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Jeff Newman

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX).

High School: Robert L. Paschal HS (Fort Worth, TX)

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: June 30, 1976 (Age 27-293d, 13,762nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 7, 1984 (Age 35-362d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Jeffrey Lynn Newman

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

2123

475

.224

189

RBI

233

OBP

.264

SLG

.357

OPS

.620

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	OAK		MIN	L,1-3	GS	52	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	C 1B
3	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,1-3	GS	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C 1B
4	4	Apr 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 11	OAK	@	SEA	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
7	8	Apr 13	OAK		CAL	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 15	OAK		CAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	11	Apr 16	OAK		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 17	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	GS	28	6.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	18 (5)	Apr 25	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	19	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
13	20	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
14	22 (1)	Apr 30	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	25 (2)	May 4	OAK	@	NYY	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	27 (1)	May 6	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	4	2	0	6	1	C
17	28	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	29	May 8	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	30	May 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	31	May 10	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	33 (1)	May 12	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
22	34	May 13	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	3	9	0	C
23	35	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	37 (1)	May 17	OAK		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
25	38	May 18	OAK		MIL	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
26	39	May 19	OAK		MIL	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	40	May 20 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	42 (1)	May 22	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	43	May 23	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
30	44	May 24	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	45	May 25	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	46	May 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	47	May 27	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	48	May 28	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	49	May 30	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	50	May 31	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	51	Jun 1	OAK		DET	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
38	53 (1)	Jun 3	OAK		DET	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	54	Jun 4	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	DH C
40	55	Jun 5	OAK		CLE	L,3-12	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
41	56	Jun 6	OAK		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	57	Jun 8	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
43	58	Jun 9	OAK		TOR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	59	Jun 10	OAK		TOR	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
45	60	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	11	2	1	14	2	1B
46	61	Jun 12	OAK	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	2	5	3	1B
47	62	Jun 13	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	63	Jun 14	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	C
49	64	Jun 15	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	65	Jun 16	OAK	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
51	66	Jun 17	OAK	@	TOR	L,9-10	CG	46	8.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
52	67	Jun 18	OAK		KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
53	68	Jun 19	OAK		KCR	W,6-5	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	69	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	71 (1)	Jun 22	OAK		TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
56	72	Jun 23	OAK		TEX	L,5-8	GS	44	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B C
57	73	Jun 24 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
58	74	Jun 24 (2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	75	Jun 26	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	50	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
60	76	Jun 27	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
61	77	Jun 28	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	9	1	0	10	0	1B
62	78	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	79	Jun 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	43	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	80	Jul 1	OAK	@	TEX	W,13-12	GS	49	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
65	81	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
66	82	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
67	83	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-17	CG	50	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
68	84	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
69	85	Jul 6 (1)	OAK		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
70	86	Jul 6 (2)	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
71	87	Jul 7	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	88	Jul 8	OAK		NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
73	89	Jul 9	OAK		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
74	90	Jul 10	OAK		BAL	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	91	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
76	92	Jul 13	OAK		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
77	94 (1)	Jul 15	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	95	Jul 19	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	96	Jul 20	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	98 (1)	Jul 22	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	100 (1)	Jul 24	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
82	101	Jul 25	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-16	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	102	Jul 26	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 1B
84	103	Jul 27	OAK		SEA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	104	Jul 28	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
86	105	Jul 29	OAK		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
87	107 (1)	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	109 (1)	Aug 3	OAK	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	111 (1)	Aug 5	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	112	Aug 6	OAK		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	114 (1)	Aug 8	OAK		CAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	115	Aug 10 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
93	117 (1)	Aug 11	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
94	118	Aug 12	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	119	Aug 13	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	5	0	12	0	C
96	120	Aug 14	OAK		TOR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
97	122 (1)	Aug 17	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
98	124 (1)	Aug 19	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	125	Aug 20	OAK		DET	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
100	126	Aug 21	OAK		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	128 (1)	Aug 23	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	129	Aug 24	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	11	2	1	14	0	1B
103	130	Aug 25	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
104	132 (1)	Aug 27	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	133	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	134	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
107	136 (1)	Aug 31	OAK	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	138 (1)	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
109	139	Sep 3	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
110	140	Sep 5	OAK		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
111	141	Sep 7	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
112	142	Sep 8	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
113	143	Sep 9 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
114	144	Sep 9 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
115	146 (1)	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 3B
116	147	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	148	Sep 14	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	149	Sep 15	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	150	Sep 16	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
120	151	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
121	152	Sep 18	OAK		TEX	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
122	154 (1)	Sep 21	OAK		KCR	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	155	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
124	156	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
125	157	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
126	158	Sep 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
127	159	Sep 27	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
128	160	Sep 28	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
129	161	Sep 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							134gm		1104.2	730	95	18	843	38