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	31-21 / in Starts: 27-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 128 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	90 (45-27-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 128 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (42-25-13)

Most Driven In
C Furillo	5
G Hodges	4
C Neal	2
Self	2
G Cimoli	1
S AmorÃ³s	1
R Campanella	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	0

Most Driven In By
D Snider	3
P Reese	3
Self	2
R Jackson	2
J Gilliam	1
S AmorÃ³s	1
G Hodges	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	227	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,6-8	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	.84	0.117	2.14	0.18%	1.09	P
2	228	5 (3)	Apr 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.44	-0.051	1.12	-0.08%	-1.51	P
3	229	9 (3)	Apr 28	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	9	.94	-0.109	3.31	-0.23%	-1.40	P
4	230	11 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,3-11	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	9	.95	-0.027	3.37	-0.06%	-0.37	PH
May		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	231	13 (1)	May 2	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.200	.300	9	.22	-0.009	.70	-0.02%	-0.78	PH
6	232	14	May 3	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.143	.214	9	.23	-0.022	.66	-0.04%	-0.83	P
7	233	16 (1)	May 5	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.133	.200	9	.24	-0.006	.74	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
8	234	18 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.059	.105	.118	.223	9	.34	-0.001	.79	0.00%	-0.22	P
9	235	21 (2)	May 13	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.182	.111	.293	9	.67	0.048	1.99	0.09%	0.41	P
10	236	22	May 15	BRO		STL	W,7-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.174	.105	.279	9	.70	-0.017	2.44	-0.04%	-0.30	PH
11	237	23	May 16	BRO		STL	W,5-3	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.167	.100	.267	9	1.37	-0.044	5.08	-0.10%	-0.45	PH
12	238	25 (1)	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,5-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.050	.167	.100	.267	9						P
13	239	27 (1)	May 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	4-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.231	.143	.374	9	.73	0.053	2.22	0.10%	0.53	P
14	240	28	May 22	BRO		MLN	L,3-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.259	.143	.402	9	.81	0.027	3.11	0.06%	0.24	PH
15	241	29	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.250	.136	.386	9	1.70	-0.053	5.30	-0.10%	-0.43	PH
16	242	30	May 25	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.281	.192	.474	9	1.76	-0.098	5.24	-0.17%	-0.04	P
17	243	33 (2)	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.314	.276	.590	9	.93	0.155	2.67	0.27%	1.77	P
18	244	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-12	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.306	.267	.572	9	.85	-0.020	2.53	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
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
19	245	38 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.325	.324	.649	9	1.29	0.147	3.23	0.22%	1.04	P
20	246	42 (3)	Jun 6	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.341	.342	.683	9	.91	0.117	3.26	0.25%	0.59	P
21	247	47 (4)	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.313	.310	.622	9	.67	-0.066	2.79	-0.17%	-0.70	P
22	248	52 (4)	Jun 17 (2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.300	.295	.595	9	.66	-0.033	3.22	-0.10%	-0.28	P
23	249	55 (2)	Jun 21	BRO		STL	W,9-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.308	.304	.612	9	.76	-0.020	3.63	-0.06%	-0.10	P
24	250	58 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.302	.298	.600	9	.22	-0.006	1.13	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
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
25	251	69 (10)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-2	GS-9	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.310	.327	.637	9	.67	0.185	2.75	0.45%	0.93	P
26	252	73 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.317	.333	.651	9	.67	0.019	3.12	0.05%	0.09	P
27	253	76 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.313	.328	.640	9	.68	0.002	4.14	0.01%	0.19	P
28	254	77	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.308	.322	.630	9	1.22	-0.029	7.06	-0.10%	-0.14	PH
29	255	78	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.303	.317	.620	9	6.82	-0.165	36.60	-0.53%	-0.73	PH
30	256	79	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.314	.317	.632	9	.74	0.040	2.55	0.08%	0.15	P
31	257	84 (4)	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.324	.328	.653	9	.51	0.051	1.44	0.09%	0.38	P
32	258	89 (4)	Jul 25	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.351	.338	.689	9	1.02	0.107	4.36	0.27%	0.78	P
33	259	93 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.350	.329	.679	9	1.41	-0.013	6.10	-0.03%	0.04	P
34	260	94	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.346	.324	.670	9	7.37	-0.157	32.33	-0.41%	-0.81	PH
35	261	95	Jul 30	BRO		MLN	L,6-8	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.354	.324	.678	9	.78	0.034	5.32	0.14%	0.39	PH
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
36	262	98 (2)	Aug 2	BRO		MLN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.353	.324	.677	9	.60	-0.006	4.51	-0.03%	-0.15	P
37	263	99	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,8-11	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.349	.320	.669	9	.90	-0.026	4.70	-0.08%	-0.24	PH
38	264	103 (3)	Aug 7	BRO		PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.337	.308	.645	9	.55	-0.039	3.11	-0.13%	-0.70	P
39	265	107 (3)	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.326	.296	.622	9	.37	-0.027	2.15	-0.10%	-0.70	P
40	266	110 (2)	Aug 15	BRO		NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.319	.289	.608	9	.94	-0.047	5.64	-0.17%	-0.33	P
41	267	114 (3)	Aug 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.309	.279	.588	9	1.27	-0.097	7.35	-0.34%	-0.66	P
42	268	117 (2)	Aug 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.317	.292	.609	9	.80	-0.010	6.76	-0.05%	0.04	P
43	269	121 (3)	Aug 27	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.314	.289	.603	9	1.41	-0.058	17.00	-0.42%	-0.48	P
44	270	122	Aug 28 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.311	.286	.596	9	2.28	-0.057	18.94	-0.29%	-0.22	P
45	271	126 (3)	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.311	.280	.591	9	1.07	0.088	8.69	0.43%	0.86	P
Sept		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
46	272	135 (8)	Sep 7 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,3-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.309	.271	.580	9	1.73	-0.135	14.50	-0.68%	-0.87	P
47	273	139 (3)	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.309	.271	.580	9						P
48	274	141 (1)	Sep 15	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.301	.263	.564	9	.81	-0.066	10.45	-0.51%	-0.95	P
49	275	145 (3)	Sep 19	BRO		STL	W,17-2	GS-8	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.316	.340	.656	9	.40	0.221	6.17	2.07%	2.28	P
50	276	148 (2)	Sep 23 susp	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.317	.340	.656	9	1.32	-0.026	25.72	-0.31%	-0.40	P
51	277	151 (2)	Sep 26	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.311	.333	.645	9	.89	-0.048	21.53	-0.69%	-0.41	P
52	278	154 (2)	Sep 30	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.312	.342	.654	9	.35	0.029	6.68	0.33%	0.22	P
							31-21		128	111	13	26	6	0	2	16	12	0	18	1	3	1	0	4	1	0	.234	.312	.342	.654		.94	-0.148	5.85	-0.99%	-3.70

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