Fred Newman
Frederick William Newman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 21, 1942 in Boston, MA
High School: Brookline (Brookline, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1962
Final Game: August 5, 1967
Died: June 24, 1987 in Framingham, MA
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Standard Pitching

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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
1962 20 LAA AL 0 1 .000 9.95 4 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 7 7 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 31 39 2.211 15.6 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33
1963 21 LAA AL 1 5 .167 5.32 12 8 4 0 0 0 44.0 56 27 26 6 15 2 16 2 1 2 196 64 1.614 11.5 1.2 3.1 3.3 1.07
1964 22 LAA AL 13 10 .565 2.75 32 28 2 7 2 0 190.0 177 68 58 9 39 8 83 7 0 2 779 119 1.137 8.4 0.4 1.8 3.9 2.13
1965 23 CAL AL 14 16 .467 2.93 36 36 0 10 2 0 260.2 225 94 85 15 64 10 109 1 1 6 1044 115 1.109 7.8 0.5 2.2 3.8 1.70
1966 24 CAL AL 4 7 .364 4.73 21 19 1 1 0 0 102.2 112 54 54 7 31 2 42 6 0 5 433 70 1.393 9.8 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.35
1967 25 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 1.42 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 29 218 1.579 11.4 1.4 2.8 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 33 39 .458 3.41 108 93 8 18 4 0 610.0 589 255 231 38 154 23 254 17 2 15 2512 98 1.218 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.7 1.65
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .458 3.41 37 31 3 6 1 0 206 199 86 78 13 52 8 86 6 1 5 850 98 1.218 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.7 1.65

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1962 20 LAA AL 4 31 28 7 11 3 0 0 1 0 3 4 .393 .452 .500 .952 .458 14 1 0 0 0 1
1963 21 LAA AL 12 196 177 27 56 11 1 6 3 3 15 16 .316 .374 .492 .866 .321 87 7 2 1 1 2
1964 22 LAA AL 32 779 720 68 177 26 1 9 5 3 39 83 .246 .291 .322 .613 .268 232 22 7 13 0 8
1965 23 CAL AL 36 1044 963 94 225 30 5 15 11 3 64 109 .234 .282 .322 .603 .250 310 25 1 14 2 10
1966 24 CAL AL 21 433 387 54 112 19 3 7 2 1 31 42 .289 .349 .408 .757 .308 158 20 6 6 3 2
1967 25 CAL AL 3 29 25 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .320 .393 .440 .833 .292 11 1 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 108 2512 2300 255 589 89 10 38 23 10 154 254 .256 .307 .353 .660 .274 812 76 17 35 6 23
162 Game Avg. 37 850 778 86 199 30 3 13 8 3 52 86 .256 .307 .353 .660 .274 275 26 6 12 2 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 20 LAA AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 1 0 0 1 3.0 6.8 4.0
1963 21 LAA AL 12 8 1 5 2 1 1 1 7 .125 1 1 0 0 1 13% 40 58 27 14 7 2 4 3.7 3.6 4.6
1964 22 LAA AL 32 28 13 10 5 0 4 16 12 .571 1 2 7 2 18 64% 56 79 20 23 10 5 9 3.2 3.1 6.6
1965 23 CAL AL 36 36 14 16 6 1 10 18 18 .500 1 3 10 2 26 72% 57 84 22 26 9 16 9 3.2 3.2 7.2
1966 24 CAL AL 21 19 4 7 8 0 1 8 11 .421 1 5 1 0 8 42% 46 75 23 17 10 4 8 3.9 3.4 5.2
1967 25 CAL AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 3 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 0.7
6 Seasons 108 93 32 39 22 2 16 43 50 .462 4 12 18 4 53 57% 53 84 20 84 38 28 31 3.4 3.2 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 20 LAA AL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.998 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2.3
1963 21 LAA AL 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.861 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 5.3
1964 22 LAA AL 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1.081 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 3.8
1966 24 CAL AL 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.983 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1967 25 CAL AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 4 1.098 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5
5 Seasons 72 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 1.021 1 0 12 1 0 14 3 12 6 1 6 1 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1962 20 LAA AL 31 39% 0.0% 12.9% 9.7% 9.7% 27% 1.80 77% 10 1 10%
1963 21 LAA AL 196 44% 3.1% 8.2% 7.7% 9.2% 32% 1.92 80% 37 7 19%
1964 22 LAA AL 779 45% 1.2% 10.7% 5.0% 4.6% 20% 2.47 81% 157 22 14%
1965 23 CAL AL 1044 47% 1.4% 10.4% 6.1% 4.8% 22% 2.27 81% 152 25 16%
1966 24 CAL AL 433 47% 1.6% 9.7% 7.2% 6.7% 26% 2.02 79% 77 20 26%
1967 25 CAL AL 29 34% 3.5% 0.0% 6.9% 3.5% 13% 5.33 83% 5 1 20%
6 Seasons 2512 46% 1.5% 10.1% 6.1% 5.5% 23% 2.27 80% 438 76 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1962 20 LAA AL 31 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 0 0 1 14 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 21 LAA AL 196 56 6 0 0 2 4 1 5 5 2 1 40% 3 2 0 74 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1964 22 LAA AL 779 177 9 0 15 4 5 4 5 43 21 7 49% 17 2 0 270 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1965 23 CAL AL 1044 225 15 0 18 10 5 6 9 32 13 2 41% 7 6 1 323 11 3 79% 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1966 24 CAL AL 433 112 7 0 6 2 5 5 2 23 15 1 65% 2 5 1 153 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1967 25 CAL AL 29 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2512 589 38 0 40 19 19 16 22 110 54 12 49% 29 15 3 846 23 10 70% 21 9 2 1 0 0 3 0 34 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1962 20 0 1 .000 9.95 4 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 7 7 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 31 39 2.211 15.6 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33 39
1963 21 1 6 .143 5.90 16 9 4 0 0 0 50.1 67 34 33 6 18 3 20 2 1 2 227 59 1.689 12.0 1.1 3.2 3.6 1.11 59
1964 22 14 16 .467 3.41 48 37 6 7 2 0 240.1 244 102 91 15 57 11 103 9 1 4 1006 97 1.252 9.1 0.6 2.1 3.9 1.81 97
1965 23 28 32 .467 3.16 84 73 6 17 4 0 501.0 469 196 176 30 121 21 212 10 2 10 2050 106 1.178 8.4 0.5 2.2 3.8 1.75 106
1966 24 32 39 .451 3.43 105 92 7 18 4 0 603.2 581 250 230 37 152 23 254 16 2 15 2483 98 1.214 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.67 98
1967 25 33 39 .458 3.41 108 93 8 18 4 0 610.0 589 255 231 38 154 23 254 17 2 15 2512 98 1.218 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.7 1.65 98

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 20 0 0 10.50 6.0 10 8 7 0 3 4 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 6.0 1.33 0.0 4
1963 21 1 3 .250 6.92 39.0 60 33 30 6 16 14 2 1.949 13.8 3.7 3.2 0.88 1.4 12
1964 22 11 8 .579 3.56 177.0 193 78 70 10 43 77 8 1.333 9.8 2.2 3.9 1.79 0.5 32
1965 23 15 12 .556 3.56 245.0 240 108 97 16 68 102 1 1.257 8.8 2.5 3.7 1.50 0.6 36
1966 24 3 7 .300 6.10 93.0 119 70 63 7 33 38 6 1.634 11.5 3.2 3.7 1.15 0.7 21
1967 25 0 0 1.50 6.0 9 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.833 13.5 3.0 0.0 0.00 1.5 3
6 Seasons 30 30 .500 4.26 566.0 631 298 268 40 165 235 18 1.406 10.0 3.7 1.42 0.6 108

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 AL  2.747 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL  1.137 (9th)
1965 AL  1.109 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  1.847 (3rd)
1965 AL  2.210 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 AL  260.7 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 AL  36 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 AL  10 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  225 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  .426 (4th)
1965 AL  .518 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1965 AL  16 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (9th)
1966 AL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 AL  1044 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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