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Name	Team	Age
Eric Newsome	Retired (1955, Age 36)	Died (1998, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	4 years (90 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	A	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	3/31/1919
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (82.1 %)	C  (38.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

1950

Majors

41.88

162

66

0

3 / 5

1 / 5

0 / 4

2 / 6

2 / 5

2 / 7

1 / 9

11 / 41

1951

Majors

64.11

162

123

0

1 / 9

2 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 7

5 / 8

1 / 7

1 / 14

11 / 64

1952

Majors

65.04

162

154

0

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 65

1953

Majors

54.52

162

103

0

-2 / 4

-4 / 6

-4 / 5

-6 / 8

-6 / 15

0 / 10

1 / 6

-21 / 54

1954

Majors

24.22

90

31

0

-6 / 3

-2 / 2

-3 / 6

-1 / 5

-7 / 3

-4 / 2

-2 / 3

-25 / 24

1955

Majors

14.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 14

Total

738

477

0

-4 / 30

-2 / 35

-7 / 35

-3 / 42

-6 / 44

-1 / 36

1 / 40

-22 / 262

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1955-11-01	Eric Newsome has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1954-07-15	The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Manemann to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Justin Muchow to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Hal Casian. The Chicago Bombers have waived Eric Newsome. The Chicago Bombers have waived Garry Fohl.