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Jeff Newman

Jeffrey Lynn Newman

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Paschal HS (Fort Worth, TX)
School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1976
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1976-1984

Final Game: September 7, 1984
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1970	21	CLE-min	Rk	55	195	195		61	9	0	6						.313	.313	.451	.764		88							INS · GULF
1971	22	CLE-min	A	67	234	234		63	11	3	16						.269	.269	.547	.816		128							REN · CALL
1972	23	CLE-min	A	107	443	410	59	106	20	6	20	84	1	1	33	93	.259	.314	.483	.797		198							REN · CALL
1973	24	CLE-min	AA	112	425	394	50	97	29	0	13	63	1	0	25	92	.246	.297	.419	.716		165		4	1	1			SAN · TL
1974	25	CLE-ANA-min	AAA	85	326	297	34	79	11	1	11	49	3	1	24	55	.266	.321	.421	.742		125		1	2	2			OKC,SLC · AA,PCL
1975	26	ANA-PHI-min	AAA	90	271	240	31	52	14	0	7	30	4	0	23	44	.217	.283	.363	.646		87		0	6	2			SLC,TOL · PCL,IL
1976	27	OAK-min	AAA	68	252	231	23	62	11	1	5	38	1	1	14	52	.268	.311	.390	.700		90		2	1	4			TUC · PCL
1976	27	OAK	AL	43	86	77	5	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.195	.235	.247	.481	45	19	0	0	5	0	0	2
1977	28	OAK	AL	94	172	162	17	36	9	0	4	15	2	0	4	24	.222	.244	.352	.596	63	57	2	1	4	1	1	2/1
1978	29	OAK	AL	105	291	268	25	64	7	1	9	32	0	3	18	40	.239	.288	.373	.661	90	100	4	1	3	1	2	23/D
1979	30	OAK	AL	143	552	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	2	1	27	88	.231	.267	.399	.666	82	206	17	1	2	6	2	23/5D	AS
1980	31	OAK	AL	127	474	438	37	102	19	1	15	56	3	4	25	81	.233	.273	.384	.656	85	168	10	1	5	5	8	32/D547
1981	32	OAK	AL	68	229	216	17	50	12	0	3	15	0	2	9	28	.231	.260	.329	.589	74	71	7	0	2	2	1	23
1982	33	OAK	AL	72	268	251	19	50	11	0	6	30	0	1	14	49	.199	.240	.315	.554	55	79	7	0	1	2	1	2/35D
1983	34	BOS	AL	59	147	132	11	25	4	0	3	7	0	1	10	31	.189	.255	.288	.543	46	38	4	2	2	1	1	2/D
1984	35	BOS	AL	24	71	63	5	14	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	16	.222	.275	.302	.577	57	19	1	0	2	1	0	2
9 Yrs				735	2290	2123	189	475	85	4	63	233	7	12	116	369	.224	.264	.357	.620	74	757	52	6	26	19	16
162 Game Avg.				162	505	468	42	105	19	1	14	51	2	3	26	81	.224	.264	.357	.620	74	167	11	1	6	4	4

OAK (7 yrs)				652	2072	1928	173	436	79	4	59	223	7	11	101	322	.226	.264	.363	.627	77	700	47	4	22	17	15
BOS (2 yrs)				83	218	195	16	39	6	0	4	10	0	1	15	47	.200	.262	.292	.554	49	57	5	2	4	2	1

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1976	27	OAK	AL	43	86	-6	0	0	4	2	0	0.1	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	-0.1	0.7	-1	$	2
1977	28	OAK	AL	94	172	-8	0	0	2	4	-2	-0.1	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.2	0.6	2	$	2/1
1978	29	OAK	AL	105	291	-1	-1	1	-4	1	-3	-0.3	9	6	0.6	.497	.498	1.0	-0.2	10	$	23/D
1979	30	OAK	AL	143	552	-9	0	-2	1	1	-9	-0.7	18	9	0.9	.494	.495	0.9	0.4	8	$58,000	23/5D	AS
1980	31	OAK	AL	127	474	-12	-4	-0	3	-1	-15	-1.4	14	-1	-0.1	.487	.490	-0.4	0.3	-3	$150,000	32/D547
1981	32	OAK	AL	68	229	-6	-2	-1	1	0	-7	-0.7	7	0	-0.1	.488	.495	-0.2	0.2	-1	$	23
1982	33	OAK	AL	72	268	-17	-0	-1	-5	4	-19	-2.0	8	-11	-1.2	.472	.487	-0.7	-0.1	-6	$	2/35D
1983	34	BOS	AL	59	147	-11	-1	-1	3	2	-8	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.6	0.6	-6	$	2/D
1984	35	BOS	AL	24	71	-4	-1	-0	-1	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	2
9 Seasons				735	2290	-74	-8	-3	4	13	-68	-6.4	72	4	0.2	.490	.495	-0.1	2.5	-0	$208,000

OAK (7 yrs)				652	2072	-59	-6	-2	2	10	-55	-5.2	65	10	0.8	.491	.495	0.7	1.9	8	$208,000
BOS (2 yrs)				83	218	-15	-2	-1	2	3	-13	-1.3	7	-6	-0.6	.484	.496	-0.8	0.6	-8	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1976	27	OAK	AL	86	67	5	2.0	82	.231	.195	.250	.235	.314	.247	.353	.481	.667	45	.223	-5.3	-0.6	.371	.104	.052
1977	28	OAK	AL	172	133	14	2.8	97	.237	.222	.263	.244	.326	.352	.400	.596	.726	63	.287	-8.6	-0.8	.500	.167	.130	2.7
1978	29	OAK	AL	291	215	28	3.5	89	.250	.239	.254	.288	.318	.373	.374	.661	.692	90	.402	-4.3	-0.4	.550	.190	.134	.0
1979	30	OAK	AL	552	423	51	3.2	97	.235	.231	.262	.267	.326	.399	.397	.666	.723	82	.331	-14.5	-1.4	.566	.223	.169	3.7
1980	31	OAK	AL	474	360	43	3.2	92	.251	.233	.259	.273	.320	.384	.385	.656	.705	85	.342	-9.5	-1.0	.551	.205	.151	5.0
1981	32	OAK	AL	229	179	16	2.4	84	.251	.231	.249	.260	.313	.329	.362	.589	.675	74	.274	-7.4	-0.8	.446	.130	.097	.0
1982	33	OAK	AL	268	212	18	2.3	93	.222	.199	.257	.240	.320	.315	.392	.554	.712	55	.218	-15.3	-1.5	.440	.167	.116	.0
1983	34	BOS	AL	147	115	9	2.1	104	.222	.189	.274	.255	.337	.288	.413	.543	.749	46	.196	-10.5	-1.0	.438	.167	.098	.0
1984	35	BOS	AL	71	53	6	3.0	101	.277	.222	.269	.275	.333	.302	.406	.577	.739	57	.326	-3.8	-0.4	.480	.159	.079	.0
9 Yrs				2290	1757	190	2.9	93	.241	.224	.259	.264	.322	.357	.387	.620	.710	74	.308	-79.2	-8.0	.511	.185	.133	12.6
162 Game Avg.				505	387	42	2.9	93	.241	.224	.259	.264	.322	.357	.387	.620	.710	74	.308	-79.2	-8.0	.511	.185	.133	3

OAK (7 yrs)				2072	1589	175	3.0	92	.241	.226	.258	.264	.321	.363	.385	.627	.706	77	.315	-64.9	-6.5	.517	.187	.137	12.5
BOS (2 yrs)				218	168	15	2.4	103	.240	.200	.272	.262	.335	.292	.411	.554	.746	49	.237	-14.3	-1.4	.451	.164	.092	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	SH
1981	32	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	1	4	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1981	32	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	2	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	9	8	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1
1 ALDS							1	4	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1 ALCS							2	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	OAK	AL	30		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	27	OAK	AL	86	0.0%	14.0%	4.7%	4.7%	27%	3.00	6.4		19.3	1.43	76%
1977	28	OAK	AL	172	2.3%	14.0%	2.3%	7.6%	36%	6.00	6.8	40.5	10.8	1.23	78%
1978	29	OAK	AL	291	3.1%	13.8%	6.2%	5.8%	27%	2.22	6.7	29.8	8.4	1.06	76%
1979	30	OAK	AL	552	4.0%	15.9%	4.9%	7.4%	35%	3.26	5.9	23.5	7.3	0.93	75%
1980	31	OAK	AL	474	3.2%	17.1%	5.3%	7.4%	34%	3.24	5.4	29.2	7.8	1.08	73%
1981	32	OAK	AL	229	1.3%	12.2%	3.9%	6.6%	30%	3.11	7.7	72.0	14.4	0.82	82%
1982	33	OAK	AL	268	2.2%	18.3%	5.2%	6.3%	34%	3.50	5.1	41.8	8.4	0.88	74%
1983	34	BOS	AL	147	2.0%	21.1%	6.8%	4.8%	28%	3.10	4.3	44.0	18.9	1.00	67%
1984	35	BOS	AL	71	1.4%	22.5%	7.0%	4.2%	21%	3.20	3.9	63.0	21.0	1.40	66%
9 Yrs				2290	2.8%	16.1%	5.1%	6.6%	32%	3.18	5.8	33.7	9.1	1.01	75%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.55	6.9	45.4	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	27	OAK	AL	-5.3	-0.6	88	-0.2	0.9	-1.2	.79	-0.6	0.3	-6.0	-0.7	0.97	-6.8	0.01	2
1977	28	OAK	AL	-8.6	-0.8	174	-1.1	2.3	-3.4	1.00	-0.5	-0.6	-9.5	-1.0	0.93	-8.9	0.37	1
1978	29	OAK	AL	-4.3	-0.4	296	0.1	5.8	-5.7	1.11	-0.2	0.3	-3.2	-0.3	0.95	-1.7	2.06	24
1979	30	OAK	AL	-14.5	-1.4	560	-1.8	10.2	-12.0	1.11	-0.9	-0.7	-18.9	-1.9	0.96	-11.1	2.29	9
1980	31	OAK	AL	-10.2	-1.0	480	-1.0	7.2	-8.2	.95	-1.2	0.2	-15.8	-1.6	0.94	-12.8	1.79	13
1981	32	OAK	AL	-7.6	-0.8	232	-1.6	2.9	-4.5	.99	-1.0	-0.6	-15.9	-1.7	0.93	-13.3	0.79	5
1982	33	OAK	AL	-15.3	-1.5	273	-1.6	3.3	-4.9	.92	-1.7	-0.1	-13.6	-1.4	0.96	-18.3	0.01	1
1983	34	BOS	AL	-10.5	-1.0	148	-1.5	1.2	-2.7	.85	-1.2	-0.5	-18.1	-1.8	0.93	-15.7	1.17	4
1984	35	BOS	AL	-3.8	-0.4	72	-0.6	0.9	-1.5	1.14	-0.4	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.89	-4.7		0
9 Yrs				-80.2	-8.0	2323	-9.3	34.7	-44.0	1.01	-7.8	-1.5	-104.4	-10.7	0.94	-93.3	1.73	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	27	OAK	AL	0	26%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	29%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1977	28	OAK	AL	3	35%	48	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	29%	7	7	0	0	0	0	7	3	4
1978	29	OAK	AL	7	22%	67	0	3	0%	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	58%	11	5	6	2	1	1	6	2	4
1979	30	OAK	AL	13	25%	177	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	39%	21	13	7	5	3	2	10	5	5
1980	31	OAK	AL	5	20%	148	3	4	43%	3	1	0	3	0	0	5	4	21%	19	15	4	7	4	1	12	7	3
1981	32	OAK	AL	5	25%	73	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	33%	10	6	3	2	2	0	3	0	2
1982	33	OAK	AL	0	22%	86	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	35%	10	7	3	3	2	1	4	1	2
1983	34	BOS	AL	1	24%	44	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33%	7	6	1	2	2	0	6	2	4
1984	35	BOS	AL	1	22%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	38%	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
9 Yrs				35	24%	702	7	12	37%	7	6	2	4	3	2	17	29	34%	93	66	25	22	15	5	54	22	28

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1976	27	OAK	AL	86	31%	15			2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	15	0	0%	13	5	38%	52	4	8%	7	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1977	28	OAK	AL	172	40%	36			1	0	0	0	0.37	4	0	7	4	0	2	2	0	5	4	80%	28	2	7%	18	8	44%	108	13	12%	8	5	63%	7	3	43%	0
1978	29	OAK	AL	291	48%	64			24	6	2	3	2.06	9	0	5	4	5	4	5	0	3	3	100%	54	4	7%	20	11	55%	184	23	13%	14	6	43%	11	7	64%	0
1979	30	OAK	AL	552	38%	119			9	1	0	1	2.29	22	0	17	17	5	9	13	0	4	2	50%	110	17	15%	54	17	31%	359	51	14%	42	19	45%	18	11	61%	0
1980	31	OAK	AL	474	48%	102			13	6	0	3	1.79	15	0	4	8	7	7	8	0	8	5	63%	91	10	11%	41	16	39%	282	42	15%	25	15	60%	10	8	80%	0
1981	32	OAK	AL	229	48%	50			5	0	0	0	0.79	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	2	2	100%	42	7	17%	23	4	17%	129	12	9%	13	6	46%	5	2	40%	0
1982	33	OAK	AL	268	45%	50			1	1	0	0	0.01	6	0	6	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	100%	53	7	13%	26	8	31%	176	25	14%	12	5	42%	9	6	67%	0
1983	34	BOS	AL	147	49%	25			4	1	0	1	1.17	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	2	100%	27	4	15%	17	6	35%	94	4	4%	9	2	22%	9	5	56%	0
1984	35	BOS	AL	71	75%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	5	3	60%	34	2	6%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				2290	45%	475			59	15	2	8	1.73	63	0	49	41	22	27	36	0	33	26	79%	427	52	12%	217	78	36%	1418	176	12%	132	59	45%	74	44	59%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	27	43	86	77	5	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.195	.235	.247	.481	45	19	0	0	5	0	0
1977	28	137	258	239	22	51	13	0	4	19	2	0	8	36	.213	.241	.318	.559	57	76	2	1	9	1	1
1978	29	242	549	507	47	115	20	1	13	51	2	3	26	76	.227	.266	.347	.613	75	176	6	2	12	2	3
1979	30	385	1101	1023	100	234	37	3	35	122	4	4	53	164	.229	.267	.373	.640	79	382	23	3	14	8	5
1980	31	512	1575	1461	137	336	56	4	50	178	7	8	78	245	.230	.269	.376	.645	81	550	33	4	19	13	13
1981	32	580	1804	1677	154	386	68	4	53	193	7	10	87	273	.230	.268	.370	.638	80	621	40	4	21	15	14
1982	33	652	2072	1928	173	436	79	4	59	223	7	11	101	322	.226	.264	.363	.627	77	700	47	4	22	17	15
1983	34	711	2219	2060	184	461	83	4	62	230	7	12	111	353	.224	.263	.358	.622	74	738	51	6	24	18	16
1984	35	735	2290	2123	189	475	85	4	63	233	7	12	116	369	.224	.264	.357	.620	74	757	52	6	26	19	16

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	27	43	90	80	7	18	5	0	0	5	0	5	12	.225	.271	.288	.558	6	43
1977	28	94	174	164	19	38	10	0	4	16	2	4	24	.232	.253	.366	.619	15	94
1978	29	105	300	275	30	71	8	1	10	38	0	20	40	.258	.310	.404	.713	34	105
1979	30	144	561	524	58	125	18	2	23	77	2	28	89	.239	.275	.412	.688	60	143
1980	31	127	483	445	42	109	20	1	16	63	3	27	81	.245	.287	.402	.689	52	127
1981	32	103	358	337	32	86	21	0	5	28	0	15	42	.255	.285	.362	.647	35	68
1982	33	72	272	254	21	53	12	0	6	33	0	15	49	.209	.251	.327	.578	21	72
1983	34	59	146	131	11	24	4	0	3	7	0	10	31	.183	.250	.282	.532	9	59
1984	35	24	71	63	5	14	2	0	1	3	0	5	16	.222	.275	.302	.577	5	24
9 Yrs		771	2455	2273	225	538	100	4	68	270	7	129	384	.237	.277	.374	.651	237	735
162 Game Avg.		162	516	478	47	113	21	1	14	57	1	27	81	.237	.277	.374	.651	50	735

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All-Star Games 1979	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1979 AL 17 (10th)

All-Star Games
1979

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL 17 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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