Alan Newman

Alan Spencer Newman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: October 2, 1969 in La Habra, CA
High School: La Habra HS (La Habra, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1999
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Indians 1999-2000

Final Game: June 26, 2000
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1988	18	MIN-min	Rk	2	8	.200	8.13	13	12	0	2	0	0	55.1	57	62	50	3	56	0	51	2	3	17			2.042	9.3	0.5	9.1	8.3	0.91	ELZ · APPY
1989	19	MIN-min	A	3	9	.250	2.84	18	18	0	1	0	0	88.2	65	41	28	2	74	0	82	4	9	3			1.568	6.6	0.2	7.5	8.3	1.11	KSH · MIDW
1990	20	MIN-min	A,A+	13	5	.722	1.75	27	27	0	5	1	0	190.1	124	56	37	2	100	2	200	7	2	11			1.177	5.9	0.1	4.7	9.5	2.00	KSH,VIS · MIDW,CALL
1991	21	MIN-min	A+,AA	11	9	.550	3.16	26	26	0	2	0	0	159.1	139	77	56	2	79	3	132	7	0	19	686		1.368	7.9	0.1	4.5	7.5	1.67	VIS,ORL · CALL,SOUL
1992	22	MIN-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.15	18	18	0	2	1	0	102.0	94	54	47	3	67	0	86	4	3	9	454		1.578	8.3	0.3	5.9	7.6	1.28	ORL · SOUL
1993	23	MIN-CIN-min	AA,AAA	2	9	.182	6.62	22	14	4	1	0	0	85.2	99	75	63	7	67	0	50	2	1	10	415		1.938	10.4	0.7	7.0	5.3	0.75	NSV,INA · SOUL,AA
1997	27	CHW-min	AA	7	3	.700	2.49	44	0	33	0	0	10	72.1	55	34	20	0	40	4	64	0	0	9	314		1.313	6.8	0.0	5.0	8.0	1.60	BIR · SOUL
1998	28	SDP-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.30	63	0	23	0	0	7	76.1	58	29	28	2	50	3	76	3	0	6	332		1.415	6.8	0.2	5.9	9.0	1.52	LVG · PCL
1999	29	TBD-min	AAA	10	0	1.000	2.24	50	0	7	0	0	0	80.1	59	24	20	2	20	0	76	3	1	3	316		0.983	6.6	0.2	2.2	8.5	3.80	DHM · IL
1999	29	TBD	AL	2	2	.500	6.89	18	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	22	12	12	2	9	0	20	1	1	2	76	73	1.979	12.6	1.1	5.2	11.5	2.22
2000	30	CLE-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.39	32	6	7	0	0	0	71.2	71	34	27	9	22	0	63	1	0	0	303		1.298	8.9	1.1	2.8	7.9	2.86	BFL · IL
2000	30	CLE	AL	0	0		20.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	5.250	40.5	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.00
2 Yrs				2	2	.500	7.94	19	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	28	15	15	3	10	0	20	1	1	2	86	64	2.235	14.8	1.6	5.3	10.6	2.00
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.500	7.94	68	0	21	0	0	0	61	100	54	54	11	36	0	72	4	4	7	308	64	2.235	14.8	1.6	5.3	10.6	2.00

TBD (1 yr)				2	2	.500	6.89	18	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	22	12	12	2	9	0	20	1	1	2	76	73	1.979	12.6	1.1	5.2	11.5	2.22
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		20.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	5.250	40.5	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	29	TBD	AL	15.2	18	0	12	6.89	5.26	-0.30	-0.39	100.4	5.20	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.485	.498	$200,000
2000	30	CLE	AL	1.1	1	0	3	20.25	5.64	-0.20	-0.41	100.0	5.43	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.328	.499	$
2 Seasons				17.0	19	0	15	7.94	5.29	-0.30	-0.39	100.4	5.22	-5	-0.4	.8	0.1	-0.2	-3	.477	.499	$200,000

TBD (1 yr)				15.2	18	0	12	6.89	5.26	-0.30	-0.39	100.4	5.20	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.485	.498	$200,000
CLE (1 yr)				1.1	1	0	3	20.25	5.64	-0.20	-0.41	100.0	5.43	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.328	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1999	29	TBD	AL	18	76	66	12	22	3	0	2	2	1	9	20	.333	.421	.470	.891	.455	31	1	1	0	0	0	0
2000	30	CLE	AL	1	10	9	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.667	.700	1.000	1.700	.625	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				19	86	75	15	28	3	0	3	2	1	10	20	.373	.453	.533	.987	.481	40	2	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	308	268	54	100	11	0	11	7	4	36	72	.373	.453	.533	.987	.481	143	7	4	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.271	.345	.436	.780	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	29	TBD	AL	-2.6	-0.2	82	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.56	-0.5	-0.3	-6.5	-0.6	0.56	-6.6	4	3	11
2000	30	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.0	-0.3	-3.0	-0.2	0.01	-2.9	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-4.6	-0.4	92	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.50	-0.6	-0.4	-9.5	-0.8	0.50	-9.5	4	3	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	29	TBD	AL	18	18	5	2	2	1	1	0%	1	15	7	47%	6	.555	4	3	11	1	2	15	9	9	5	9	6	5	2.6	18
2000	30	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	100%	8	.010	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	40
2 Yrs				19	19	6	2	2	1	1	0%	1	16	8	50%		.492	4	3	12	1	2	16	10	9	6	9	7	5	2.7	19

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1999	29	TBD	AL	76	53%	2.6%	26.3%	11.8%	6.6%	23%	0.88	1.89	58%	28%	8.7%	4%	12	1	8%
2000	30	CLE	AL	10	10%	10.0%	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	17%	1.67	1.00	80%	11%	50.0%	33%	3	1	33%
2 Yrs				86	48%	3.5%	23.3%	11.6%	7.0%	21%	0.96	1.73	60%	25%	12.0%	7%	15	2	13%
MLB Averages					47%	3.0%	16.4%	9.5%	8.1%	34%	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.5%	13%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	29	TBD	AL	76	321	4.22	199	62%	25%	20%	32%	23%	75%	0%	47%	73%	54%	11%	8	5	28%	21	11	2	20%	2	3	0	0	0
2000	30	CLE	AL	10	40	4.00	24	60%	38%	8%	17%	38%	63%	0%	38%	87%	50%	10%	1	1	10%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				86	361	4.20	223	62%	26%	19%	30%	25%	74%	0%	46%	75%	53%	10%	9	6	26%	22	11	2	20%	2	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1999	29	TBD	AL	76	22	3	1	2	0	3	1	1	2	0	4	4	0	100%	0	2	0	34	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2000	30	CLE	AL	10	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				86	28	6	1	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	4	4	0	100%	0	2	0	40	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		55%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	29	2	2	.500	6.89	18	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	22	12	12	2	9	0	20	1	1	2	76	73	1.979	12.6	1.1	5.2	11.5	2.22	73
2000	30	2	2	.500	7.94	19	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	28	15	15	3	10	0	20	1	1	2	86	64	2.235	14.8	1.6	5.3	10.6	2.00	64

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1999	29	1	.000	6.60	15.0	21	12	11	2	9	19	1	2.000	12.6	5.4	11.4	2.11	1.2	18
2000	30	0		27.00	1.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.000	45.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	1
2 Yrs		1	.000	7.88	16.0	26	15	14	3	10	19	1	2.250	14.6		10.7	1.90	1.7	19

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