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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	21-40 / in Starts: 17-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 123 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	94 (42-38-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 123 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (39-24-12)

Most Driven In
E Kasko	4
D Dotterer	4
E Bailey	3
Self	3
J Lynch	2
R McMillan	2
F Thomas	2
F Robinson	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
G Bell	2
V Pinson	2
J Temple	2
F Robinson	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	363	2 (1)	Apr 10	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.44	-0.057	4.18	-0.10%	-0.17	P
2	364	5 (2)	Apr 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.54	0.024	1.56	0.04%	0.39	PH
3	365	6	Apr 18	CIN		PHI	L,9-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						P
4	366	11 (4)	Apr 24	CIN		MLN	L,7-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	2.00	-0.029	5.47	-0.05%	-0.31	P
5	367	13 (1)	Apr 26	CIN		MLN	W,11-10	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	9	1.55	0.068	4.12	0.11%	0.39	PH
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
6	368	21 (7)	May 5	CIN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9	.62	-0.034	1.90	-0.06%	-0.15	P
7	369	24 (2)	May 10 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-12	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	9	1.08	-0.057	4.24	-0.14%	-0.51	P
8	370	26 (1)	May 12	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825	9	.46	0.018	1.35	0.03%	0.39	PH
9	371	27	May 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.500	.364	.864	9	.03	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.12	PH
10	372	29 (1)	May 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.556	.733	1.289	9	.64	0.249	1.96	0.46%	2.91	P
11	373	31 (1)	May 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.526	.688	1.214	9	.17	-0.004	.53	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
12	374	35 (3)	May 20 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.478	.600	1.078	9	.28	-0.027	.71	-0.04%	-0.66	P
13	375	37 (1)	May 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	9	1.67	0.073	4.05	0.11%	0.61	PH
14	376	40 (2)	May 26	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.481	.565	1.047	9	1.05	0.046	1.91	0.05%	0.36	P
15	377	42 (1)	May 28	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.464	.542	1.006	9	2.44	-0.069	4.95	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
16	378	46 (3)	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,11-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.448	.520	.968	9	.45	-0.011	.76	-0.01%	-0.16	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
17	379	47	Jun 2	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.538	1.005	9	3.59	0.104	4.60	0.08%	0.66	PH
18	380	48	Jun 3	CIN		LAD	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.452	.519	.970	9	.51	-0.014	.78	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
19	381	50 (1)	Jun 5	CIN		SFG	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.429	.484	.912	9	.40	-0.009	.59	-0.01%	0.55	P
20	382	51	Jun 6	CIN		SFG	L,3-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.417	.469	.885	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
21	383	52	Jun 7 (1)	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.432	.485	.917	9	2.58	0.074	3.97	0.07%	0.39	PH
22	384	56 (3)	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.415	.444	.859	9	.11	-0.005	.16	-0.01%	-0.36	P
23	385	57	Jun 12	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.405	.432	.837	9	4.49	-0.117	7.11	-0.11%	-0.45	PH
24	386	61 (3)	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.370	.390	.760	9	1.68	-0.165	2.58	-0.15%	-1.21	P
25	387	62	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.362	.381	.743	8	.72	-0.018	1.25	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
26	388	63	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.381	.756	8	.34	0.016	.55	0.02%	0.61	PH
27	389	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.367	.372	.739	8	.52	-0.014	.58	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
28	390	66 (1)	Jun 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,17-3	CG	6	4	3	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.436	.426	.862	9	.35	0.142	.30	0.07%	4.24	P
29	391	67	Jun 23	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.417	.845	9	2.08	-0.050	2.03	-0.03%	-0.30	PH
30	392	69 (1)	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.439	.417	.855	8	.45	0.022	.35	0.01%	0.39	PH
31	393	70	Jun 26	CIN		STL	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.433	.412	.845	9	1.53	-0.031	.98	-0.01%	-0.86	P
32	394	71	Jun 27	CIN		STL	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.426	.404	.830	9	.20	-0.005	.14	0.00%	-0.24	PH
33	395	72	Jun 28 (1)	CIN		STL	L,7-9	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.435	.415	.851	9	1.85	0.095	.88	0.03%	1.00	PH
34	396	73	Jun 28 (2)	CIN		STL	L,8-11	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.444	.444	.889	8	3.02	0.034	1.38	0.01%	0.50	PH
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
35	397	75 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.453	.444	.898	8	3.65	0.014	1.58	0.00%	0.17	PH
36	398	76	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.449	.492	.941	9	.44	0.052	.16	0.01%	0.05	P
37	399	77	Jul 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-1	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.457	.492	.949	8	2.63	0.008	1.16	0.00%	0.17	PH
38	400	78	Jul 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.451	.483	.934	8	4.41	-0.121	2.48	-0.04%	-0.49	PH
39	401	79	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.444	.475	.920	7	1.47	-0.037	.65	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
40	402	81 (1)	Jul 9	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.432	.460	.893	9	.93	-0.048	.23	-0.01%	-0.35	P
41	403	82	Jul 10	CIN		SFG	L,6-8	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.427	.453	.880	9	1.85	-0.048	.31	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
42	404	86 (3)	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.319	.413	.435	.847	9	1.26	-0.070	.11	0.00%	-1.60	P
43	405	91 (4)	Jul 21	CIN	@	MLN	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.412	.432	.844	9	.37	0.004	.07	0.00%	2.03	P
44	406	95 (3)	Jul 25	CIN		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.407	.427	.834	8	1.88	-0.044	.26	0.00%	-0.36	PH
45	407	96	Jul 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.402	.421	.823	9	.80	-0.021	.06	0.00%	-0.24	P
46	408	97	Jul 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.398	.416	.813	9	.18	-0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.11	PH
47	409	101 (3)	Jul 30	CIN		STL	L,0-1	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.404	.416	.820	9	6.67	0.101	1.66	0.02%	0.34	PH
48	410	102	Jul 31	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.413	.418	.831	9	1.57	0.152	.28	0.02%	1.28	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
49	411	109 (6)	Aug 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.301	.396	.398	.793	9	2.08	-0.099	.45	-0.01%	-0.76	P
50	412	114 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-13	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.392	.393	.785	9	2.05	-0.047	.06	0.00%	-0.47	P
51	413	115	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.392	.393	.785	9						P
52	414	117 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.388	.388	.776	9	.49	-0.013	.06	0.00%	-0.24	PH
53	415	118	Aug 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.394	.388	.782	9	.26	0.012	.03	0.00%	0.38	PH
54	416	120 (1)	Aug 18	CIN		SFG	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.388	.375	.763	9	.28	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.63	P
55	417	125 (4)	Aug 23	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.396	.418	.814	9	1.60	0.274	.04	0.00%	1.77	P
56	418	129 (3)	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.394	.409	.803	9	1.45	0.012	.03	0.00%	0.08	P
57	419	130	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.391	.404	.795	8	.05	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
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
58	420	133 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.389	.402	.791	9	1.46	0.064	.02	0.00%	0.38	P
59	421	137 (3)	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.400	.408	.808	9	2.37	0.401	.01	0.00%	2.82	P
60	422	143 (5)	Sep 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.410	.420	.830	9	1.86	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.27	P
61	423	149 (5)	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-12	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.402	.410	.811	9	1.99	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.24	P
							21-40		123	105	10	32	2	0	3	21	17	1	22	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.305	.402	.410	.811		1.21	0.678	1.01	0.20%	10.45

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