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	15-19 / in Starts: 13-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	55 (29-16-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
C Neal	2
C Furillo	1
R Campanella	1
R Walker	1
D Zimmer	1
Self	1
P Reese	0

Most Driven In By
G Cimoli	4
D Snider	2
Self	1
J Gilliam	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	279	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.47	0.060	3.67	0.09%	0.59	P
2	280	4 (2)	Apr 21 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
3	281	9 (4)	Apr 27	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.72	0.069	2.44	0.14%	1.30	P
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
4	282	14 (4)	May 3	BRO		STL	W,6-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	9	.46	0.028	1.64	0.06%	0.66	P
5	283	16 (1)	May 5	BRO		MLN	L,7-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	9	.54	-0.014	2.46	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
6	284	17	May 6	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	13-14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	9	3.85	0.004	16.18	0.01%	0.12	PH
7	285	19 (1)	May 8	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.357	.828	9	2.15	0.315	8.35	0.73%	2.30	P
8	286	20	May 10	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.333	.778	9	1.33	-0.038	4.16	-0.07%	-0.32	PH
9	287	23 (2)	May 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.409	.278	.687	9	1.81	-0.151	6.04	-0.30%	-0.97	P
10	288	26 (2)	May 19	BRO	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.304	.407	.304	.712	9	.68	-0.100	2.10	-0.19%	-1.56	P
11	289	30 (3)	May 24	BRO		NYG	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.367	.269	.636	9	.39	-0.032	1.25	-0.06%	-1.23	P
12	290	31	May 25	BRO		NYG	L,7-8	3-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.387	.269	.656	9	.18	0.006	.62	0.01%	0.13	PH
13	291	34 (2)	May 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-11	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.389	.267	.656	9	1.34	-0.049	4.79	-0.11%	-0.29	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
14	292	40 (5)	Jun 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.385	.250	.635	9	1.28	-0.086	5.10	-0.21%	-0.84	P
15	293	48 (7)	Jun 10	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.390	.242	.633	9	.98	0.012	4.22	0.03%	0.02	P
16	294	52 (3)	Jun 14	BRO		STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.378	.222	.600	9	1.40	-0.068	5.38	-0.16%	-0.29	P
17	295	57 (4)	Jun 18	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.408	.375	.783	9	.20	0.111	.72	0.23%	1.99	P
18	296	61 (3)	Jun 22	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.385	.349	.733	9	.59	-0.045	2.04	-0.09%	-0.76	P
19	297	65 (3)	Jun 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,9-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.244	.370	.333	.704	9	1.73	0.104	6.51	0.24%	0.91	P
20	298	68 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.362	.327	.689	9	1.02	-0.084	3.00	-0.15%	-1.17	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
21	299	73 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.355	.321	.676	9	.58	0.017	1.66	0.03%	-0.30	P
22	300	78 (4)	Jul 11	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.349	.315	.664	9	1.91	-0.050	5.75	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
23	301	79	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.333	.298	.632	9	1.44	-0.103	4.47	-0.19%	-0.85	P
24	302	83 (3)	Jul 17	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.328	.293	.621	9	.73	-0.021	3.84	-0.07%	-0.24	P
25	303	89 (5)	Jul 21 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.324	.288	.612	9	1.39	-0.039	5.61	-0.09%	-0.38	P
26	304	92 (2)	Jul 25	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.324	.290	.614	9	1.32	0.035	7.70	0.12%	0.27	P
27	305	97 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.315	.281	.596	9	1.11	-0.056	4.74	-0.14%	-0.45	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
28	306	103 (5)	Aug 4	BRO	@	MLN	L,7-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.315	.281	.596	7						PR
29	307	106 (2)	Aug 7	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.307	.273	.579	9	.62	-0.040	2.31	-0.09%	-0.49	P
30	308	111 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.316	.284	.599	9	1.04	0.044	3.21	0.08%	0.38	P
31	309	121 (9)	Aug 21	BRO		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.313	.282	.594	9	.47	0.010	.87	0.01%	0.02	P
32	310	126 (4)	Aug 27	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.313	.282	.594	9						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
33	311	134 (7)	Sep 4	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.325	.301	.627	9	.25	0.021	.02	0.00%	0.31	P
34	312	144 (9)	Sep 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-11	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.297	.627	9	1.52	0.034	.52	0.01%	0.43	P
							15-19		86	74	8	17	2	0	1	7	11	0	11	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	.230	.329	.297	.627		1.03	-0.106	3.57	-0.24%	-1.07

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