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: 18-12 / in Starts: 17-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	295	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.25	2.54	29	13	8	3	1	3	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.144	2.54	0.25%	1.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	296	6	Apr 18	CIN		PHI	L,9-14	GS-2	L(0-2)	7	1.2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	2.54	12	6	2	1	1	4	35			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	-0.350	4.54	-0.61%	-3.49	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d2
3	297	11	Apr 24	CIN		MLN	L,7-10	GS-4	L(0-3)	5	3.2	6	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.38	4.57	17	6	3	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	-0.220	2.41	-0.36%	-1.74	1t start tie	4t 123 2 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	298	21	May 5	CIN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(1-3)	10	9.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	1	2.82	4.33	34	11	13	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.296	2.65	0.54%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	299	24	May 10(1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-12	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.68	4.18	28	9	8	3	2	6	48			0	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.293	2.91	-0.69%	-1.85	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d3
6	300	29	May 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.29	3.77	33	9	10	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.347	2.73	0.64%	2.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
7	301	35	May 20(2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	6	5	5	2	3	3	0	3.61	4.36	35	12	18	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.150	1.98	0.23%	-0.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	302	40	May 26	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.20	4.37	36	12	15	3	3	6	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.601	2.84	0.66%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	303	46	May 31(2)	CIN		PIT	L,11-14	GS-4		4	3.2	8	6	6	1	0	1	0	3.90	4.53	20	8	3	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.498	2.01	-0.50%	-4.20	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
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
10	304	50	Jun 5	CIN		SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.65	4.37	32	6	15	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.228	.95	0.20%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	305	56	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	SHO	W(6-4)	5	9.0	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.23	4.09	36	11	12	1	0	8	72			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.217	.83	0.20%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
12	306	61	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.00	3.86	32	14	9	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.39	0.531	2.14	0.49%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	307	66	Jun 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,17-3	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.00	3.81	37	11	16	6	0	2	59			0	0	1	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	.43	0.125	.36	0.06%	1.76	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a14
14	308	70	Jun 26	CIN		STL	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	10	4	4	0	3	3	0	3.14	4.04	31	8	10	0	2	10	45			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.262	.79	-0.10%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d2
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
15	309	76	Jul 2(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	W(9-4)	5	9.0	6	4	2	1	4	1	0	3.04	3.99	34	10	14	1	6	5	66			0	0	1	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	.66	0.173	.24	0.04%	0.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	310	81	Jul 9	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GS-8		6	8.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.99	3.99	29	8	14	0	0	6	63			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.128	.21	0.02%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	311	86	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG(11)	L(9-5)	4	10.1	17	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.17	3.97	47	16	11	1	3	17	36			0	0	0	45	0	2	1	2	0	0	1.84	-0.080	.15	0.00%	-1.17	1b start a 1	11b 12- 1 out d1
18	312	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	MLN	W,12-2	CG	W(10-5)	6	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.09	3.88	35	6	15	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.107	.09	0.01%	2.05	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
19	313	96	Jul 26(1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.13	3.88	17	4	5	2	0	4	48			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.014	.09	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
20	314	102	Jul 31	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.11	3.80	29	8	5	1	1	7	58			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.02	0.181	.18	0.02%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
21	315	109	Aug 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-6)	8	9.1	10	4	4	1	4	1	2	3.15	3.81	40	7	16	0	0	10	55			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.411	.31	-0.05%	0.55	1b start a 1	10b --- 1 out d1
22	316	114	Aug 14(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-13	GS-2		4	1.1	6	7	6	0	0	1	1	3.46	3.90	12	2	3	0	1	6	16			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.340	.03	-0.01%	-5.19	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d5
23	317	115	Aug 14(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	3.89	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.200	.16	0.01%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
24	318	120	Aug 18	CIN		SFG	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.26	3.77	35	11	12	0	0	8	75			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.194	.02	0.01%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
25	319	125	Aug 23	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	11	3	3	1	6	0	1	3.26	3.69	36	9	9	3	2	10	53			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.006	.03	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
26	320	129	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	L(12-7)	4	8.2	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.26	3.64	38	15	8	0	2	8	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.87	-0.318	.03	0.00%	1.39	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out d1
Sept				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
27	321	133	Sep 2(2)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.11	3.56	36	11	11	2	3	9	70			0	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.74	0.529	.03	0.01%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	322	137	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.2	10	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.20	3.57	26	12	5	0	2	6	36			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-1.55	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d1
29	323	143	Sep 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(13-8)	4	8.0	5	4	4	1	8	1	0	3.25	3.53	30	6	11	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	324	149	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-12		6	11.1	7	3	2	0	0	1	0	3.16	3.54	40	13	20	1	5	7	74			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	0.464	.00	0.00%	3.15	1b start tie	12b -2- 1 out a1
							18-12		W-L:13-8,Sv:1	4.4	222.0	216	87	78	27	100	25	5	3.16	3.54	899	0.90		6%	6%	189	57	0	---%	5	1	2	854	32	6	3	19	2	9	1.11	1.088	.95	1.05%	23.49

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