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Don Newcombe

American baseball player (1926–2019)

Baseball player

Don Newcombe

Newcombe in 1955

Pitcher
Born:(1926-06-14)June 14, 1926
Madison, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: February 19, 2019(2019-02-19) (aged 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NgL: 1944, for the Newark Eagles
MLB: May 20, 1949, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
NPB: June 23, 1962, for the Chunichi Dragons
MLB: October 1, 1960, for the Cleveland Indians
NPB: October 9, 1962, for the Chunichi Dragons
Win–loss record153–96
Earned run average3.57
Strikeouts1,185
Batting average.262
Home runs12
Runs batted in43
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Negro leagues
Major League Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball

Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019), nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseballpitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career in the Negro National League and ende

Don Newcombe has passed away today at the age of 92. In honor of the inspiration for my book, Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw and the Dodgers’ Extraordinary Pitching Tradition, here is the entire chapter devoted to Newcombe. 

Don Newcombe

The agony. The terror. The hopelessness. The tears. The pain.

At the climax of his incredible career, these were the feelings that consumed Don Newcombe.

It’s all hard to imagine, hard to reconcile with the image that remains of the burly 6-foot-4 right-hander pitching like the side of a mountain coming at you from 60 feet, 6 inches away, or with his regal presence at Dodger Stadium in the 21st century, floating into the stands during batting practice in a suit and hat past his 90th birthday, with present-day members of the team lining up to spend time.

But Newcombe’s sublime legacy has masked the heartache that came along the way.

Surely it should have been enough, more than enough, just to endure, just to survive, as an African-American pitcher in the opening decade of Major League Baseball’s integration. The attacks an

Newcombe, Don 1926–

Professional baseball player

Started in Negro Leagues

Played Integrated Baseball

Tired of Segregation

Sources

Don Newcombe is the only man in baseball history to win all three of the sport’s major awards, winning Rookie of the Year, the Cy Young award, and Most Valuable Player. While he got his start in the Negro Leagues, it wasn’t long before he followed Jackie Robinson into Major League baseball, where he was one of the first four African Americans to play in the major leagues during the late 1940s. In his prime, Newcombe was one of the most feared pitchers in baseball and is considered one of the best-hitting pitchers of all time.

Newcombe was born June 14, 1926 in Madison, New Jersey to Roland and Sadie (Sayers) Newcombe. One of five children, he was nine years old when his older brother managed a semiprofessional baseball club. Newcombe took batting and pitching practice there, but it wasn’t until a few years later in junior high school that he played both football and baseball. He preferred baseball to football, but when New

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