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Name Team Age
Newt Gruber Retired (1988, Age 33) 58
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 46
(1975)
SP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Richie Ashburn League 0 3 years (9 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ D-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
A+ C+
Leadership   Mentor Value  
C+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 12/14/1954
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
(0.0 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances    Endurance   Velocity   Control   Total 
1975 Minors 52.00 0 / 3 4 / 20 6 / 29 10 / 52
1975 Majors 0.82 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1976 Minors 18.00 0 / 1 2 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 18
1976 Majors 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1977 Majors 41.21 2 / 7 6 / 18 2 / 16 10 / 41
1978 Minors 15.00 0 / 0 3 / 11 0 / 4 3 / 15
1978 Majors 19.30 0 / 0 3 / 9 5 / 10 8 / 19
1979 Minors 34.00 0 / 0 3 / 18 0 / 16 3 / 34
1980 Minors 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 16
1980 Majors 8.66 0 / 0 1 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 8
1981 Minors 22.00 1 / 2 1 / 6 2 / 14 4 / 22
1982 Minors 20.00 1 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 7 2 / 20
1982 Majors 1.27 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1983 Minors 14.00 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 9 1 / 14
1983 Majors 7.76 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 7
1984 Minors 23.00 1 / 3 3 / 13 2 / 7 6 / 23
1985 Majors 42.67 0 / 9 3 / 20 1 / 13 4 / 42
1986 Minors 27.00 0 / 1 0 / 17 0 / 9 0 / 27
1986 Majors 1.27 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1987 Minors 16.00 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 16
1987 Majors 3.04 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3
1988 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1988 Majors 1.09 0 / 0 -1 / 1 -2 / 0 -3 / 1
Total 5 / 32 30 / 184 18 / 165 53 / 381
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Newt Gruber has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-06-21The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have waived Newt Gruber.
1988-06-11The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Hideki Weik to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1988-06-08The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1988-06-08The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have waived Turk Wendell.
1988-04-08The Montreal Expos have waived Newt Gruber.
1987-08-23The St. Louis Rebels have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1987-08-07The St. Louis Rebels have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1986-04-05The St. Louis Rebels have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1985-03-13The St. Louis Terriers have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The St. Louis Terriers have designated Terry Adams for assignment.
1983-06-13The St. Louis Terriers have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have re-claimed Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-05-12The St. Louis Terriers have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1983-05-08The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1983-04-23The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1983-03-07The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Kevin Gross to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Newt Gruber for assignment.
1982-09-21The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1980-08-13The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ed Harkan to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1980-07-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ed Harkan to the minors.
1980-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1980-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ed Harkan to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1979-03-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ellis Davis to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Maury Morales to the minors.
1978-10-01The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ellis Davis to the minors.
1978-08-16The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber down to the minors.
1978-08-13The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team.
1978-06-23The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1977-04-20The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Jim Clark for assignment.
1976-09-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Garth Holliday to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1976-09-03The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Denny Harlow to the minors.
1975-09-07The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Jim Fultz to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Newt Gruber to the minors.
1975-09-05The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Newt Gruber to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Jim Fultz to the minors.
1975-04-05The Milwaukee Blatz have acquired Newt Gruber from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Chicago Whatever have waived Newt Gruber.