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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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 13	BOS	@	KCR	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	9	Apr 15	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	17 (7)	Apr 27	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
4	19 (1)	Apr 30	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	20	May 1	BOS	@	CAL	W,10-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
6	21	May 3	BOS		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	25 (3)	May 8	BOS		SEA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	26	May 9	BOS		CAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	27	May 10	BOS		CAL	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	29 (1)	May 12	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	38 (8)	May 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
12	41 (2)	May 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
13	43 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	44	May 29	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	31	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	45	May 30	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	46	May 31	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	49 (2)	Jun 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	51 (1)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,6-11	GS	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
19	54 (2)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	57 (2)	Jun 12	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	62 (4)	Jun 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	64 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	66 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		CLE	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	69 (2)	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	70	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,12-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
26	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	74 (1)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	77 (2)	Jul 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	79 (1)	Jul 9	BOS		CAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	81 (1)	Jul 11	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	82	Jul 12	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	85 (2)	Jul 15	BOS		OAK	W,10-7	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
33	90 (4)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	92 (1)	Jul 22	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	97 (4)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	99 (1)	Jul 29	BOS		MIL	L,5-11	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	106 (6)	Aug 5	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	115 (8)	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		KCR	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	117 (1)	Aug 16	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	128 (10)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	136 (7)	Sep 3	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	141 (4)	Sep 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	143 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	144	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	145	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-7	GS	28	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
46	148 (2)	Sep 16	BOS		DET	W,6-1	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	149	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	151 (1)	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	155 (3)	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	159 (3)	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	5	2	0	7	1	C
51	161 (1)	Oct 1	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							51gm		308.0	171	19	2	192	3