Don Newcombe | 1926 – 2019

Dodgers legend Don Newcombe was one of the players to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in the 1950s.

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Feb. 19, 2019 11:49 AM PT

Dodgers pitching legend Don Newcombe chats with current closer Kenley Jansen before Game 1 of the NLCS against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium.

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Dodgers great Don Newcombe watches Dodgers batting practice before a game against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Newcombe was on hand at Dodger Stadium in 2000 when the Postal Service was promoting the Legends of Baseball stamps. One of the stamps, right, featured Newcombe’s former teammate with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Newcombe and Rachel Robinson made an appearance at Dodger Stadium in April 2005 to honor Robinson’s late husband, Jackie Robinson. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)