Jeff Newman

Full Name: Jeffrey Lynn Newman	Primary Position: C,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/215	First Game: June 30, 1976
Birthdate: September 11, 1948	Final Game: September 7, 1984
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Jeff Newman (Jeffrey Lynn Newman) was born on September 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1976 for the Oakland Athletics. In 1977, his rookie year, he hit .222 with 4 home runs and 15 RBI. Newman played for the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Jeff Newman's best season was 1979, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 71 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	OAK	A	43	77	5	15	0	4	.195	.235	.247	4	0	4	12	0	5	0	0	0
1977	OAK	A	94	162	17	36	4	15	.222	.244	.352	9	0	4	24	1	4	2	1	2
1978	OAK	A	105	268	25	64	9	32	.239	.288	.373	7	1	18	40	1	3	0	2	4
1979	OAK	A	143	516	53	119	22	71	.231	.267	.399	17	2	27	88	1	2	2	2	17
1980	OAK	A	127	438	37	102	15	56	.233	.273	.384	19	1	25	81	1	5	3	8	10
1981	OAK	A	68	216	17	50	3	15	.231	.260	.329	12	0	9	28	0	2	0	1	7
1982	OAK	A	72	251	19	50	6	30	.199	.240	.315	11	0	14	49	0	1	0	1	7
1983	BOS	A	59	132	11	25	3	7	.189	.255	.288	4	0	10	31	2	2	0	1	4
1984	BOS	A	24	63	5	14	1	3	.222	.275	.302	2	0	5	16	0	2	0	0	1
Total			735	2123	189	475	63	233	.224	.264	.357	85	4	116	369	6	26	7	16	52

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	OAK	A	C	43	26	240	140	18	3	1	0	12	15	0	.981
1977	OAK	A	C	94	42	466.1	251	36	9	5	4	27	29	3	.970
1977	OAK	A	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	OAK	A	1B	36	19	186.1	177	14	4	17	0	0	0	0	.979
1978	OAK	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	OAK	A	C	61	47	401	222	27	8	3	4	30	14	2	.969
1979	OAK	A	1B	46	42	373.2	350	30	7	29	0	0	0	0	.982
1979	OAK	A	3B	7	6	51	2	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	.933
1979	OAK	A	C	81	79	680	378	53	10	7	4	41	36	4	.977
1979	OAK	A	DH	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	OAK	A	1B	60	55	488.2	446	35	9	28	0	0	0	0	.982
1980	OAK	A	3B	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	OAK	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	OAK	A	C	55	53	474.1	229	19	6	0	3	33	14	0	.976
1980	OAK	A	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	OAK	A	DH	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	OAK	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	OAK	A	C	37	33	312	182	15	1	2	1	15	13	1	.995
1981	OAK	A	1B	30	28	218	185	13	1	12	0	0	0	0	.995
1982	OAK	A	C	67	65	569	320	27	4	5	3	48	18	3	.989
1982	OAK	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	OAK	A	1B	3	3	25	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.960
1982	OAK	A	3B	1	1	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	BOS	A	C	51	33	308	171	19	2	3	0	28	16	0	.990
1983	BOS	A	DH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	BOS	A	C	24	18	164.2	118	8	1	0	1	12	5	0	.992
Total			DH	25	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	10	7	64	6	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	175	147	1291.2	1181	93	22	87	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			C	513	396	3615.1	2011	222	44	26	20	246	160	13	.981
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1977	OAK	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Oakland Athletics (October 24, 1975).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Tony Armas to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Carney Lansford, Garry Hancock and Jerry King (December 6, 1982).
Released by Boston Red Sox (April 4, 1985).

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