Nate
Newton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 22, 1945 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 LV FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 28 DM FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 29 LV FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1976 30 CAL JL $ 1,500,000 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,500,000 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 LV FL 149 519 60 131 38 5 12 61 4 1 31 88 .252 .299 .414 .714 60.8 6.8
1974 28 LV FL 82 265 25 67 20 0 9 34 1 0 16 55 .253 .302 .430 .732 31.9 4.7
  DM FL 45 125 14 30 7 1 2 15 0 0 15 27 .240 .324 .360 .684 14.6 1.6
  TOT   127 390 39 97 27 1 11 49 1 0 31 82 .249 .309 .408 .717 46.5 6.3
1975 29 DM FL 48 120 15 27 6 0 3 27 0 1 9 24 .225 .287 .350 .637 12.5 0.5
  LV FL 44 77 3 22 2 0 2 7 0 1 5 10 .286 .337 .390 .727 9.6 1.1
  TOT   92 197 18 49 8 0 5 34 0 2 14 34 .249 .306 .365 .672 22.1 1.6
1976 30 CAL JL 75 200 13 36 12 0 3 21 0 0 11 36 .180 .225 .285 .510 11.7 0.0
  LV FL 25 75 7 21 6 1 2 7 0 0 1 11 .280 .286 .467 .752 9.7 1.7
  TOT   100 275 20 57 18 1 5 28 0 0 12 47 .207 .241 .335 .576 21.4 1.7
    AAA   6 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
1977 31 AAA   86 99 10 21 12 0 3 24 0 0 14 8 .212 .310 .424 .734 13.2  
4 Years Sim 468 1381 137 334 91 7 33 172 5 3 88 251 .242 .292 .390 .682 150.8 16.4
2 Years AAA 92 107 10 23 12 0 3 24 0 0 14 9 .215 .298 .411 .710 13.7  
162 Game Average 478 47 115 31 2 11 59 1 1 30 86 .242 .292 .390 .682 52.2  
Career Highs 149 519 60 131 38 5 12 61 4 2 31 88 .252 .309 .414 .717 60.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1047 103 251 76 5 22 134 2 2 64 191 .240 .287 .385 .672 110.7
vs LH   334 34 83 15 2 11 38 3 1 24 60 .249 .307 .404 .711 40.5
Home 248 724 72 194 55 2 16 86 3 2 48 123 .268 .315 .416 .731 90.6
Away 220 657 65 140 36 5 17 86 2 1 40 128 .213 .266 .361 .627 60.6
RISP   362 0 90 21 3 7 129 0 0 21 68 .249 .286 .381 .667 38.8
Pinch Hitting   105 8 20 5 0 3 13 0 0 4 22 .190 .216 .324 .540 7.1
Close/Late   192 11 36 12 1 2 12 0 0 11 44 .188 .237 .292 .528 11.8
Mar/Apr 90 284 33 61 18 1 10 39 1 1 11 62 .215 .248 .391 .639 26.6
May 77 235 23 61 19 0 7 35 1 1 14 46 .260 .306 .430 .735 29.2
June 73 224 19 59 20 1 4 25 1 0 17 39 .263 .321 .415 .736 28.3
July 77 242 21 58 16 0 4 29 1 0 10 32 .240 .273 .355 .629 22.2
August 77 204 22 47 8 4 4 25 0 1 17 44 .230 .295 .368 .662 21.6
Sep/Oct 74 192 19 48 10 1 4 19 1 0 19 28 .250 .324 .375 .699 23.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 27 LV FL C 145 137 1234.7 945 58 12 3 .988 7.31 110 32 .291 5 6.2
1974 28 LV FL C 77 65 616.9 487 41 5 1 .991 7.70 75 27 .360 3 3.3
  DM FL C 43 35 307.4 242 20 3 0 .989 7.67 38 14 .368 2 2.1
  TOT   C 120 100 924.3 729 61 8 1 .990 7.69 113 41 .363 5 5.4
1975 29 DM FL C 29 22 243.8 198 15 1 1 .995 7.86 25 10 .400 2 1.6
  LV FL C 26 20 154.2 125 10 1 0 .993 7.88 15 7 .467 1 0.8
  TOT   C 55 42 398.0 323 25 2 1 .994 7.87 40 17 .425 3 2.4
1976 30 CAL JL C 63 53 480.0 430 29 6 1 .987 8.61 50 14 .280 0 2.0
  LV FL C 21 18 172.4 155 10 2 0 .988 8.61 18 5 .278 0 0.7
Career Totals   404 350 3209.4 2582 183 30 6 .989 7.75 331 109 .329 13 16.7
Career Highs   145 137 1234.7 945 61 12 3 .994 8.61 113 41 .425 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 27 LV FL 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200 .273 .200 .473
1976 30 CAL JL 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .133 .188 .133 .321
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1973-5-38
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Julian Lopez (962)
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  8. John Smith (959)
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History
Drafted in 16th round, 376th overall pick, by Las Vegas in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off David McMahon (CLG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1973, off Adrian Gelinas (CLG)
Traded from Las Vegas to Des Moines on 7/21/1974 (Going to DM: C N. Newton, P G. Sanchez. Going to LV: C E. Berman)
Traded from Des Moines to Las Vegas on 7/1/1975 (Going to DM: C E. Berman, CF N. Becker, P J. Ortiz. Going to LV: 1B D. Walters, C N. Newton)
Traded from Las Vegas to California on 5/21/1976 (Going to CAL: C N. Newton. Going to LV: P L. Nusbaum, C T. Hinton)
Released by California on 10/1/1977