Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019), nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Newcombe (1851–1924), British botanist Don Newcombe (1926–2019), American baseball player Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931), Canadian lawyer and Puisne...
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Times. "Don Drysdale Career Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. "Don Drysdale 1956 Pitching Game Log". Baseball-Reference.com. Drysdale, Don; Verdi,...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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"[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...
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$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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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