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Doc Newton

Eustace James Newton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 26, 1877 in Mount Carmel, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1900
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Reds/Superbas 1900-1909

Final Game: May 7, 1909
Died: May 14, 1931 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1897	19	-min	B	15	21	.417	1.90	39	37		36	0		332.0	337	197	70		116	119	17		3			1.364	9.1		3.1	3.2	1.03	NFK · ATLL
1900	22	CIN	NL	9	15	.375	4.12	36	27	9	22	1	0	235.2	255	146	108	4	100	89	12	0	4	1038	89	1.506	9.7	0.2	3.8	3.4	0.89
1901	23	TOT	NL	10	18	.357	3.62	33	30	3	26	0	0	273.1	300	159	110	7	89	110	21	0	9	1194	90	1.423	9.9	0.2	2.9	3.6	1.24
1901	23	CIN	NL	4	13	.235	4.12	20	18	2	17	0	0	168.1	190	117	77	6	59	65	14	0	6	746	78	1.479	10.2	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.10
1901	23	BRO	NL	6	5	.545	2.83	13	12	1	9	0	0	105.0	110	42	33	1	30	45	7	0	3	448	119	1.333	9.4	0.1	2.6	3.9	1.50
1902	24	BRO	NL	15	14	.517	2.42	31	28	3	26	4	2	264.1	208	95	71	2	87	107	11	0	1	1057	114	1.116	7.1	0.1	3.0	3.6	1.23

1905	27	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	2.11	11	7	3	2	0	0	59.2	61	23	14	1	24	15	2	0	0	255	139	1.425	9.2	0.2	3.6	2.3	0.63
1906	28	NYY	AL	7	5	.583	3.17	21	15	5	6	2	0	125.0	118	53	44	3	33	52	7	0	4	508	94	1.208	8.5	0.2	2.4	3.7	1.58
1907	29	-min	A	9	8	.529		17						143.0	94	41			44							0.965	5.9		2.8			MTL · EL
1907	29	NYY	AL	7	10	.412	3.18	19	15	4	10	0	0	133.0	132	66	47	0	31	70	7	0	4	543	88	1.226	8.9	0.0	2.1	4.7	2.26
1908	30	-min	A	2	5	.286		10	8					73.0	63	35			26							1.219	7.8		3.2			NWK · EL
1908	30	NYY	AL	4	5	.444	2.95	23	13	7	6	1	1	88.1	78	52	29	0	41	49	7	0	4	370	84	1.347	7.9	0.0	4.2	5.0	1.20
1909	31	-min	A	12	10	.545		25						172.0	132	66			66							1.151	6.9		3.5			TTO · EL
1909	31	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	2.82	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.1	27	17	7	0	11	11	3	0	2	104	92	1.701	10.9	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
1910	32	-min	A	17	14	.548		37						263.0	230	101			120							1.331	7.9		4.1			TTO · EL
1911	33	-min	A	7	10	.412		17																								MEM · SOUA
1912	34	-min	A	13	17	.433		34																								MEM · SOUA
1913	35	-min	A	10	14	.417		28						204.0	176	84			61							1.162	7.8		2.7			MEM · SOUA
1915	37	-min	A	2	3	.400		6						35.0	38	19			13							1.457	9.8		3.3			CNG · SOUA
8 Seasons				54	72	.429	3.22	178	139	34	99	8	3	1201.2	1179	611	430	17	416	503	70	0	28	5069	95	1.327	8.8	0.1	3.1	3.8	1.21
162 Game Avg.				12	15	.429	3.22	38	30	7	21	2	1	258	253	131	92	4	89	108	15	0	6	1087	95	1.327	8.8	0.1	3.1	3.8	1.21

NYY (5 yrs)				20	25	.444	2.96	78	54	19	25	3	1	428.1	416	211	141	4	140	197	26	0	14	1780	94	1.298	8.7	0.1	2.9	4.1	1.41
BRO (2 yrs)				21	19	.525	2.53	44	40	4	35	4	2	369.1	318	137	104	3	117	152	18	0	4	1505	116	1.178	7.7	0.1	2.9	3.7	1.30
CIN (2 yrs)				13	28	.317	4.12	56	45	11	39	1	0	404.0	445	263	185	10	159	154	26	0	10	1784	84	1.495	9.9	0.2	3.5	3.4	0.97

AL (5 yrs)			AL	20	25	.444	2.96	78	54	19	25	3	1	428.1	416	211	141	4	140	197	26	0	14	1780	94	1.298	8.7	0.1	2.9	4.1	1.41
NL (3 yrs)			NL	34	47	.420	3.36	100	85	15	74	5	2	773.1	763	400	289	13	276	306	44	0	14	3289	96	1.344	8.9	0.2	3.2	3.6	1.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1900	22	CIN	NL	235.2	27	146	156	1	1.0	10	0.7	$
1901	23	CIN	NL	168.1	18	117	99	-4	1.0	-18	-1.9	$
1901	23	BRO	NL	105.0	12	42	62	0	1.0	20	2.0	$
1902	24	BRO	NL	264.1	28	95	133	4	1.0	38	3.7	$

1905	27	NYY	AL	59.2	7	23	28	-1	1.0	5	1.0	$
1906	28	NYY	AL	125.0	15	53	58	0	1.0	5	1.2	$
1907	29	NYY	AL	133.0	15	66	61	-5	1.0	-5	0.8	$
1908	30	NYY	AL	88.1	13	52	39	-3	1.0	-13	-1.1	$
1909	31	NYY	AL	22.1	4	17	10	0	1.0	-7	-0.8	$
8 Seasons				1201.2	139	611	646	-8	1.0	35	5.6	$

NYY (5 yrs)				428.1	54	211	196	-9	1.0	-15	1.1	$
BRO (2 yrs)				369.1	40	137	195	4	1.0	58	5.7	$
CIN (2 yrs)				404.0	45	263	255	-3	1.0	-8	-1.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1897	19	-min	B	43	137	137	15	24	5	0	0		4			.175	.175	.212	.387		29		0	NFK · ATLL
1900	22	CIN	NL	36	96	86	11	17	0	1	0	7	2	6	26	.198	.250	.221	.471	31	19	0	4	1
1901	23	TOT	NL	33	115	110	10	18	2	0	0	9	0	4	31	.164	.193	.182	.375	10	20	0	1	1
1901	23	CIN	NL	20	72	69	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	2	23	.130	.155	.130	.285	-15	9	0	1	1
1901	23	BRO	NL	13	43	41	6	9	2	0	0	4	0	2	8	.220	.256	.268	.524	50	11	0	0	1
1902	24	BRO	NL	33	120	109	7	19	2	0	0	10	3	9	22	.174	.237	.193	.430	32	21	0	2	1/3

1905	27	NYY	AL	11	23	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	.136	.174	.136	.310	-5	3	0	0	1
1906	28	NYY	AL	21	43	41	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	13	.220	.238	.220	.458	38	9	0	1	1
1907	29	-min	A	18	43	43		6	0	0	0					.140	.140	.140	.279		6			MTL · EL
1907	29	NYY	AL	19	48	37	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	14	.108	.233	.108	.341	6	4	0	5	1
1908	30	-min	A	10	24	24		1	0	0	0					.042	.042	.042	.083		1			NWK · EL
1908	30	NYY	AL	23	28	25	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	12	.160	.222	.200	.422	37	5	0	1	1
1909	31	-min	A	25	62	62		11	2	3	0					.177	.177	.306	.484		19			TTO · EL
1909	31	NYY	AL	4	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	71	1	0	0	/1
1910	32	-min	A	37	90	90		16	2	1	0					.178	.178	.222	.400		20			TTO · EL
1911	33	-min	A	18	51	51		7			0					.137	.137							MEM · SOUA
1912	34	-min	A	34	82	82		18								.220	.220							MEM · SOUA
1913	35	-min	A	27	63	63		9	1	0	0					.143	.143	.159	.302		10			MEM · SOUA
1915	37	-min	A	6	12	12		5	1	0	0					.417	.417	.500	.917		6			CNG · SOUA
8 Seasons				180	481	436	43	75	5	1	0	34	6	31	129	.172	.227	.188	.415	24	82	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	433	392	39	68	5	1	0	31	5	28	116	.172	.227	.188	.415	24	74	0	13

NYY (5 yrs)				78	150	131	15	21	1	0	0	8	1	12	50	.160	.231	.168	.399	23	22	0	7
BRO (2 yrs)				46	163	150	13	28	4	0	0	14	3	11	30	.187	.242	.213	.456	37	32	0	2
CIN (2 yrs)				56	168	155	15	26	0	1	0	12	2	8	49	.168	.209	.181	.389	12	28	0	5

AL (5 yrs)				78	150	131	15	21	1	0	0	8	1	12	50	.160	.231	.168	.399	23	22	0	7
NL (3 yrs)				102	331	305	28	54	4	1	0	26	5	19	79	.177	.225	.197	.422	24	60	0	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1900	22	CIN	NL	96	-8	0	0	0	0	3	3	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1901	23	CIN	NL	72	-10	0	0	0	0	2	2	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	1
1901	23	BRO	NL	43	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1902	24	BRO	NL	120	-8	0	0	0	0	3	4	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	1/3

1905	27	NYY	AL	23	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1906	28	NYY	AL	43	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1907	29	NYY	AL	48	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1908	30	NYY	AL	28	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1909	31	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
8 Seasons				481	-38	0	0	0	0	14	14	-10	-1.4	-10	-1.0	-0.4	$

NYY (5 yrs)				150	-10	0	0	0	0	5	4	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
BRO (2 yrs)				163	-10	0	0	0	0	4	5	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
CIN (2 yrs)				168	-18	0	0	0	0	5	5	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1900	CIN	NL	22	P	36	235.2	66	6	50	10	0	.848	2.14	1.56	.921	2.67	2.59
1901	TOT	NL	23	P	33	273.1	110	14	78	18	3	.836	3.03	2.79	.934	2.75	2.72
1901	CIN	NL	23	P	20	168.1	73	8	52	13	1	.822	3.21	3.00	.934	2.75	2.72
1901	BRO	NL	23	P	13	105.0	37	6	26	5	2	.865	2.74	2.46	.934	2.75	2.72
1902	BRO	NL	24	P	31	264.1	70	9	58	3	1	.957	2.28	2.16	.933	2.72	2.68
1902	BRO	NL	24	1B	2		21	18	1	2	0	.905		9.50	.981		10.55
1905	NYY	AL	27	P	11	59.2	22	1	16	5	0	.773	2.56	1.55	.942	3.26	3.21
1906	NYY	AL	28	P	21	125.0	58	2	50	6	1	.897	3.74	2.48	.948	3.22	3.17
1907	NYY	AL	29	P	19	133.0	53	6	43	4	2	.925	3.32	2.58	.946	3.28	3.25
1908	NYY	AL	30	P	23	88.1	32	2	27	3	0	.906	2.95	1.26	.946	3.20	3.19
1909	NYY	AL	31	P	4	22.1	16	1	11	4	0	.750	4.84	3.00	.942	3.18	3.15
	8 Seasons			P	178	1201.2	427	41	333	53	7	.876	2.80	2.10	.937	2.90	2.90
	1 Season			1B	2		21	18	1	2	0	.905		9.50	.981		10.55
	8 Seasons			TOT	180	1201.2	448	59	334	55	7	.877	2.80	2.18	.939	2.90	2.98

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1902 NL 3.7 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1902 NL 1.116 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 NL 7.082 (1st)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1900 NL 3.399 (4th)
Saves s c a p y 1902 NL 2 (2nd) 1908 AL 1 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1900 NL 89 (7th) 1902 NL 107 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1902 NL 4 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 7 (10th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1900 NL 100 (5th) 1901 NL 89 (9th) 1902 NL 87 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1900 NL 0.153 (9th) Career 0.127 (69th)	Losses s c a p y 1901 NL 18 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 110 (8th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1901 NL 9 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1901 NL 21 (1st) Career 70 (197th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1900 NL 9 (2nd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1900 NL 10 (5th) 1901 NL 18 (1st) Career 53 (93rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September, 1899: Sent from Indianapolis (Western) to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.
July 13, 1901: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
July 16, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Superbas.
Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to Los Angeles (PCL).
October 4, 1904: Drafted by the New York Highlanders from Los Angeles (PCL) in the 1904 rule 5 draft.

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