Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019), nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons...

Rookie of the Year Award, and a Cy Young Award, the other being Don Newcombe; unlike Newcombe, Verlander also has multiple of two of these awards. Verlander...

Leagues since 1884. Another major milestone was reached in 1956 when Don Newcombe became the first player ever to win both the Cy Young Award and the NL...

Alston decided to play Gilliam at second and Don Hoak at third base. That season, the Dodgers' Don Newcombe became the first black major league pitcher...

vote received one point. The first recipient of the Cy Young Award was Don Newcombe of the Dodgers. The Dodgers are the franchise with the most Cy Young...

different pitchers have hit seven home runs in a season: Ferrell, Lemon, Don Newcombe, Don Drysdale (twice), Wilson, and Mike Hampton. Babe Ruth started his...

for racial integration, the organization sent Campanella and pitcher Don Newcombe to the Nashua Dodgers of the Class B New England League, where the Dodgers...

Times. "Don Drysdale Career Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. "Don Drysdale 1956 Pitching Game Log". Baseball-Reference.com. Drysdale, Don; Verdi,...

Through the 1950s, only two African-American pitchers were 20-game winners—Don Newcombe and Sam Jones. In 1965, they were joined by Bob Gibson and Mudcat Grant;...

Newcombe (1851–1924), British botanist Don Newcombe (1926–2019), American baseball player Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931), Canadian lawyer and Puisne...

Zimmer was one of the last former Brooklyn Dodgers (along with pitchers Don Newcombe and Tommy Lasorda and announcer Vin Scully) still in baseball in some...

Lasorda was purchased from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Athletics Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the very first Cy Young Award. He was the first...

home runs, 107 RBIs, .583 slugging percentage, and .978 OPS). Pitcher Don Newcombe led the team in wins, with a 20–5 record, and 233+2⁄3 innings pitched...

John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No...

of the Yankees, selected Larsen to start Game 2 against the Dodgers' Don Newcombe. Despite being given a 6–0 lead by the Yankees' batters, he lasted only...

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help of Robinson, three-time MVP Roy Campanella, Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe, Jim Gilliam, and Joe Black. Robinson eventually became the first African-American...

Songwriters Hall of Fame". www.songhall.org. Retrieved 11 December 2020. "Don Newcombe to receive Major League Baseball's Beacon of Hope Award". MLB.com. 17...

"[t]hese guys aren't rookies." Past winners such as Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, and Sam Jethroe had professional experience in the Negro leagues. Every...

ABC, or DuMont. AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1) Don Newcombe of the Dodgers threw a complete game, five-hitter allowing only one run...

$5,000 ($78,000 today). Erskine broke into the majors a year before Don Newcombe, and from 1948–50 was used primarily as a relief pitcher, going 21–10...

22 – Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers makes his first career start in spectacular fashion, shutting out the Cincinnati Reds, 3–0. Newcombe is the...

pitch was thrown out by Sandy Koufax. Rick Monday, Steve Garvey and Don Newcombe participated as well. The temperature at the start of the game was 103 °F...

established MLB players when they brought on former stars Larry Doby and Don Newcombe. Michio Nishizawa went on to manage the team from 1964 to 1967. He was...

talent and objecting to him being benched for weeks at a time. Pitcher Don Newcombe stated years later that Koufax faced antisemitism as a young pitcher...

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pitcher to win an MVP award without winning a Cy Young in the same year (Don Newcombe, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Willie...

Maris (2009) Marvin Miller (2003) Minnie Miñoso (2002) Manny Mota (2013) Don Newcombe (2016) Lefty O’Doul (2013) Buck O’Neil (2008) Satchel Paige (2001) Max...

World Series, upsetting the Kansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series. Don Newcombe (1944–1945) 4 x MLB All Star; 1949 Rookie of the year; 1956 Cy Young...

Preacher Roe, and Billy Cox. Though not covered in the book, pitchers Don Newcombe and Johnny Podres, and outfielder Cal Abrams were also considered a core...