James
Newlon
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 10, 1993 in Belleville Nj
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 19 HOU NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
2013 20 HOU NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2014 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2015 22 LAN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2016 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2017 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
2018 25 MIN AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
2019 26 CLE AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 19 AA   38 130 14 32 4 1 3 13 0 1 17 21 .246 .333 .362 .695 16.3  
    A   92 274 43 74 10 0 6 29 3 2 37 54 .270 .357 .372 .729 38.1  
2013 20 AA   109 317 42 88 12 0 3 29 1 1 39 69 .278 .357 .344 .701 40.6  
2014 21 AA   129 508 68 175 28 3 3 57 4 2 61 90 .344 .415 .429 .844 87.0  
2015 22 LAN NL 61 90 5 21 4 0 1 10 0 0 2 21 .233 .250 .311 .561 5.9 0.0
2016 23 AA   106 396 54 101 24 1 12 52 1 0 43 95 .255 .328 .412 .740 54.1  
    A   21 16 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 3 .375 .583 .438 1.021 5.0  
2017 24 AA   138 510 73 149 32 2 12 76 3 2 77 106 .292 .385 .433 .818 85.3  
2018 25 MIN AL 96 348 26 76 17 0 4 38 0 0 22 96 .218 .266 .302 .568 27.0 1.5
    AAA   42 166 18 43 8 0 8 25 0 1 18 32 .259 .332 .452 .783 24.8  
2019 26 AAA   132 469 63 117 20 1 15 58 3 1 57 92 .249 .331 .392 .723 63.3  
    AA   3 13 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .308 .522 0.7  
2 Years Sim 157 438 31 97 21 0 5 48 0 0 24 117 .221 .263 .304 .567 32.8 1.5
2 Years AAA 174 635 81 160 28 1 23 83 3 2 75 124 .252 .337 .408 .745 88.1  
6 Years AA 523 1874 251 547 102 7 33 228 9 6 238 384 .292 .371 .407 .778 284.0  
2 Years A 113 290 46 80 11 0 6 31 3 2 45 57 .276 .375 .376 .751 43.1  
10 Years Minors 810 2799 378 787 141 8 62 342 15 10 358 565 .281 .364 .404 .768 415.2  
162 Game Average 451 31 100 21 0 5 49 0 0 24 120 .221 .263 .304 .567 33.9  
Career Highs 96 348 26 76 17 0 4 38 0 0 22 96 .233 .266 .311 .568 27.0  
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   338 27 75 17 0 5 44 0 0 19 92 .222 .265 .317 .581 27.2
vs LH   100 4 22 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 25 .220 .257 .260 .517 6.1
Home 79 208 11 39 11 0 0 16 0 0 12 51 .188 .231 .240 .471 9.8
Away 78 230 20 58 10 0 5 32 0 0 12 66 .252 .292 .361 .653 23.5
RISP   113 0 28 5 0 2 39 0 0 7 29 .248 .289 .345 .634 11.2
Pinch Hitting   46 1 13 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 8 .283 .283 .413 .696 4.9
Close/Late   74 1 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 16 .230 .260 .284 .544 4.9
Mar/Apr 8 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.9
May 16 33 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 10 .273 .314 .364 .678 3.5
June 40 138 15 35 8 0 1 19 0 0 6 37 .254 .285 .333 .618 12.4
July 37 112 6 27 5 0 0 10 0 0 7 29 .241 .289 .286 .575 8.8
August 34 94 5 15 3 0 3 12 0 0 6 22 .160 .210 .287 .497 5.4
Sep/Oct 22 52 1 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 19 .154 .200 .250 .450 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2015 22 LAN NL 1B 16 9 98.0 93 13 1 6 .991 9.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 25 MIN AL 1B 88 87 770.3 787 51 4 86 .995 9.79 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 4 4 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 104 96 868.3 880 64 5 92 .995 9.78 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  LF 4 4 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 4 2 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   114 102 928.0 893 64 5 92 .995 9.28 0 0 .000 0 1.5
Career Highs   95 93 823.3 798 51 4 86 .995 9.29 0 0 .000 0  
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
2015 22 LAN NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
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  1. Will Smith (973)
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  3. Carlos Zamudio (959)
  4. Daren Grissom (953)
  5. Horiuchi Takejiro (952)
  6. Andy Hogans (952)
  7. Sterling Roudebush (951)
  8. Nelson Mendes (950)
  9. Shaun Robinson (949)
  10. Roy Trombly (947)
History
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won the AL Rookie of the Year in 2004 (.270 11 Hrs 81 RBI)
Injured on 5/21/2010 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Florida in 2012
Released by Florida on 8/15/2012
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 8/15/2012 to a minor league deal