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Don Newcombe

Dodgers Career team 1949 to 1958
Position P
Born Jun 14, 1926

Key Insights

1960
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Yogi Berra has hit .364/.417/1.182 against Newcombe over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 11 with 3 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .700 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Newcombe has struck Johnny Antonelli out 9 times in 13 plate appearances, 69.2% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Newcombe has faced Richie Ashburn more than any other hitter: 181 plate appearances, and Richie Ashburn has hit .327/.365/.421 in them.

56 hits, 2 home runs and 5 strikeouts across 181 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Elmer Valo is 0 for 12 against Newcombe, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Newcombe throws than Billy Johnson: 45.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 179 matchups on his own record.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Stan Musial has taken Newcombe deep 11 times, once every 12.5 plate appearances between them.

138 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 14, 1926