Don Newcombe
1944–1960 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers, NLS, NNS, Newark Eagles
473G
.270AVG
.339OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
250H
15HR
110RBI
2SB
156–96W–L
2,274.0IP
1,210K
3.58ERA
308GS
7SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 473 | 485 |
| Batting · At bats | 925 | 928 |
| Batting · Hits | 250 | 253 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 147 | 146 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,042 | 1,043 |
| Batting · Runs | 100 | 101 |
| Batting · RBI | 110 | 113 |
| Batting · Walks | 92 | 91 |
| Pitching · Games | 362 | 373 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,418 | 9,415 |
| Pitching · p cg | 148 | 153 |
| Pitching · p er | 904 | 881 |
| Pitching · p gs | 308 | 317 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,212 | 2,239 |
| Pitching · p hr | 255 | 260 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,822 | 6,982 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,210 | 1,205 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,019 | 1,046 |
| Pitching · p w | 538 | 545 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | 1,042 | 925 | 100 | 250 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 110 | 92 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 335 | .270 | .339 | .362 | .701 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,274.0 | 362 | 308 | 148 | 156 | 96 | 7 | 2,212 | 1,019 | 904 | 255 | 538 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 3.58 | 1.209 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1945-09-09 to 1949-06-06
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1955-05-10 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1957-06-26 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1945-06-22 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 239 | 467 | 113 | 8 | 51 | 45 | 74 | .272 | .338 | .361 |
| Away | 246 | 576 | 140 | 7 | 62 | 46 | 72 | .273 | .323 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .273 | .295 | .418 |
| May | 80 | 165 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 16 | .259 | .352 | .360 |
| June | 96 | 224 | 61 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 33 | .305 | .357 | .405 |
| July | 105 | 226 | 61 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 35 | .295 | .341 | .386 |
| August | 96 | 207 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 27 | .224 | .285 | .268 |
| September | 72 | 151 | 38 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 26 | .281 | .338 | .400 |
| October | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 78 | 165 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 25 | .273 | .333 | .364 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 60 | 131 | 37 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | .314 | .351 | .441 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 59 | 147 | 41 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 24 | .299 | .340 | .496 |
| chicago-cubs | 56 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | .223 | .281 | .268 |
| milwaukee-braves | 44 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | .286 | .350 | .286 |
| new-york-giants | 42 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | .226 | .276 | .355 |
| cincinnati-reds | 39 | 105 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 15 | .266 | .333 | .340 |
| san-francisco-giants | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .262 | .340 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NENewark Eagles | 14 | 14 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .357 | 60 | 16 |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 19 | 36 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .278 | 112 | 59 |
| 1949 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 39 | 96 | 22 | – | 10 | – | .229 | 244 | 149 |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 97 | 24 | 1 | 8 | – | .247 | 267 | 130 |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 103 | 23 | – | 8 | – | .223 | 272 | 164 |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31 | 47 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .319 | 144 | 82 |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 57 | 117 | 42 | 7 | 23 | 1 | .359 | 233 | 143 |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 52 | 111 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .234 | 268 | 139 |
| 1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 7 | – | .230 | 198 | 90 |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers | 50 | 72 | 26 | 1 | 9 | – | .361 | 167 | 69 |
| 1959 |  Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 105 | 32 | 3 | 21 | – | .305 | 222 | 100 |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 56 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .196 | 136 | 64 |