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Don Newcombe

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Full Name: Donald Newcombe Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/220 First Game: May 20, 1949
Birthdate: June 14, 1926 Final Game: October 1, 1960
Birthplace: Madison, New Jersey MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 14, 1926 in Madison, New Jersey, Don Newcombe (Donald Newcombe) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career. Newcombe broke into the bigs on May 20, 1949 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.17 ERA in 244.1 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Newcombe's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 139 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1949 BRO N 38 31 17 8 3.17 149 89 86 19 5 1 244.1 223 17 73 0 4 3
1950 BRO N 40 35 19 11 3.70 130 120 110 20 4 3 267.1 258 22 75 0 1 2
1951 BRO N 40 36 20 9 3.28 164 115 99 18 3 0 272 235 19 91 0 7 6
1954 BRO N 29 25 9 8 4.55 82 81 73 6 0 0 144.1 158 24 49 4 0 5
1955 BRO N 34 31 20 5 3.20 143 103 83 17 1 0 233.2 222 35 38 1 0 1
1956 BRO N 38 36 27 7 3.06 139 101 91 18 5 0 268 219 33 46 8 4 3
1957 BRO N 28 28 11 12 3.49 90 86 77 12 4 0 198.2 199 28 33 4 0 1
1958 LA N 11 8 0 6 7.86 16 37 30 1 0 0 34.1 53 11 8 1 0 0
1958 CIN N 20 18 7 7 3.85 53 61 57 7 0 1 133.1 159 20 28 4 2 1
1958 TOT N 31 26 7 13 4.67 69 98 87 8 0 1 167.2 212 31 36 5 2 1
1959 CIN N 30 29 13 8 3.16 100 87 78 17 2 1 222 216 25 27 3 4 5
1960 CLE A 20 2 2 3 4.33 27 28 26 0 0 1 54 61 6 8 0 0 0
1960 CIN N 16 15 4 6 4.57 36 48 42 1 0 0 82.2 99 12 14 0 0 3
1960 Total 36 17 6 9 4.48 63 76 68 1 0 1 136.2 160 18 22 0 0 3
Total NL 324 292 147 87 3.54 1102 928 826 136 24 6 2100.2 2041 246 482 25 22 30
Total AL 20 2 2 3 4.33 27 28 26 0 0 1 54 61 6 8 0 0 0
Total 344 294 149 90 3.56 1129 956 852 136 24 7 2154.2 2102 252 490 25 22 30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1949 BRO N P 38 0 0 17 40 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BRO N P 40 0 0 19 43 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1951 BRO N P 40 0 0 24 45 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1954 BRO N P 29 25 144.1 11 16 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 .931
1955 BRO N P 34 0 0 15 24 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1956 BRO N P 38 0 0 25 39 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1957 BRO N P 28 28 198.2 13 41 2 1 0 1 3 6 2 .964
1958 LA N P 11 8 34.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1.000
1958 CIN N P 20 18 133.1 9 13 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 1.000
1958 TOT N P 31 26 167.2 11 19 0 2 0 1 5 3 2 1.000
1959 CIN N P 30 29 222 14 31 1 4 0 0 5 1 2 .978
1960 CLE A P 20 2 54 4 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 .889
1960 CIN N P 16 15 82.2 6 11 2 0 0 0 5 4 1 .895
1960 Total P 36 17 136.2 10 15 3 0 0 2 7 6 1 .893
Total P 344 125 869.1 159 313 18 27 0 4 24 18 7 .963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1949 BRO N 39 96 8 22 0 10 .229 .267 .271 4 0 5 16 0 1 0 0 4
1950 BRO N 40 97 8 24 1 8 .247 .318 .330 3 1 10 19 0 3 0 0 3
1951 BRO N 40 103 11 23 0 8 .223 .286 .272 3 1 8 9 1 2 0 0 0
1954 BRO N 31 47 6 15 0 4 .319 .365 .340 1 0 4 6 0 3 0 0 0
1955 BRO N 57 117 18 42 7 23 .359 .395 .632 9 1 6 18 1 1 1 0 1
1956 BRO N 52 111 13 26 2 16 .234 .312 .342 6 0 12 18 1 3 1 0 4
1957 BRO N 34 74 8 17 1 7 .230 .329 .297 2 0 11 11 0 1 0 0 4
1958 LA N 11 12 2 5 0 0 .417 .500 .417 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN N 39 60 9 21 1 9 .350 .420 .417 1 0 8 10 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 50 72 11 26 1 9 .361 .434 .417 1 0 10 12 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN N 61 105 10 32 3 21 .305 .402 .410 2 0 17 23 0 1 0 1 1
1960 CLE A 24 20 1 6 0 1 .300 .333 .350 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN N 24 36 0 5 0 1 .139 .205 .167 1 0 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
1960 Total 48 56 1 11 0 2 .196 .250 .232 2 0 4 15 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 428 858 93 232 15 107 .270 .338 .367 32 3 86 140 3 17 2 1 17
Total AL 24 20 1 6 0 1 .300 .333 .350 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
Total 452 878 94 238 15 108 .271 .338 .367 33 3 87 147 3 17 2 1 17

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1946).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Klippstein, Steve Bilko and 2 players to be named later (June 15, 1958); Los Angeles Dodgers received Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians (July 29, 1960).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (January 19, 1961).

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