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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 Contact vs. L Endurance   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 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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Endurance   Velocity   Control   Total 
1975 Minors 21 52.00 0 / 3 4 / 20 6 / 29 10 / 52
1975 Majors 21 0.82 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1976 Minors 22 18.00 0 / 1 2 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 18
1976 Majors 22 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1977 Majors 23 41.21 2 / 7 6 / 18 2 / 16 10 / 41
1978 Minors 24 15.00 0 / 0 3 / 11 0 / 4 3 / 15
1978 Majors 24 19.30 0 / 0 3 / 9 5 / 10 8 / 19
1979 Minors 25 34.00 0 / 0 3 / 18 0 / 16 3 / 34
1980 Minors 26 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 16
1980 Majors 26 8.66 33 4 0 0 / 0 1 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 8
1981 Minors 27 22.00 1 / 2 1 / 6 2 / 14 4 / 22
1982 Minors 28 20.00 1 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 7 2 / 20
1982 Majors 28 1.27 10 1 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1983 Minors 29 14.00 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 9 1 / 14
1983 Majors 29 7.76 42 3 0 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 7
1984 Minors 30 23.00 1 / 3 3 / 13 2 / 7 6 / 23
1985 Majors 31 42.67 162 21 0 0 / 9 3 / 20 1 / 13 4 / 42
1986 Minors 32 27.00 0 / 1 0 / 17 0 / 9 0 / 27
1986 Majors 32 1.27 4 1 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1987 Minors 33 16.00 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 16
1987 Majors 33 3.04 14 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3
1988 Minors 34 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1988 Majors 34 1.09 3 0 0 0 / 0 -1 / 1 -2 / 0 -3 / 1
Total 268 30 0 5 / 32 30 / 184 18 / 165 53 / 381
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.