Name | Team | Age |
Butch Newsome | Retired (1971, Age 37) | 41 |
Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
Round 2, Pick 31 (1957) |
LF | L/R |
League | Option Years
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Majors Service Time |
Bob Horner League | 0 | 8 years (44 games) |
Total Rating
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Arm | Range |
Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
Endurance | Velocity | Control |
Leadership
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Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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Health
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Injured Days
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Birthday |
0 | 1/12/1934 | |
WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (CF) | Alt Pos (---) |
(99.0 %) | (97.3 %) | (0.0 %) |
Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
(0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Alt Pos (C) | Alt Pos (SS) | |
(0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Year | Team | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | PH |
1960 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
1963 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 39 | 5 |
1964 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 | 50 | 19 |
1965 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 10 |
1966 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 74 | 12 |
1967 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30 | 39 | 6 |
1968 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1969 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 63 |
1970 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 20 |
1971 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Date | Transaction |
1971-11-01 | Butch Newsome has retired from the Seattle Rainiers |
1971-09-14 | The Seattle Rainiers have promoted Butch Newsome to the major league team. |
1971-09-03 | The Seattle Rainiers have acquired Butch Newsome from the waiver wire. |
1970-10-03 | The Kansas City Chefs have promoted Hal Garman to the major league team. The Kansas City Chefs have waived Butch Newsome. |
1970-09-28 | Butch Newsome of the Kansas City Chefs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. |
1963-04-01 | The Kansas City Chefs have promoted Butch Newsome to the major league team. The Kansas City Chefs have promoted Noriyoshi Tezuka to the major league team. The Kansas City Chefs have waived Roger LaRocca. The Kansas City Chefs have waived March Widner. |
1960-09-26 | The Kansas City Chefs have sent Butch Newsome to the minors. |
1960-08-27 | The Kansas City Chefs have promoted Butch Newsome to the major league team. |
1958-06-08 | The Kansas City Chefs have acquired Butch Newsome from the waiver wire. |
1958-03-26 | The Milwaukee Socialist Mayors have waived Butch Newsome. |