NOV 27: Winning all the trophies

NOVEMBER 27, 1956 | NEW YORK, NY – When Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe won the Cy Young award on this date in 1956 he became the only player in major league baseball history to win all 3 major post-season awards: Rookie of the Year (1949), Cy Young Award (1956), Most Valuable Player (also in 1956).

Newcombe was among a handful of Black Negro League stars finally invited to the “White” majors after Jackie Robinson broke the “color barrier” in 1947. According to SABR (the Society for American baseball research), Newcombe was the third black pitcher to appear in a major league game after Dan Bankhead and Satchel Paige.

Contributing Sources:
Don Newcombe bio
Dan Bankhead career stats
Satchel Paige career stats 
Jackie Robinson’s Legacy 

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Bill Grimes

I'm from Chicago. I worked in broadcast journalism for much of the 1970's and 80's. In 1990 I became a litigation consultant, retiring in 2017. Around 2005 I recall flipping through the sports section of the newspaper coming across "On this day in baseball history Willie Mays hit his 600th home run." I enjoyed the one-liners, but I wanted more. I wanted a story. I took my news reporting skills and started researching and telling baseball stories, one for every day of the year. TodayinBaseball.com is the result.