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What's exceptional about Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 ?


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many homers; more wins

Only Don Newcombe of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers had both as many wins (27) and gave up as many homers per nine innings (1.1).

closest were Bob Welch of the 1990 Oakland Athletics (27, 1.0), Ralph Terry of the 1962 New York Yankees (23, 1.2), Robin Roberts of the 1955 Philadelphia Phillies (23, 1.2), and Denny McLain of the 1968 Detroit Tigers (31, .800), ending with Babe Adams of the 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates (21, .200).



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References

  1. Strikeouts, walks, hits and homers per nine innings, and innings per game, are counted only if at least 50 innings were pitched during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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Don Newcombe of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers threw right-handed, won MVP, won a Cy Young Award, was a 20-game winner, played on a winning team, played in Ebbets Field, and was born in New Jersey.

  • achievement score (8.6 see References)
  • assists (39)
  • complete games (18)
  • double plays (5)
  • games finished (2)
  • games played (38)
  • games started (36)
  • innings pitched (268.0)
  • putouts (25)
  • saves (0)
  • shutouts (5)
  • strikeouts (139)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (4.7)
  • winning percentage (79.4%)
  • wins (27)
  • balks (0)
  • earned run average (3.06)
  • earned runs (91)
  • errors (1)
  • hit by pitch (3)
  • hits (219)
  • hits per nine innings (7.4)
  • homers given up (33)
  • homers per nine innings (1.1)
  • intentional walks (8)
  • losses (7)
  • runs allowed (101)
  • walks (46)
  • walks per nine innings (1.5)
  • wild pitches (4)
  • age (30 yrs)
  • batters faced (1,052)
  • height (6'4")
  • innings pitched per game (7.1)
  • weight (220 lbs)

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