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Phil Niekro League
10-26-2088
George Newman First Base
Retired (1967, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .239 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .693 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 632 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 06-20-1933
HR 112 Drafted Round 3, Pick 39
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(101 games)
RBI 372
SB 39
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R A+ Power vs. L A+ Velocity F    Mentor vR A 
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1957 COL
118
366
36
71
7
2
15
40
20
 76 0 1
1
 2 12
.582
.235
.347
.153
.194
1958 COL
123
459
48
91
9
2
18
57
26
 99 6 0
7
 0 7
.595
.251
.344
.146
.198
1959 COL
120
486
68
133
23
4
25
96
20
 87 1 6
5
 4 6
.792
.300
.492
.218
.274
1960 COL
133
475
67
119
13
3
23
64
32
 101 0 3
5
 5 9
.732
.296
.436
.185
.251
1961 COL
98
284
36
74
18
1
11
40
11
 60 0 1
6
 3 5
.734
.287
.447
.187
.261
1962 COL
37
61
9
13
2
0
2
10
2
 15 1 1
2
 0 1
.590
.246
.344
.131
.213
1964 CHA
67
235
32
64
16
1
8
26
23
 55 0 0
5
 3 2
.788
.337
.451
.179
.272
1965 CHA
57
202
18
51
7
1
8
28
14
 50 1 1
6
 2 3
.719
.303
.416
.163
.252
1966 CHA
24
78
7
16
0
0
2
11
3
 20 0 1
2
 1 1
.514
.232
.282
.077
.205
Total
777
2646
321
632
95
14
112
372
151
 563 9 14
39
 20 46
.693
.281
.412
.173
.239
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01George Newman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-04-13The Chicago Wild Rovers have waived George Newman.
1967-04-01The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted Wes Eddy to the major league team. The Chicago Wild Rovers have designated George Newman for assignment.
1965-06-24The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted George Newman to the major league team.
1965-06-13The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted Rory O`Connor to the major league team. The Chicago Wild Rovers have designated George Newman for assignment.
1964-05-01The Chicago Wild Rovers have promoted George Newman to the major league team. The Chicago Wild Rovers have designated Bill Nash for assignment.
1964-05-01The Chicago Wild Rovers have acquired George Newman from the waiver wire.
1964-04-04The Pittsburgh Miners have waived George Newman.
1963-07-27The Pittsburgh Miners have acquired George Newman from the waiver wire.
1963-07-17The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have waived George Newman.
1963-04-01The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Ike Walker to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Johnny Etchison to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Billy Nelson to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have sent Russ Stauffer to the minors. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated George Newman for assignment.
1959-07-10George Newman of the Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1957-03-25The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Bill Legg to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted George Newman to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Greg Graterol to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Gary Haeffner to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have promoted Al Gerhardt to the major league team. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated Sean Myers for assignment. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated Toby Vaughn for assignment. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated John Pasek for assignment. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated John Murphy for assignment. The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have designated Tim Rucker for assignment.
1955-06-19The Colorado FlatIron Mountain Dogs have acquired George Newman from the waiver wire.
1955-04-04The Chicago Wild Rovers have waived George Newman.