To say that Don Newcombe was an all-round athlete is to sell the man short. First, he was an imposing figure at 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 220-240 pounds. He was a hard thrower.

Don Newcombe, the major leagues’ first outstanding black pitcher and a star for the Brooklyn Dodgers in their glory years, the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 92. R Richard Goldstein Follow ...

Dodgers honored Don Newcombe in 2019 The Dodgers paid their own tribute to Newcombe in 2019, placing him in their inaugural class of the Legends of Dodger Baseball. Following his playing days with ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in Major League Baseball and who went on to win the ...

Don Newcombe makes Dodgers debut Also on this day but in 1949, Don Newcombe made his first MLB start with the Brooklyn Dodgers, shutting out the Cincinnati Reds in a 3-0 win.

automation LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor pitching great Don Newcombe by adding a commemorative No. 36 patch to their uniforms this season. Newcombe died Tuesday at 92.

Dodgers former players Don Newcombe and Sandy Koufax throw out the first pitch. *The Dodgers had the greatest Jewish player (although not the first, that would be Hank Greenberg) in Sandy Koufax.