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: 25-15 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 1

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	95	3	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	3	1	3	4	0	0	1.00	2.59	35	18	10	2	0	0	70			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.06	0.031	2.65	0.05%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	96	5	Apr 22	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	W(2-0)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.75	2.06	9	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.369	4.78	0.65%	1.51	8b --- 0 out d1	10b end a 1
3	97	8	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	GS-3		2	3.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	2.40	2.61	15	3	4	1	0	5	38			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.172	2.89	-0.32%	-1.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
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	98	15	May 2	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-1)	6	7.1	8	4	4	3	6	1	1	3.22	3.15	33	8	13	9	0	2	49			0	0	0	28	4	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	-0.210	3.30	-0.36%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d2
5	99	19	May 6	BRO		STL	L,7-11	GS-4		3	4.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.44	3.62	18	8	4	2	0	2	30			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	2	0	0	.72	-0.250	2.15	-0.45%	-2.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
6	100	23	May 10	BRO		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.57	3.21	36	14	14	7	0	1	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.342	1.84	0.54%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	101	26	May 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-5		4	4.0	2	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.89	3.27	18	6	7	2	0	0	46			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.007	5.27	0.02%	0.19	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out a3
8	102	30	May 19	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	3	5.0	6	6	6	5	4	0	0	4.67	3.34	25	4	11	6	0	1	30			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.439	4.28	-0.96%	-3.51	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d3
9	103	34	May 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	4	2	2	4	1	1	4.22	3.45	35	11	14	4	0	3	61			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	.43	0.024	1.74	0.06%	0.57	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
10	104	38	May 30(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(5-2)	6	9.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	0	3.90	3.49	34	11	16	5	0	1	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.352	3.70	0.90%	1.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
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	105	41	Jun 1	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(5-3)	1	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.00	3.53	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.44	-0.634	20.89	-1.79%	-2.08	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end d 1
12	106	43	Jun 3(1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(6-3)	1	9.0	9	3	3	3	12	0	1	3.88	3.23	40	11	10	5	0	3	66			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.102	4.91	0.32%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	107	48	Jun 9	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	GS-4	L(6-4)	5	3.2	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.17	18	9	7	3	0	1	44			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.084	4.98	-0.26%	-0.41	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
14	108	54	Jun 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.51	2.93	34	18	9	3	0	0	74			0	0	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.37	0.666	7.61	2.22%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	109	57	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-9	W(8-4)	3	8.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	3.50	3.03	33	12	10	3	0	1	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.212	3.29	0.73%	1.02	1b start a 2	9b --- 0 out a2
16	110	61	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,13-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	1	1	1	7	5	0	0	3.28	3.09	35	13	10	3	0	0	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.197	1.99	0.58%	3.57	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a12
17	111	65	Jun 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.33	3.23	37	16	14	8	0	1	53			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	2	0	0	.75	-0.020	5.43	-0.09%	0.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
18	112	69	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-4)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.08	3.09	32	12	14	4	0	1	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.559	6.57	1.99%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	113	74	Jul 5	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	7	4	3	4	8	0	0	3.08	3.02	37	14	9	5	0	2	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	0.287	7.68	1.19%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	114	77	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	7-8		2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.10	2.99	8	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.135	4.07	-0.34%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
21	115	79	Jul 13	BRO		CHC	W,8-6	GS-3		4	3.0	5	2	2	2	0	2	0	3.16	3.22	15	8	3	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.031	2.55	0.06%	-0.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out a6
22	116	88	Jul 21	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(13-4)	7	9.0	10	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.09	3.18	39	12	9	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.53	0.294	8.90	1.03%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	117	92	Jul 26	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(14-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.97	3.10	36	12	15	6	0	1	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.307	2.33	0.52%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
24	118	96	Jul 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.97	3.03	36	13	15	3	0	0	65			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.125	.86	0.14%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
25	119	100	Aug 4	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS-5	L(15-5)	3	5.0	7	7	7	3	4	0	0	3.26	3.02	25	8	7	3	0	3	26			1	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.238	1.10	-0.21%	-4.49	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
26	120	104	Aug 8(2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	GS-9		3	8.2	9	6	5	2	8	1	1	3.36	3.02	38	10	14	7	0	3	50			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.177	1.85	0.24%	0.13	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
27	121	108	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	W,7-2	CG	W(16-5)	3	9.0	8	2	1	2	2	1	0	3.24	3.08	34	13	15	7	0	2	65			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.31	0.265	.71	0.09%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	122	112	Aug 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(16-6)	3	7.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.22	3.10	29	8	15	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.099	1.27	0.09%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
29	123	119	Aug 23	BRO		STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(16-7)	6	7.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.15	3.07	26	8	12	2	0	3	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.075	1.64	0.08%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	124	122	Aug 26(1)	BRO		PIT	L,11-12	GS-7		2	6.0	5	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.32	3.20	25	7	9	1	1	3	38			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.034	1.08	0.05%	-1.80	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a6
31	125	127	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	W,13-1	CG	W(17-7)	2	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.22	3.14	37	7	21	9	0	4	68			0	0	0	36	3	0	1	0	0	0	.65	0.122	1.97	0.22%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
Sep/Oct				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	126	130	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-11	GS-6	L(17-8)	3	6.0	10	7	3	4	4	1	0	3.26	3.20	31	10	12	6	0	1	32			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.249	5.30	-0.79%	-3.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
33	127	135	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,9-0	SHO	W(18-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.13	3.17	34	10	11	0	0	2	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.372	5.19	1.38%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
34	128	138	Sep 12	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-1		3	1.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.23	3.19	9	2	1	0	0	2	35			0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.234	3.03	-0.31%	-2.50	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
35	129	142	Sep 17	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.26	3.22	23	6	11	1	0	5	53			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.162	3.94	0.39%	1.23	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
36	130	147	Sep 22	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(18-9)	4	5.0	10	7	6	0	5	1	0	3.41	3.22	25	9	3	2	0	8	26			0	1	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.391	3.55	-1.13%	-5.09	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d5
37	131	151	Sep 26	BRO	@	BSN	W,15-5	CG	W(19-9)	3	9.0	8	5	5	2	5	2	0	3.47	3.28	36	11	11	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.153	4.92	1.24%	-0.83	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a10
38	132	154	Sep 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(20-9)	2	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.35	3.23	33	9	9	2	0	7	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.258	9.11	2.41%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
39	133	155	Sep 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-8	8-13		0	5.2	1	0	0	6	3	0	1	3.28	3.27	26	10	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.74	0.669	43.01	6.31%	2.50	8b --- 0 out tie	13b 12- 2 out tie
40	134	158	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-9		2	8.1	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.31	3.25	32	14	14	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.43	0.058	119.51	2.88%	1.11	1b start a 1	9b -23 1 out a2
							25-15		W-L:20-9,BSv:1	3.3	272.0	235	115	100	91	164	19	6	3.31	3.25	1125	0.97		18%	0%	85	56	2	100%	2	3	1	1020	48	5	7	32	0	17	.95	3.293	7.99	19.34%	23.99

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