Don Newcombe
Don Newcombe was born in Madison, New Jersey, United States on June 14th, 1926 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 92, Don Newcombe biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926-1946), nicknamed "Newk" in Negro league and Major League Baseball, was a professional baseball pitcher who competed with the Newark Eagles (1944–1950) and the Cleveland Indians (1960). During his career, Newcombe was the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and Cy Young Awards.
This award would not be won again until 2011, when Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, who was Rookie of the Year in 2006, received the Cy Young and MVP awards.
In 1949, he became the first black pitcher to start a World Series game.
In 1951, Newcombe became the first black pitcher to win twenty games in a single season.
He was the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young in the same year in 1956, a rarity for pitchers.
Early life
On June 14, 1926, Newcombe was born in Madison, New Jersey, and he was raised in Elizabeth. He had three brothers and a sister. His father used to work as a chauffeur.
In Elizabeth, the Newcombes attended Jefferson High School. Since there was no baseball team at the time, Newcombe played semi-professional baseball while attending high school.
Life after retirement
In the late 1970s, Newcombe returned to the Dodger organization as the team's Director of Community Affairs. He was appointed special advisor to the team's chairman in March 2009.
In 2016, Newcombe was admitted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2016 and into the inaugural class of "Legends of Dodger Baseball" in 2019.
Personal life
Newcombe has been married three times. Freddie Green, his first wife, was born in 1945 and divorced in 1960. Billie Roberts married Billie Roberts, a marriage that ended in 1994, a week after his divorce from Green. Karen Kroner, Newcombe's third wife, survived him. Don Jr., Kelley Roxanne, and Brett Anthony from his marriages were among the three children from Newcombe's marriages.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Newcombe dealt with alcoholism, referring to him as "a stupefied, wife-abusing, child-frightening, falling-down drunk." His alcoholism was so bad that he pawned his World Series ring in 1965 in order to buy alcohol. He stopped drinking in 1966, after his wife threatened to divorce him. He has assisted numerous others, including military personnel and Dodgers teammate Maury Wills, in their own battles against substance abuse in both personal and professional life.
President Barack Obama referred to Newcombe (who was attending the function) as "some one who made America become what it is."
Following a long illness, Newcombe died on the morning of February 19, 2019. He was 92 years old at the time. On the Dodgers' Twitter page, his death was announced. He was laid to rest at Los Angeles' Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Career
After playing briefly with the Newark Eagles in the Negro National League in 1944 and 1945, Newcombe signed with the Dodgers. Newcombe, catcher Roy Campanella, competed for the first racially integrated baseball team based in the United States in the twentieth century, the 1946 Nashua Dodgers of the New England League, 1946. He continued to play for Nashua in 1947 before being promoted to the Class AAA International League's Montreal Royals in 1948.
After Dan Bankhead and Satchel Paige, Newcombe made his debut for Brooklyn on May 20, 1949, becoming the third African American pitcher in the major leagues. Branch Rickey's business manager, Effa Manley, has decided to allow the Dodgers' Branch Rickey to play. Manley was not compensated for the emergence of Newcombe. p.288 He jumped right into the league pennant, led the league in shutouts, and pitched 32 runs in consecutive scoreless innings. Along with teammates Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella and the Indians' Larry Doby, he was also one of the first four black players to be selected to an All-Star team. Both The Sporting News and the Baseball Writers' Association of America named Newcombe Rookie of the Year. He won 19 games and 20 the following season, while still leading the league in strikeouts in 1950. In the memorable playoff game between the Dodgers and the Giants at the end of the 1951 season, Ralph Branca was forced to abandon Newcombe in the bottom of the ninth inning by Clyde Sukeforth, who ordered him to bring in Branca. Branca then surrendered the walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson to give the Giants the pennant.
Newcombe had a rough season in 1954, going 9–8 with a 4.55 earned run average, but the Dodgers won their first World Series in franchise history, winning in both wins and earned run average. He had a much better 1956 season, with a 3.9 ERA, five shutouts, and 18 complete games, leading the league in winning percentage for the second year in a row. He was named the National League's MVP, received the first-ever Cy Young Award, which was then given to the best pitcher in the combined major leagues. He was the only one to win MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year awards before Justin Verlander did the honor in 2011. In the 1956 World Series, Newcombe had a difficult time. In Game 7, he was the losing pitcher. In Game 7, Berra, who hit three home runs off of him in the series, killed two of them. Johnny Kucks was a winner of the 9–0 win over the Yankees and the Kucks.
Following the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, Newcombe got off to a 0-6 record in 1958 before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Bilko, Johnny Klippstein, and two others to be named later this season. He had a record of 24-21 with Cincinnati before his job was sold to Cleveland in mid-1960. He had a 2-3 record in Cleveland before being suspended to end his major league career. Alcoholism was a significant contributor to his career's demise.
Newcombe signed with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League on May 28, 1962. Newcombe played in Japan for one season, splitting time as an outfielder and a first baseman, with only pitching in one game. He made.262 with 12 home runs and 43 runs batted in 81 games (RBIs).
Newcombe won 149–90, with 1,129 strikeouts and a 3.56 ERA, 136 complete games, and 24 shutouts in 2,154 innings pitched during his ten-year major league career. Newcombe was a hitter in addition to his pitching skills, winning seven home runs in the 1955 season. He batted.271 (th-best average among pitchers), had 15 home runs, 108 RBIs, 339 runs, 3 triples, five triples, 94 runs, and eight stolen bases.