Don Newcombe
Bats L Throws R6'4" 220 lbBorn 1926 Madison, USADebut 1949Team CLE4x All-Star
Awards: TSN All-Star x2, Baseball Magazine All-Star, Cy Young Award, Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, TSN Pitcher of the Year
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1960 | CLE | 48 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0.196 | 0.250 | 0.232 | 0.482 | 31.7 |
| 1959 | CIN | 61 | 123 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 0.305 | 0.402 | 0.410 | 0.811 | 118.5 |
| 1958 | CIN | 50 | 83 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0.361 | 0.434 | 0.417 | 0.850 | 127.8 |
| 1957 | BRO | 34 | 86 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0.230 | 0.329 | 0.297 | 0.627 | 66.7 |
| 1956 | BRO | 52 | 128 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 0.234 | 0.312 | 0.342 | 0.654 | 70.0 |
| 1955 | BRO | 57 | 125 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0.359 | 0.395 | 0.632 | 1.028 | 169.1 |
| 1954 | BRO | 31 | 55 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.319 | 0.365 | 0.340 | 0.706 | 81.4 |
| 1951 | BRO | 40 | 114 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0.223 | 0.286 | 0.272 | 0.558 | 46.9 |
| 1950 | BRO | 40 | 110 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0.247 | 0.318 | 0.330 | 0.648 | 67.4 |
| 1949 | BRO | 39 | 102 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0.229 | 0.267 | 0.271 | 0.538 | 36.4 |
| 1945 | NE | 10 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.286 | 0.167 | 0.452 | |
| 1944 | NE | 8 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.286 | 0.333 | 0.357 | 0.690 | |
| Career | | 470 | 1031 | 99 | 246 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 109 | 2 | 90 | 147 | 0.269 | 0.336 | 0.361 | 0.698 | 84.9 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | BF | HR | BB | SO | PITCH+ |
|---|
| 1960 | CLE | 6 | 9 | 4.48 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 136.7 | 577 | 18 | 22 | 63 | | | |
| 1959 | CIN | 13 | 8 | 3.16 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 222.0 | 899 | 25 | 27 | 100 | | | |
| 1958 | CIN | 7 | 13 | 4.67 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 167.7 | 734 | 31 | 36 | 69 | | | |
| 1957 | BRO | 11 | 12 | 3.49 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 198.7 | 815 | 28 | 33 | 90 | | | |
| 1956 | BRO | 27 | 7 | 3.06 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 268.0 | 1052 | 33 | 46 | 139 | | | |
| 1955 | BRO | 20 | 5 | 3.20 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 233.7 | 943 | 35 | 38 | 143 | | | |
| 1954 | BRO | 9 | 8 | 4.55 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 144.3 | 640 | 24 | 49 | 82 | | | |
| 1951 | BRO | 20 | 9 | 3.28 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 272.0 | 1125 | 19 | 91 | 164 | | | |
| 1950 | BRO | 19 | 11 | 3.70 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 267.3 | 1101 | 22 | 75 | 130 | | | |
| 1949 | BRO | 17 | 8 | 3.17 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 244.3 | 1005 | 17 | 73 | 149 | | | |
| 1945 | NE | 3 | 3 | 2.60 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 55.3 | 231 | 1 | 16 | 33 | | | |
| 1944 | NE | 1 | 3 | 5.59 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 37.0 | 179 | 2 | 22 | 23 | | | |
| Career | | 153 | 96 | 3.57 | 359 | 305 | 7 | 2247.0 | 9301 | 255 | 528 | 1185 | | | |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1960 | CLE | P | 36 | 137 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0.893 | |
| 1959 | CIN | P | 30 | 222 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0.978 | |
| 1958 | CIN | P | 31 | 168 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 1957 | BRO | P | 28 | 199 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0.964 | |
| 1956 | BRO | P | 38 | 268 | 25 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0.985 | |
| 1955 | BRO | P | 34 | 234 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0.907 | |
| 1954 | BRO | P | 29 | 144 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0.931 | |
| 1951 | BRO | P | 40 | 0 | 24 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0.958 | |
| 1950 | BRO | P | 40 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0.969 | |
| 1949 | BRO | P | 38 | 0 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 1945 | NE | P | 7 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.833 | |
| 1944 | NE | P | 8 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.938 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1956 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 1955 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 1949 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Career | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Postseason pitching
| Year | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|
| 1956 | 0 | 1 | 21.21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 1955 | 0 | 1 | 9.53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.76 |
| 1949 | 0 | 2 | 3.09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1.11 |
| Career | 0 | 4 | 8.59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22.0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 1.68 |