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Donald Newcombe

First name: Don

Last name: Newcombe

Birthdate: 1926-06-14

Bats: L   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 119733

Retro ID: newcd101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1949BRO1.20.01.20.71.00.23
1950BRO1.40.01.41.11.5-0.14
1951BRO1.40.01.40.91.30.14
1954BRO0.70.00.70.60.8-0.23
1955BRO1.50.01.52.53.0-1.49
1956BRO1.60.01.61.41.9-0.36
1957BRO1.10.01.10.50.80.23
1958CIN0.90.00.91.11.3-0.54
1958LAN0.20.00.20.20.3-0.11
1959CIN1.60.01.62.12.6-1.08
1960CIN0.50.00.5-0.10.10.50
1960CLE0.30.00.30.10.10.10
Career12.40.012.411.114.7-2.545

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1949BRO102-7-70-10100011410.20.40.00.00.40
1950BRO110-4-4-1-10100013810.50.80.00.00.80
1951BRO114-7-71-11-100013610.10.60.00.00.60
1954BRO55-1-1-10100006510.30.50.00.00.50
1955BRO12511110100000102210.22.20.00.02.20
1956BRO128-3-4110-100013109.31.10.00.01.10
1957BRO86-3-4-1-100000939.10.30.00.00.30
1958CIN6922-1001000689.30.90.00.00.90
1958LAN1411-1000000229.80.20.00.00.20
1959CIN123332010000121810.21.80.00.01.80
1960CIN41-5-5-10000004-29.4-0.20.00.0-0.20
1960CLE2100-1-100000209.50.00.00.00.00
Career988-13-15-3-33100010184-8.60.00.08.60

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1949 BRO NL 38 10.6 244.3 88 124 6 6.43 9.1 0.03 0.03 32 1.00 32 3.5 8.8 1.8 5.7 26
1950 BRO NL 40 12.1 267.3 119 136 6 6.68 9.5 0.06 0.09 16 1.01 16 1.7 7.8 4.4 4.2 23
1951 BRO NL 40 12.4 272.0 115 136 7 6.80 9.4 0.05 0.09 18 1.03 18 1.9 8.1 4.3 4.5 24
1954 BRO NL 29 6.1 144.3 81 74 0 4.98 10.0 0.07 0.09 -4 0.97 -4 -0.4 2.7 3.5 0.9 8
1955 BRO NL 34 10.1 233.7 103 115 6 6.87 9.4 0.13 0.09 12 1.01 12 1.3 6.3 3.7 3.3 19
1956 BRO NL 38 12.2 268.0 100 127 13 7.05 9.0 0.13 0.09 20 1.05 20 2.2 8.3 3.9 4.7 25
1957 BRO NL 28 8.8 198.7 86 103 4 7.10 9.5 0.04 0.09 16 1.00 16 1.7 6.1 2.7 3.5 18
1958 CIN NL 20 6.0 133.3 60 70 0 6.67 9.6 0.13 0.09 14 1.03 14 1.5 4.5 1.5 2.7 14
1958 LAN NL 11 1.5 34.3 37 18 -1 3.12 11.2 -0.08 0.09 -18 0.95 -18 -1.6 -0.9 2.3 -1.3 -3
1959 CIN NL 30 10.4 222.0 87 109 6 7.40 9.1 0.07 0.09 20 1.01 20 2.2 7.4 3.0 4.4 22
1960 CLE AL 20 2.6 54.0 28 24 0 2.70 9.0 -0.23 -0.09 -5 1.17 -5 -0.6 0.7 1.9 -0.1 2
1960 CIN NL 15 3.7 82.7 48 38 -2 5.51 9.5 0.04 0.09 -6 1.01 -6 -0.6 1.3 2.5 0.2 4
Career 343 96.5 2154.6 952 1074 45 115 115 12.8 61.1 35.5 32.7 182

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1949 BRO 50 2.0 2
1950 BRO 51 -1.0 -1
1951 BRO 59 1.0 1
1954 BRO 26 -2.0 -2
1955 BRO 35 -4.0 -4
1956 BRO 48 1.0 1
1957 BRO 47 1.0 1
1958 CIN 20 -1.0 -1
1958 LAN 8 0.0 0
1959 CIN 36 0.0 0
1960 CIN 11 -1.0 -1
1960 CLE 6 -2.0 -2
397 -6.0 -6

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1949BRO0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1955BRO0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1956BRO0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1949BRO4-1-100000000-18.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
1955BRO3-1-10000000109.00.00.00.00.00
1956BRO1000000000009.10.00.00.00.00
Career8-2-200000001-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1949 BRO MLB 2 0.6 11.7 4 7 0 5.85 9.8 0.08 0.00 3 1.00 3 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.5 2
1955 BRO MLB 1 0.2 5.7 6 3 0 5.70 12.3 0.11 0.00 -3 1.00 -3 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0
1956 BRO MLB 2 0.2 4.7 11 3 -1 2.35 14.9 -0.13 0.00 -7 1.00 -7 -0.5 -0.4 0.6 -0.5 -1
Career 5 1 22.1 21 13 -1 -7 -7 -0.4 0.1 0.9 -0.2 1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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