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Ray Newman (baseball)

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American baseball player (born 1945)

Baseball player
Ray Newman
Pitcher
Born: (1945-06-20) June 20, 1945 (age 79)
Evansville, Indiana
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
MLB debut
May 16, 1971, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
May 24, 1973, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record3–3
Earned run average2.97
Strikeouts46
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Raymond Francis Newman (born June 20, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972 to 1973.

He saw limited action in his brief career, usually as a reliever. He became known for riding a bicycle to Wrigley Field. On one occasion, he was struck by a driver and was unable to pitch that day due to the mishap. Cubs manager Leo Durocher was not amused, and Newman was traded by the next spring. Durocher, talking about his team that year, referred to "this nut who used to ride a bicycle to the ballpark."

Newman was traded from the Brewers to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Strahler at the Winter Meetings on December 6, 1973.

References

  1. Rappoport, Ken. "National League Tentatively Agrees to Move Padres to Washington, D.C." The Associated Press (AP), Friday, December 7, 1973. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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