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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Newt Gruber Starting Pitcher
Retired (1988, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.47 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 21-27 Status Retired (1988) Option Years 0  
SV 3 Age 58 (OS 59) Date of Birth 12-14-1954
K 249 Drafted Round 3, Pick 46
(1975)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(9 games)
IP 368.1
WHIP 1.54
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D  Endurance A    Ldrship C+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D+ Velocity A+   Mentor Val B+
Speed C- Bunt D+ Control C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1975 MIL
0
 1
1
1
0
0
0
 0
5.2
 4 5 5 1 3
3
1.24
7.94
1977 MIL
6
 11
44
12
0
0
0
 0
114.0
 134 78 78 0 46
59
1.58
6.16
1978 MIL
2
 3
18
6
0
0
1
 0
50.1
 55 32 32 2 27
30
1.63
5.72
1980 MIL
2
 3
7
4
0
0
0
 0
23.2
 37 23 20 1 10
16
1.99
7.61
1982 MIL
1
 0
1
1
0
0
0
 0
8.0
 6 2 2 1 1
7
0.88
2.25
1983 MIL-STL
0
 2
6
3
0
0
1
 0
16.1
 26 17 17 0 6
11
1.96
9.37
1985 STL
10
 6
26
21
2
0
0
 0
139.0
 126 67 60 5 65
118
1.37
3.88
1986 STL
0
 0
1
1
0
0
0
 0
6.0
 7 4 4 0 1
2
1.33
6.00
1987 STL
0
 0
4
0
0
0
0
 1
3.2
 5 2 2 1 2
3
1.91
4.91
1988 PHI
0
 1
3
0
0
0
1
 1
1.2
 4 4 4 0 1
0
3.00
21.60
2013
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
21
 27
111
49
2
0
3
 2
368.1
 404 234 224 11 162
249
1.54
5.47
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Newt Gruber has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-06-21The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have waived Newt Gruber.
1988-06-11The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Hideki Weik to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1988-06-08The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1988-06-08The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have waived Turk Wendell.
1988-04-08The Montreal Expos have waived Newt Gruber.
1987-08-23The St. Louis Rebels have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1987-08-07The St. Louis Rebels have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1986-04-05The St. Louis Rebels have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1985-03-13The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have designated Terry Adams for assignment.
1983-06-13The St. Louis Terriers have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have re-claimed Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1983-05-08The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-04-23The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1983-03-07The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Kevin Gross to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1982-09-21The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1980-08-13The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ed Harkan to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1980-07-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ed Harkan to the minors.
1980-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1980-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ed Harkan to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1979-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ellis Davis to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Maury Morales to the minors.
1978-10-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ellis Davis to the minors.
1978-08-16The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber down to the minors.
1978-08-13The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1978-06-23The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1977-04-20The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Jim Clark for assignment.
1976-09-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Garth Holliday to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1976-09-03The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Denny Harlow to the minors.
1975-09-07The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Jim Fultz to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1975-09-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Jim Fultz to the minors.
1975-04-05The Milwaukee Blatz have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Chicago Whatever have waived Newt Gruber.