Player

Don Newcombe

Player Info
Full Name
Donald
Born
June 14, 1926
Madison, NJ, USA
Died
February 19, 2019
Size
6'4" / 220 lbs
B/T
L / R
Debut
May 20, 1949
Final Game
October 1, 1960
Career
12 years
Teams
Honors
4 x All-Star
1955, 1951, 1950, 1949
1956 - Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (NL)
1956 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1956 - Most Valuable Player (NL)
1956 - Cy Young Award (ML)
1955 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1949 - TSN Rookie of the Year (NL)
1949 - Rookie of the Year (NL)
1949 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
Career Batting
470
G
.269
AVG
246
H
15
HR
109
RBI
.695
OPS
93
OPS vs Lg
20% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Career Pitching
153-96
W-L
3.57
ERA
359
G
1,185
SO
7
SV
1.21
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1960 Cincinnati Reds 4 6 4.57 16 15 0 82.2 36 14
1960 Cleveland Indians 2 3 4.33 20 2 1 54.0 27 8
1959 Cincinnati Redlegs 13 8 3.16 30 29 1 222.0 100 27
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 0 6 7.86 11 8 0 34.1 16 8
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs 7 7 3.85 20 18 1 133.1 53 28
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 11 12 3.49 28 28 0 198.1 90 33
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 27 7 3.06 38 36 0 268.0 139 46
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 20 5 3.20 34 31 0 233.1 143 38
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 9 8 4.55 29 25 0 144.1 82 49
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 20 9 3.28 40 36 0 272.0 164 91
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 19 11 3.70 40 35 3 267.0 130 75
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 17 8 3.17 38 31 1 244.1 149 73
1945 Newark Eagles 3 3 2.60 7 6 0 55.1 33 16
1944 Newark Eagles 1 3 5.59 8 5 0 37.0 23 22
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1960 AL 136.7 4.15 1.45 1.332
1959 NL 222.0 4.05 1.09 1.095 ✓
1958 NL 167.7 3.70 1.93 1.479 ✓
1957 NL 198.7 4.08 1.49 1.168 ✓
1956 NL 268.0 4.67 1.54 0.989 ✓
1955 NL 233.7 5.51 1.46 1.113 ✓
1954 NL 144.3 5.11 3.06 1.434
1951 NL 272.0 5.43 3.01 1.199 ✓
1950 NL 267.3 4.38 2.52 1.246 ✓
1949 NL 244.3 5.49 2.69 1.211 ✓
1945 NN2 55.3 5.37 2.60 1.066 ✓
1944 NN2 37.0 5.59 5.35 1.676
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1960 Cincinnati Reds 24 36 5 1 0 0 0 .139
1960 Cleveland Indians 24 20 6 1 0 0 1 .300
1959 Cincinnati Redlegs 61 105 32 2 0 3 10 .305
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 11 12 5 0 0 0 2 .417
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs 39 60 21 1 0 1 9 .350
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 34 74 17 2 0 1 8 .230
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 52 111 26 6 0 2 13 .234
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 57 117 42 9 1 7 18 .359
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 31 47 15 1 0 0 6 .319
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 40 103 23 3 1 0 11 .223
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 40 97 24 3 1 1 8 .247
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 39 96 22 4 0 0 8 .229
1945 Newark Eagles 10 24 4 0 0 0 3 .167
1944 Newark Eagles 8 14 4 1 0 0 2 .286
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1960 AL 62 .036 .268 6.5 24.2 36 0.0
1959 NL 123 .105 .367 13.8 18.7 125 3.2
1958 NL 83 .056 .417 12.0 14.5 135 1.1
1957 NL 86 .068 .258 12.8 12.8 76 1.1
1956 NL 128 .108 .261 9.4 14.1 82 2.1
1955 NL 125 .274 .380 4.8 14.4 175 7.4
1954 NL 55 .021 .357 7.3 10.9 92 0.0
1951 NL 114 .049 .245 7.0 7.9 56 0.0
1950 NL 110 .083 .299 9.1 17.3 77 1.0
1949 NL 102 .042 .275 4.9 15.7 50 0.0
1945 NN2 28 .000 .167 10.7 0.0 31 0.0
1944 NN2 15 .071 — 0.0 — 92 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
P 359 161 341 22 28 .958
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1960 Cleveland Indians P 20 4 4 1 0 .889
1960 Cincinnati Reds P 16 6 11 2 0 .895
1959 Cincinnati Redlegs P 30 14 31 1 4 .978
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs P 20 9 13 0 2 1.000
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers P 11 2 6 0 0 1.000
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers P 28 13 41 2 1 .964
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers P 38 25 39 1 5 .985
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers P 34 15 24 4 5 .907
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers P 29 11 16 2 2 .931
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers P 40 24 45 3 3 .958
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers P 40 19 43 2 3 .969
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers P 38 17 40 0 2 1.000
1945 Newark Eagles P 7 2 13 3 0 .833
1944 Newark Eagles P 8 0 15 1 1 .938
Postseason Pitching
Year Round Team G W-L SV IP SO ERA
Career 5 0-4 0 22.0 19 8.59
1956 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 2 0-1 0 4.2 4 21.21
1955 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 1 0-1 0 5.2 4 9.53
1949 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 2 0-2 0 11.1 11 3.09
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 5 8 0 0 0 .000
1956 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 2 1 0 0 0 .000
1955 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 1 3 0 0 0 .000
1949 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 2 4 0 0 0 .000