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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 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (3B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1968	BAL	2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
1969	BAL	17	7	0	9	0	11	10	2	7
1970	BAL	4	0	4	2	0	3	3	0	0
1972	BAL	1	2	11	9	0	0	0	0	19

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.