Don Newcombe

Donald Newcombe
Born: June 14, 1926
Madison, NJ USA
Deceased: 2019
Sherman Oaks, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 220
Career: 1944-1960
Minor League Statistics

Don Newcombe compiled a career batting average of .269 with 15 home runs and 109 RBI in his 470-game career with the Newark Eagles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1944 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.

Brooklyn Dodgers

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	17	8	.680	3.17	38	31	5	19	5	1	244.3	223	89	86	17	73	0	149	3	2	4	1005
1950	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	19	11	.633	3.70	40	35	4	20	4	3	267.3	258	120	110	22	75	0	130	2	1	1	1101
1951	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	20	9	.690	3.28	40	36	2	18	3	0	272.0	235	115	99	19	91	0	164	6	0	7	1125
1954	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	9	8	.529	4.55	29	25	2	6	0	0	144.3	158	81	73	24	49	0	82	5	0	0	640
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	20	5	.800	3.20	34	31	1	17	1	0	233.7	222	103	83	35	38	1	143	1	0	0	943
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	27	7	.794	3.06	38	36	2	18	5	0	268.0	219	101	91	33	46	8	139	3	0	4	1052
1957	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	11	12	.478	3.49	28	28	0	12	4	0	198.7	199	86	77	28	33	4	90	1	0	0	815
1958	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	6	.000	7.86	11	8	2	1	0	0	34.3	53	37	30	11	8	1	16	0	0	0	163
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	7	7	.500	3.85	20	18	2	7	0	1	133.3	159	61	57	20	28	4	53	1	0	2	571
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	13	8	.619	3.16	30	29	1	17	2	1	222.0	216	87	78	25	27	3	100	5	0	4	899
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	4	6	.400	4.57	16	15	0	1	0	0	82.7	99	48	42	12	14	0	36	3	0	0	354
1960	AL	Cleveland Indians	2	3	.400	4.33	20	2	13	0	0	1	54.0	61	28	26	6	8	0	27	0	0	0	223
Totals			153	96	.614	3.57	359	305	37	145	24	7	2247.0	2185	1005	891	255	528	21	1185	35	3	25	9301

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	39	102	96	8	22	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	16	.229	.267	.271	.538	26	4	0	1	0	0
1950	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	40	110	97	8	24	3	1	1	8	0	0	10	19	.247	.318	.330	.648	32	3	0	3	0	0
1951	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	40	114	103	11	23	3	1	0	8	0	0	8	9	.223	.286	.272	.558	28	0	1	2	0	0
1954	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	31	55	47	6	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.319	.365	.340	.706	16	0	0	3	1	0
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	57	125	117	18	42	9	1	7	23	1	0	6	18	.359	.395	.632	1.028	74	1	1	1	0	0
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	52	128	111	13	26	6	0	2	16	1	0	12	18	.234	.312	.342	.654	38	4	1	3	1	0
1957	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	34	86	74	8	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	11	11	.230	.329	.297	.627	22	4	0	1	0	0
1958	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	14	12	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.417	.500	.417	.917	5	0	0	0	0	0
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	39	69	60	9	21	1	0	1	9	0	0	8	10	.350	.420	.417	.837	25	0	0	0	1	0
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	61	123	105	10	32	2	0	3	21	0	0	17	23	.305	.402	.410	.811	43	1	0	1	0	1
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	24	41	36	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.139	.205	.167	.372	6	0	0	2	0	0
1960	AL	Cleveland Indians	24	21	20	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.300	.333	.350	.683	7	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			470	1031	916	99	246	34	3	15	109	2	1	90	147	.269	.336	.361	.698	331	17	5	17	3	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	38	0	0.0	17	40	0	2	1.000		1.500
1950	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	40	0	0.0	19	43	2	3	.969		1.550
1951	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	40	0	0.0	24	45	3	3	.958		1.725
1954	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	29	25	144.3	11	16	2	2	.931	1.684	.931
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	34	31	233.7	15	24	4	5	.907	1.502	1.147
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	38	36	268.0	25	39	1	5	.985	2.149	1.684
1957	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	28	28	198.7	13	41	2	1	.964	2.446	1.929
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	20	18	133.3	9	13	0	2	1.000	1.485	1.100
1958	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	11	8	34.3	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.097	.727
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	30	29	222.0	14	31	1	4	.978	1.824	1.500
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	16	15	82.7	6	11	2	0	.895	1.851	1.063
1960	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	20	2	54.0	4	4	1	0	.889	1.333	.400
Totals				359	203	1463.3	161	341	22	28	.958	3.087	1.398

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	2	.000	3.09	2	2	1	11.7	10	4	4	1	3	11	47
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	1	.000	9.53	1	1	0	5.7	8	6	6	3	2	4	25
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	1	.000	21.21	2	2	0	4.7	11	11	11	4	3	4	28
Totals				4	.000	8.59	5	5	1	22.0	29	21	21	8	8	19	100

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	2	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	1	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	2	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals				5	8	8	3	.000	.000	.000	.000

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1949	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	11.7	1	1	1.000	1.543	1.000
1955	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	P	1	1	5.7	0	1	1.000	1.588	1.000
1956	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	4.7	0	2	1.000	3.857	1.000
Totals					5	5	22.0	1	4	1.000	2.045	1.000

Awards

1949 - NL TSN Rookie of the Year
1949 - NL Rookie of the Year
1949 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1956 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1956 - NL Most Valuable Player

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