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Don Newcombe (Baseball Player) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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*** ,1926
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February 19, 2019 (92 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Don Newcombe
Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Negro league and Major League Baseball who played for the Newark Eagles, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. Newcombe was the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and Cy Young Awards during his career. This distinction would not be achieved again until 2011, when Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, who was Rookie of the Year in 2006, won the Cy Young and MVP awards. In 1949, he became the first black pitcher to start a World Series game. In 1951, Newcombe was the first black pitcher to win twenty games in one season. In 1956, the inaugural year of the Cy Young Award, he became the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young in the same season. Newcombe was an excellent hitting pitcher who compiled a career batting average of.271 with 15 home runs and was used as a pinch hitter, a rarity for pitchers.

About Don Newcombe

Baseball Player Don Newcombe was born on June 14, 1926 in Madison, New Jersey, United States (He dies at the age of 92, on February 19, 2019).

In 1956, he became the first pitcher in history to win both the National League MVP and the Baseball Player Cy Young Award in the same season, earning him the moniker"Newk". He played for the Newark Eagles, Los Angeles and Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians, among other teams.

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Don Newcombe before becoming famous

Don Newcombe was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1926 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He spent a year in the minor levels before reaching the major leagues.

Achievement of Don Newcombe

He made history in 1949 when he became the first African-American pitcher to start a World Series game.

Don Newcombe's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He married three times, the first time to Freddie Cross, the second time to Billie Roberts, and the third time to Karen Kroner, with whom he was married until his death. He had three kids in total.

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He was the first pitcher to win Rookie of the Year, MVP, and Baseball Player Cy Young awards all in the same season. Baseball Player Justin Verlander came in second.

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Don Newcombe Income & Net worth

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Don Newcombe Height and Weight

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