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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-15 / in Starts: 21-10
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	55 (30-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
C Furillo	3
G Hodges	2
M Rackley	1
G Hermanski	1
T Brown	1
R Campanella	1
J Robinson	1
D Snider	0

Most Driven In By
P Reese	2
C Furillo	2
B Cox	2
D Snider	1
E Miksis	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	20	29 (28)	May 20	BRO	@	STL	L,2-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	21	31 (1)	May 22 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.56	0.075	1.76	0.14%	0.60	P
3	22	36 (4)	May 28	BRO		BSN	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.63	-0.041	2.63	-0.10%	-0.91	P
4	23	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	7						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	24	42 (2)	Jun 2	BRO		STL	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	.70	0.001	2.72	0.00%	-0.23	P
6	25	44 (1)	Jun 4	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9						P
7	26	46 (1)	Jun 6	BRO		PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	9	.31	0.014	1.09	0.03%	0.27	P
8	27	51 (4)	Jun 11	BRO		CIN	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	.49	-0.076	2.19	-0.21%	-1.26	P
9	28	56 (4)	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	9	1.13	0.030	5.05	0.08%	-0.01	P
10	29	60 (3)	Jun 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.240	.250	.490	9	2.21	-0.299	11.24	-0.91%	-1.86	P
11	30	64 (3)	Jun 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	9	.40	-0.039	1.99	-0.12%	1.18	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	31	68 (3)	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.258	.500	9	1.08	-0.091	5.86	-0.30%	-0.88	P
13	32	72 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,8-4	GS-8	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.324	.629	9	.31	0.032	2.12	0.13%	0.67	P
14	33	74 (1)	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.306	.324	.629	9						P
15	34	76 (1)	Jul 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.314	.612	9	.60	-0.015	3.78	-0.06%	-0.17	P
16	35	80 (3)	Jul 15	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.237	.293	.289	.582	9	.42	0.073	2.40	0.25%	1.26	P
17	36	84 (3)	Jul 19	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	9	1.07	0.029	6.34	0.10%	0.14	P
18	37	85	Jul 20	BRO		PIT	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	9						P
19	38	89 (3)	Jul 24	BRO		STL	L,1-14	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	9						P
20	39	92 (2)	Jul 27	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.277	.273	.549	9	.82	-0.085	4.27	-0.26%	-1.04	P
21	40	96 (3)	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.229	.275	.271	.545	9	.96	0.029	9.48	0.17%	-0.21	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	41	100 (3)	Aug 4	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.273	.269	.542	9	.29	-0.012	1.77	-0.04%	1.16	P
23	42	105 (4)	Aug 8	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.259	.255	.513	9	1.02	-0.083	6.73	-0.33%	-0.94	P
24	43	108 (2)	Aug 11	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-7	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.214	.254	.250	.504	9	1.18	0.084	7.41	0.32%	1.10	PH
25	44	109	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.242	.237	.479	9	.94	-0.072	5.83	-0.27%	-0.53	P
26	45	111 (1)	Aug 16	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.239	.234	.473	9	1.84	-0.211	11.78	-0.81%	-0.77	P
27	46	116 (4)	Aug 21	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.243	.239	.482	9	.60	-0.014	4.18	-0.06%	-0.19	P
28	47	120 (3)	Aug 24	BRO		STL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.257	.268	.524	9	.35	0.000	4.80	0.00%	2.62	P
29	48	125 (4)	Aug 28	BRO		PIT	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.269	.270	.540	9	.28	0.037	1.88	0.15%	0.10	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	49	130 (4)	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.280	.295	.575	9	.24	0.027	1.56	0.11%	0.94	P
31	50	135 (4)	Sep 6	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.232	.267	.280	.548	9	.47	0.048	3.72	0.23%	-0.11	P
32	51	139 (3)	Sep 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.284	.298	.582	9	.52	0.035	4.60	0.18%	0.40	P
33	52	143 (3)	Sep 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.278	.291	.568	9	1.66	-0.079	14.39	-0.41%	-0.73	P
34	53	145 (1)	Sep 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.278	.291	.568	9						P
35	54	148 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.272	.284	.556	9	1.55	-0.101	36.71	-1.43%	-0.77	P
36	55	151 (2)	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.260	.272	.532	9	.31	-0.036	5.50	-0.38%	-0.94	P
37	56	152	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.260	.272	.532	9						P
38	57	154 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG(5)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.263	.266	.529	9	.12	-0.008	2.89	-0.12%	-0.20	P
39	58	156 (1)	Oct 2	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.267	.271	.538	9	1.69	0.052	32.06	0.59%	1.23	P
							24-15		102	96	8	22	4	0	0	10	5	0	16	0	1		4	4	0	0	.229	.267	.271	.538		.76	-0.696	6.12	-3.32%	-0.05

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