Carl Furillo Don Newcombe Phil Rizzuto Hank Sauer

1950 Bowman #23, Don Newcombe RC ⭐ MLB Pioneer
1950 Bowman #174, Hank Thompson RC ⭐ MLB Pioneer
Back in 1949, these two MLB Pioneers were the first Black pitcher & batter to face each other in a modern MLB game.
Don Newcombe began his pro baseball career with the Newark Eagles in the Negro League.
Hank Thompson played most of his early pro baseball with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League.

1950 Bowman #23, Don Newcombe RC ⭐ MLB Pioneer
On September 29, 1951, Don Newcombe becomes the first black, in The Show, to win twenty games in a season.
Don played in the Negro League for the Newark Eagles.

1951 Bowman #6, Don Newcombe ⭐ MLB Pioneer
On September 19, 1956, Don Newcombe hit two HRs in one game, for the third time in his career. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cardinals in a 17 – 2 slaughter.
Don Newcombe played in the Negro League for the Newark Eagles.

1951 Bowman baseball cards are small pieces of cardboard art. ❤

1950 Bowman #23, Don Newcombe RC.
On September, 1950, at Shibe Park, in a desperate move, Brooklyn Manager Burt Shotton starts 2nd-year pitcher Don Newcombe in both games of a double header.
Newcombe pitched a complete game and was the winning pitcher of the first game, 2 – 0.
He missed pitching complete games in a in both games of doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the 7th inning of the second game, trailing Curt Simmons and the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 – 0. The Dodgers came back and won 3-2, Gil Hodges delivers the key hit a bases-loaded single with 2 outs that scored all three runs.

Happy Saturday friends and card folk! 🌞
Have a great day! 👊