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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	Majors Service Time
Bob Horner League	0	8 years (44 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C+	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	C	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	1/12/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (97.3 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E	OPS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1960	KC	23	70	10	18	3	1	1	8	16	15	2	2	0	.769	.398	.371	.257
1963	KC	138	518	62	140	24	3	13	51	49	95	14	9	0	.739	.336	.403	.270
1964	KC	117	368	38	93	15	3	5	30	43	69	12	14	0	.681	.330	.351	.253
1965	KC	116	385	58	112	21	1	8	46	48	70	16	10	1	.783	.370	.413	.291
1966	KC	131	464	58	121	14	1	6	36	50	73	16	12	1	.672	.338	.334	.261
1967	KC	135	476	52	117	18	4	12	49	44	89	17	9	5	.685	.309	.376	.246
1968	KC	125	474	61	122	27	2	5	48	39	82	20	11	2	.668	.314	.354	.257
1969	KC	110	197	15	52	10	1	3	25	17	31	8	2	3	.693	.322	.371	.264
1970	KC	64	142	11	27	4	1	2	15	15	29	1	1	1	.543	.269	.275	.190
1971	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total		959	3094	365	802	136	17	55	308	321	553	106	70	13	.697	.330	.367	.259

Career Transactions

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.