Jeff Newman

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX).

High School: Robert L. Paschal HS (Fort Worth, TX)

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: June 30, 1976 (Age 27-293d, 13,762nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 7, 1984 (Age 35-362d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Jeffrey Lynn Newman

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

2123

475

.224

189

RBI

233

OBP

.264

SLG

.357

OPS

.620

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 12	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	16 (9)	Apr 25 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	58	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	25 (8)	May 6	OAK		DET	L,0-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	29 (3)	May 12	OAK	@	DET	W,10-4	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	35 (5)	May 18	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	37 (1)	May 20	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
7	38	May 21 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	41 (2)	May 24	OAK		MIL	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
9	43 (1)	May 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	45 (1)	May 28 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	46	May 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	47	May 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48	Jun 2	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	50 (1)	Jun 4	OAK		NYY	W,6-4	GS	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
15	52 (1)	Jun 6	OAK		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
16	53	Jun 7 (1)	OAK		CAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
17	54	Jun 7 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	55	Jun 8	OAK		CAL	L,7-10	GF	16	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	58 (2)	Jun 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
20	59	Jun 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B C
21	60	Jun 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
22	61	Jun 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-9	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
23	66 (4)	Jun 19	OAK	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	67	Jun 20	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	69 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
26	71 (1)	Jun 24	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
27	73 (1)	Jun 27	OAK		TEX	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
28	74	Jun 28	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
29	75	Jun 29	OAK		TEX	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
30	76	Jun 30	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	77	Jul 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
32	78	Jul 2 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
33	79	Jul 2 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,9-3	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C 1B
34	80	Jul 3	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	81	Jul 4	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-4	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	82	Jul 5	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
37	83	Jul 6	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	84	Jul 7 (1)	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
39	85	Jul 7 (2)	OAK		MIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	86	Jul 8	OAK		MIN	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	87	Jul 9	OAK		MIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
42	88	Jul 13	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	89	Jul 14	OAK		CLE	L,1-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
44	90	Jul 15	OAK		TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
45	91	Jul 16	OAK		TOR	W,8-5	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 1B
46	92	Jul 17	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
47	93	Jul 18	OAK		DET	W,6-3	GS	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C 1B
48	94	Jul 19	OAK		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	95	Jul 21 (1)	OAK	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	96	Jul 21 (2)	OAK	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
51	97	Jul 22	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	98	Jul 23	OAK	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C 1B
53	99	Jul 24	OAK	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
54	100	Jul 25	OAK	@	DET	L,2-11	GS	39	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
55	101	Jul 26	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C 1B
56	102	Jul 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
57	103	Jul 28	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	104	Jul 29	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 1B
59	105	Jul 30	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	C 1B
60	106	Jul 31	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	107	Aug 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,1-0	GS	18	5.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	108	Aug 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
63	109	Aug 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	110	Aug 4	OAK		SEA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	111	Aug 5	OAK		SEA	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	C 1B
66	112	Aug 6 (1)	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	113	Aug 6 (2)	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	116 (2)	Aug 10	OAK		CAL	L,5-16		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	136 (19)	Sep 2	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-3		12	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
70	140 (3)	Sep 6	OAK		KCR	L,8-11	CG	62	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
71	141	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	142	Sep 10 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	4	1	10	2	1B
73	143	Sep 10 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
74	145 (1)	Sep 12	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
75	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
76	147	Sep 14	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	149 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
78	150	Sep 16	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
79	151	Sep 17	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
80	152	Sep 18	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
81	154 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,3-7	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH C 1B
82	156 (1)	Sep 23	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
83	159 (2)	Sep 26	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
84	160	Sep 29	OAK		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	4	1B
85	161	Sep 30	OAK		MIL	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							97gm		587.1	399	41	12	452	20