Don Newcombe stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- Cy Young
- 1956
- NL MVP
- 1956
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1949
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- Cy Young
- 1956
- NL MVP
- 1956
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1949
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 344
- W
- 149
- L
- 90
- ERA
- 3.56
- IP
- 2154.2
- K
- 1,129
- BB
- 490
- WHIP
- 1.20
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | LAD | 38 | 17 | 8 | 3.17 | 244.1 | 149 | 73 | 1.21 |
| 1950 | LAD | 40 | 19 | 11 | 3.70 | 267.1 | 130 | 75 | 1.25 |
| 1951 | LAD | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3.28 | 272.0 | 164 | 91 | 1.20 |
| 1954 | LAD | 29 | 9 | 8 | 4.55 | 144.1 | 82 | 49 | 1.43 |
| 1955 | LAD | 34 | 20 | 5 | 3.20 | 233.2 | 143 | 38 | 1.11 |
| 1956 | LAD | 38 | 27 | 7 | 3.06 | 268.0 | 139 | 46 | 0.99 |
| 1957 | LAD | 28 | 11 | 12 | 3.49 | 198.2 | 90 | 33 | 1.17 |
| 1958 |  LAD/CIN | 31 | 7 | 13 | 4.67 | 167.2 | 69 | 36 | 1.48 |
| 1959 | CIN | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3.16 | 222.0 | 100 | 27 | 1.09 |
| 1960 |  CIN/CLE | 36 | 6 | 9 | 4.48 | 136.2 | 63 | 22 | 1.33 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 0
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 9.45
- IP
- 20.0
- K
- 19
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.85
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 136
- SHO
- 24
- K/9
- 4.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | LAD | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | LAD | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | LAD | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | LAD | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | LAD | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | LAD | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | LAD/CIN | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN/CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Don Newcombe's career stats?
Don Newcombe played 10 seasons for the Dodgers and the Reds. He had 149 wins and 1,129 strikeouts with a 3.56 ERA over 2,154.2 innings. His best season was 1956: 27 wins, a 3.06 ERA and 139 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1949 to 1960
Championships
- 1955 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Awards
All-time career rank
- 258th in wins (pitching) (149)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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