Don Newcombe is recognized for many firsts throughout his lengthy Major League Baseball career. The first player to win National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1949. Winner of the inaugural Cy ...

On Nov. 27, 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers starting pitcher Don Newcombe was named the first ever Cy Young Award winner, which was at the time was given to the best pitcher in both leagues. Newcombe received ...

Legendary Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, who was one of the first Black players to join the major leagues, died on Tuesday morning at age 92 of a lengthy illness, the team ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. RANCHO PALOS VERDE, Calif. -- The stories surrounding Jackie Robinson's journey as he broke baseball's color barrier have become legend ...

Don Newcombe, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as a pitcher in the 1940s died on Tuesday. He was 92. Newcombe was one of the first black pitchers... Remembering Former Dodger Great Don Newcombe DAVID ...

In a supreme irony, the same week Chicago police outed “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a fake victim seeking public sympathy and higher pay, a real victim, 1950s Dodgers pitching ace Don Newcombe, ...

One of my fondest baseball memories came just a few years ago when I got a chance to sit with Dodger royalty next to the third base dugout before a night game at Dodger Stadium. It was Tommy Lasorda’s ...

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died after a lengthy illness, the team announced Tuesday. He was 92. "Don Newcombe's presence and life established him as a role model for ...

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 The Dodgers ...

The late Brooklyn Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe will become the first inductee to the Legends of Dodger Baseball before Saturday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium.