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Name	Team	Age
Emmett Newsome	Retired (1994, Age 36)	Died (2040, Age 83)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7 (1979)	RF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League	0	15 years (39 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	12/13/1957
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	2	5
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (97.4 %)	B  (66.2 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1979

Minors

41.00

4 / 6

3 / 6

6 / 7

6 / 7

4 / 5

3 / 7

1 / 3

27 / 41

1979

Majors

12.29

0 / 1

0 / 4

2 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 0

5 / 12

1980

Majors

61.68

4 / 5

2 / 7

4 / 9

5 / 8

6 / 9

6 / 12

3 / 11

30 / 61

1981

Majors

63.14

162

143

0

4 / 8

3 / 8

2 / 6

7 / 8

5 / 8

5 / 14

2 / 11

28 / 63

1982

Majors

62.17

162

148

0

2 / 8

1 / 9

2 / 7

4 / 6

9 / 15

1 / 6

0 / 11

19 / 62

1983

Majors

65.57

162

150

0

4 / 15

3 / 15

6 / 9

3 / 5

2 / 5

2 / 6

1 / 10

21 / 65

1984

Majors

66.53

162

150

0

1 / 8

1 / 8

2 / 8

1 / 10

3 / 7

3 / 14

1 / 11

12 / 66

1985

Majors

65.28

162

158

0

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 7

6 / 14

0 / 10

0 / 4

7 / 65

1986

Majors

61.58

162

152

0

0 / 12

0 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 5

1 / 12

2 / 8

0 / 11

4 / 61

1987

Majors

53.04

142

106

19

0 / 3

0 / 6

1 / 14

0 / 7

1 / 4

0 / 13

0 / 6

2 / 53

1988

Majors

60.85

162

135

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 6

1 / 60

1989

Majors

60.59

162

138

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 60

1990

Majors

59.18

162

107

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 59

1991

Majors

53.85

162

90

0

-3 / 11

-2 / 7

-3 / 7

-3 / 4

-6 / 5

-3 / 10

-2 / 9

-22 / 53

1992

Majors

43.17

162

56

0

-3 / 8

-5 / 6

-4 / 6

-6 / 9

-6 / 4

0 / 5

-1 / 5

-25 / 43

1993

Majors

52.38

162

76

0

-2 / 5

-5 / 6

-1 / 11

-2 / 7

-6 / 10

-3 / 7

-4 / 6

-23 / 52

1994

Majors

50.23

162

68

0

-2 / 6

-3 / 10

-1 / 7

-1 / 1

-9 / 15

-3 / 8

-3 / 3

-22 / 50

Total

2248

1677

19

9 / 131

-1 / 133

17 / 135

15 / 113

11 / 136

17 / 155

-2 / 123

66 / 926

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1994-11-01	Emmett Newsome has retired from the Cincinnati Classy Characters
1993-08-19	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Classy Characters and the Pittsburgh Blitz. The Pittsburgh Blitz receive Cal Fleming, George Sadler, Draft Pick 1994 Round 2 CIN (Charlie Starr) from the Cincinnati Classy Characters in exchange for Len Baughman, Emmett Newsome.
1993-03-01	The Pittsburgh Blitz have placed Emmett Newsome on the trade block.
1987-08-08	Emmett Newsome of the Pittsburgh Blitz is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1980-03-01	The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Johnny Hoover to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Emmett Newsome to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Bill Hesselbacher to the minors. The Pittsburgh Blitz have designated Rod McLaughlin for assignment.
1979-07-16	The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Johnny Hoover to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Emmett Newsome to the minors.
1979-06-08	The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Emmett Newsome to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Jackson Foley to the minors.