David Newhan

David Matthew Newhan

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
• School Cypress College, Pepperdine University
• High School Esperanza High School
• Debut June 4, 1999
• Final Game September 28, 2008
• Born September 7, 1973 in Fullerton, CA USA

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Biographical Information

David Newhan is the son of Hall of Fame sportswriter Ross Newhan. He played 8 seasons in the majors, appearing in 413 games while batting .253 with 23 home runs. One of his homers was an inside-the-park home run as a member of the Baltimore Orioles on July 21, 2004 at Fenway Park which occurred when Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox inexplicably cut off a relay throw from center field by Johnny Damon. He was a prototypical utility player, seeing playing time in the outfield and as a second baseman and third baseman.

Newhan then began his coaching career as a player/coach for the 2009 Lehigh Valley IronPigs. In 2011 he joined the San Diego Padres' Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm as a coach. He was promoted to hitting coach on June 2, 2011 after manager Carlos Lezcano left the team and hitting coach Phil Plantier moved up to manager. He remained the Storm hitting coach through the 2013 season. He was named manager of the Vermont Lake Monsters, an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in the New York-Penn League, in 2014. In 2015, he was appointed assistant hitting coach of the Detroit Tigers, staying until the end of 2016. He then became minor league infield coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels in 2017-2018. He was scheduled to be hitting coach of the Altoona Curve in 2020 before the season was canceled due to Covid-19 then finally did coach Altoona in 2021.

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2014	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York-Penn League	33-43	12th (t)	Oakland Athletics
2019	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	50-86	10th	Los Angeles Angels

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