131	Aug 31(2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(5-11)	4	9.0	14	3	3	4	4	2	0	4.88	5.08	40	15	8	4	1	9	47			1	1	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.055	.01	0.00%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 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
28	291	136	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS-6	W(6-11)	4	6.0	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.93	5.05	26	12	5	0	3	8	39			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
29	292	141	Sep 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(6-12)	3	8.0	10	3	2	1	3	0	0	4.79	4.89	33	7	12	0	0	10	54			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	-0.271	.01	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out tie
30	293	146	Sep 14(2)	CIN		SFG	L,4-6	GS-7	L(6-13)	4	6.1	12	5	5	0	3	1	0	4.88	4.84	31	8	9	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
31	294	149	Sep 19	CIN		MLN	W,7-1	CG	W(7-13)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.67	4.72	35	9	11	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	4	0	0	.91	0.285	.00	0.00%	3.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							11-20		W-L:7-13,Sv:1	3.7	167.2	212	98	87	36	69	31	1	4.67	4.72	735	0.69		9%	2%	144	45	1	100%	5	3	1	687	34	7	5	16	4	6	.97	-2.868	1.08	-2.95%	-13.09

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