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Don Newcombe
Donald Newcombe (Newk)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.

MLB Debut May 20, 1949
Final Game October 1, 1960
Born June 14, 1926 in Madison, NJ
Died February 19, 2019 (age 92)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1949 23 BRN NL  18   8  .692  34  34  11   0   0   3  260.0  234  1065   89   85  22   82   8   7  190   4  0  2.94  CY-3
 1950 24 BRN NL  21  12  .636  37  36  13   1   0   4  271.1  278  1154  137  123  30   81   7   4  134   2  1  4.08  CY-5
 1951 25 BRN NL  20   7  .741  36  36  11   0   0   3  262.2  234  1117  113   92  24  103   6   8  166   2  0  3.15  CY-1
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953           [Did not play]
 1954 28 BRN NL   2   3  .400  26   4   0  15   1   0   61.1   83   287   50   41  13   25   2   0   36   0  0  6.02  
 1955 29 BRN NL  20   9  .690  35  33  11   2   0   1  247.1  254  1027  111  103  31   49   4   6  160   4  0  3.75  CY-4
 1956 30 BRN NL  21   8  .724  39  38  10   1   0   4  282.2  233  1116   96   93  38   52   2   8  141   5  0  2.96  CY-3
 1957 31 BRN NL   5  19  .208  27  27   3   0   0   1  177.1  212   778  128  115  52   36   4   2   98   0  0  5.84  
 1958 32 LAN NL   4   8  .333  56   0   0  25   2   0  101.2  166   481   92   88  22   26   3   2   49   2  0  7.79  
 1959 33 CIN NL  13   9  .591  35  30  11   3   1   1  237.1  271  1018  112   94  32   44  10   4  109   4  0  3.56  
 1960 34 CIN NL   3   1  .750  20  13   0   5   0   0   69.0   85   296   38   33  10   16   2   2   24   0  0  4.30  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons     127  84  .602 345 251  70  52   4  17 1970.2 2050  8339  966  867 274  514  48  43 1107  23  1  3.96
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN     111  74  .600 290 208  59  44   3  16 1664.1 1694  7025  816  740 232  454  36  37  974  19  1  4.00
   With CIN      16  10  .615  55  43  11   8   1   1  306.1  356  1314  150  127  42   60  12   6  133   4  0  3.73
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     149  90  .623 344 294 136  34   7  24 2156.2 2102  8891  956  852 252  490  21  30 1129  22  3  3.56
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1949 23 BRN NL  44  102   3.6   0  4.41   92  16   0  .174   0    7    7 1.000    4    1  .800  -37   
 1950 24 BRN NL  40  136   4.5   0  5.97   90  20   0  .222   1    7    5  .714    0    0  .000   23   
 1951 25 BRN NL  42  111   3.8   0  6.03   94  11   0  .117   3   12    9  .750    4    5  .444  -11   
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953           [Did not play]
 1954 28 BRN NL  41   52   7.5   1  3.50   18   4   0  .222   1    1    0  .000    1    1  .500   73   
 1955 29 BRN NL  33  118   4.3   0  5.15   92  21   2  .228   2    9    5  .556    2    0 1.000    0   
 1956 30 BRN NL  45  101   3.2   0  4.50  101  24   2  .238   0   12   10  .833    0    0  .000  -25   
 1957 31 BRN NL  39  129   6.5   0  3.56   63  16   1  .254   3    9    5  .556    6    3  .667  139   
 1958 32 LAN NL  38   99   8.8   6         32  11   0  .344   0    2    2 1.000    5    1  .833   72   
 1959 33 CIN NL  43  124   4.7   1  5.30   86  23   2  .267   2   14   11  .786    0    1  .000   36   
 1960 34 CIN NL  35   42   5.4   0  6.62   24  10   0  .417   1    1    0  .000    1    3  .250  -25   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons         1019   4.6   8        692 156   7  .225  13   74   54  .730   23   15  .605   15   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 22.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 84.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1949 WS    BRN BOA   W    2  1.35   0-1   0  2  13.1   9   2   6   7
 1950 WS    BRN NYA   L    2  4.50   0-2   0  2  16.0  21   8   1  11
 1951 WS    BRN WAA   L    2  3.21   1-1   0  2  14.0  14   5   7   7
 1955 WS    BRN DEA   L    1  7.11   0-1   0  1   6.1   7   5   1   5
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1949  BRN   99-55   Robert Rescigno
 1950  BRN   96-58   Robert Rescigno
 1951  BRN   95-59   Robert Rescigno
 1954  BRN   98-56   Robert Rescigno
 1955  BRN   96-58   Robert Rescigno
 1956  BRN   91-63   Robert Rescigno
 1957  BRN   68-86   Robert Rescigno
 1958  LAN   81-73   Robert Rescigno
 1959  CIN   78-76   Larry Cupp
 1960  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp

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