Al Newman
Montreal Expos 1985–1986; Minnesota Twins 1987–1991; Texas Rangers 1992
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .172 | .250 | .207 | .457 | 35.2 | 32.8 | .228 | -0.1 |
| 1986 | 95 | 212 | 185 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 11 | .200 | .279 | .232 | .511 | 42.7 | 43.6 | .247 | -0.6 |
| 1987 | 110 | 349 | 307 | 44 | 68 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 11 | .221 | .298 | .303 | .601 | 60.9 | 58.6 | .278 | -0.2 |
| 1988 | 105 | 295 | 260 | 35 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | .223 | .301 | .250 | .551 | 59.2 | 55.4 | .268 | -0.2 |
| 1989 | 141 | 521 | 446 | 62 | 113 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 59 | 46 | 25 | 12 | .253 | .341 | .303 | .643 | 84.1 | 78.6 | .311 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | 144 | 433 | 388 | 43 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 6 | .242 | .304 | .278 | .582 | 60.8 | 60.4 | .278 | -0.1 |
| 1991 | 118 | 278 | 246 | 25 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .191 | .260 | .211 | .471 | 30.1 | 30.6 | .230 | -1.0 |
| 1992 | 116 | 289 | 246 | 25 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 6 | .220 | .317 | .240 | .557 | 68.2 | 60.9 | .278 | 0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-06-25 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1990-07-29 | ATH @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1986-07-06 | WSH @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1987-05-09 | MIN @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1992-06-08 | SEA @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.