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Gibson Feller League
9-6-2018
Virgil Newsome Shortstop
Retired (1993, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .257 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .746 Status Retired (1993) Option Years 0  
H 1653 Age 61 (OS 62) Date of Birth 10-28-1956
HR 267 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1976)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(78 games)
RBI 838
SB 240
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range WS Rings 0
1B D- (5.6%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (93.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1980 3B ATL 85 85 743.0 211 55 146 10 10 -1 2.43 .953
SS ATL 28 28 227.0 111 38 70 3 16 -3 4.28 .973
2B ATL 22 22 172.0 95 37 54 4 15 -7 4.76 .958
1981 1B ATL 63 63 556.2 604 574 28 2 41 -2 9.73 .997
2B ATL 50 50 415.1 234 96 131 7 30 -3 4.92 .970
SS ATL 22 22 195.0 102 32 68 2 17 -2 4.62 .980
1982 SS ATL 106 106 926.0 523 182 325 16 61 -8 4.93 .969
1B ATL 12 12 103.2 111 108 2 1 5 0 9.55 .991
2B ATL 9 9 72.1 45 14 29 2 5 -1 5.35 .956
3B ATL 8 8 72.0 24 6 17 1 1 0 2.88 .958
1983 SS ATL 89 89 788.0 406 134 268 4 41 +9 4.59 .990
2B ATL 39 39 344.0 204 61 139 4 23 +2 5.23 .980
3B ATL 7 7 61.0 17 1 16 0 1 -1 2.51 1.000
1984 SS ATL 112 112 978.1 486 150 326 10 61 +19 4.38 .979
3B ATL 6 6 52.0 18 4 14 0 1 +1 3.12 1.000
2B ATL 3 3 27.0 17 9 8 0 3 +1 5.67 1.000
1985 SS ATL 135 135 1177.1 581 196 375 10 77 +6 4.36 .983
1986 SS ATL 135 135 1188.0 580 217 355 8 67 +15 4.33 .986
1987 SS ATL 119 119 1052.0 576 178 383 15 86 +22 4.80 .974
1988 SS ATL 132 120 1098.1 581 192 373 16 83 +2 4.63 .972
3B ATL 3 0 5.0 5 3 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1989 SS ATL 135 133 1201.0 640 221 403 16 87 -3 4.68 .975
1990 SS ATL 135 135 1205.0 610 225 375 10 88 +3 4.48 .984
1991 SS ATL 104 87 810.1 412 118 289 5 58 +13 4.52 .988
1992 3B ATL 12 12 89.0 22 3 16 3 0 +1 1.92 .864
SS ATL 9 9 80.0 50 17 33 0 7 +1 5.62 1.000
2B ATL 10 10 74.0 35 15 20 0 4 +1 4.26 1.000
1B ATL 8 8 65.0 66 64 2 0 8 +1 9.14 1.000
1993 2B LAN 63 63 540.2 315 133 178 4 42 +12 5.18 .987
SS LAN 2 2 16.0 10 2 8 0 0 +3 5.62 1.000
3B LAN 6 0 6.0 4 0 3 1 0 0 4.50 .750
Pos Total SS 1263 1232 10942.1 5668 1902 3651 115 749 +77 4.57 .980
2B 196 196 1645.1 945 365 559 21 122 +5 5.05 .978
3B 127 118 1028.0 301 72 214 15 13 0 2.50 .950
1B 83 83 725.1 781 746 32 3 54 -1 9.65 .996
Total 1669 1629 14341.0 7695 3085 4456 154 938 +81 4.73 .980
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Virgil Newsome has retired from the Los Angeles Fly Guys
1993-04-11The Los Angeles Fly Guys have acquired Virgil Newsome from the waiver wire.
1993-04-01The Atlanta Firecrackers have designated Virgil Newsome for assignment. The Atlanta Firecrackers have waived George Wockenfuss.
1992-09-02The Atlanta Firecrackers have re-claimed Virgil Newsome from the waiver wire.
1992-08-26The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Bill Miller to the major league team. The Atlanta Firecrackers have designated Virgil Newsome for assignment.
1991-04-12Virgil Newsome of the Atlanta Firecrackers is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1987-07-14Virgil Newsome of the Atlanta Firecrackers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1984-07-22Virgil Newsome of the Atlanta Firecrackers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1980-04-01The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Roger McCosky to the major league team. The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Virgil Newsome to the major league team. The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Benny Carbo to the major league team. The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Hugh Milligan to the major league team.