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Name	Team	Age
Buck Newsome	Retired (1981, Age 34)	Died (2014, Age 67)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1968)	LF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League	0	2 years (30 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	C	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	10/18/1947
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	3
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (2B)
F  (1.0 %)	F  (0.6 %)	F  (0.1 %)

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Year	POS	Team	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	PB	SB	CS	CS%	+/-	RF	FPCT
1969	C	BAL	16	12	107.66	72	70	2	0	0	0	24	1	4.0%	0	6.02	1.000
	1B	BAL	7	7	56.66	71	69	2	0	4					-2	11.28	1.000
	3B	BAL	9	9	74.0	25	12	11	2	2					-2	2.80	.920
	LF	BAL	11	11	92.0	22	19	0	3	0					0	1.86	.864
	CF	BAL	10	10	84.0	27	26	0	1	0					0	2.79	.963
	RF	BAL	2	2	18.0	2	1	0	1	0					0	0.50	.500
1970	C	BAL	4	2	21.0	15	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.0%	0	6.43	1.000
	2B	BAL	4	4	35.0	16	8	8	0	1					-4	4.11	1.000
	3B	BAL	2	2	16.0	2	1	1	0	0					0	1.12	1.000
	LF	BAL	3	3	25.0	4	4	0	0	0					0	1.44	1.000
	CF	BAL	3	3	26.0	4	4	0	0	0					-1	1.38	1.000
1972	C	BAL	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	NaN%	0	4.50	1.000
	1B	BAL	2	2	18.0	21	21	0	0	0					0	10.50	1.000
	2B	BAL	11	11	92.0	45	21	22	2	4					-2	4.21	.956
	3B	BAL	9	9	81.0	24	6	15	3	1					0	2.33	.875
Pos Total	C		21	14	130.66	88	86	2	0	0	0	29	1	3.3%	0	6.06	1.000
	1B		9	9	74.66	92	90	2	0	4					-2	11.09	1.000
	2B		15	15	127.0	61	29	30	2	5					-6	4.18	.967
	3B		20	20	171.0	51	19	27	5	3					-2	2.42	.902
	LF		14	14	117.0	26	23	0	3	0					0	1.77	.885
	CF		13	13	110.0	31	30	0	1	0					-1	2.45	.968
	RF		2	2	18.0	2	1	0	1	0					0	0.50	.500
Total			94	87	748.32	351	278	61	12	12	0	29	1	3.3%	-11	4.08	.966

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1981-11-01	Buck Newsome has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1977-04-05	The Detroit Tigers have acquired Buck Newsome from the waiver wire.
1977-04-01	The Baltimore Orioles have waived Buck Newsome.
1972-10-23	The Baltimore Orioles have sent Buck Newsome down to the minors.
1971-10-03	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Buck Newsome to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Geoff Crompton to the minors.
1970-05-08	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Geoff Crompton to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Buck Newsome to the minors.
1969-06-12	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Buck Newsome to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Tyler Davies for assignment.
1969-05-27	The Baltimore Orioles have sent Buck Newsome to the minors.
1969-04-25	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Buck Newsome to the major league team.
1968-10-03	The Baltimore Orioles have sent Buck Newsome to the minors.
1968-09-02	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Buck Newsome to the major league team.
1968-04-03	The Baltimore Orioles have sent Buck Newsome to the minors.
1968-04-01	The Baltimore Orioles have renamed Cal Newsome to Buck Newsome.
1968-04-01	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Cal Newsome to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Jimmy Cooper for assignment.