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5 days agoTigers Sign Kevin Newman To Minor League Deal
He appeared in just 31 games during that first taste of the majors and didn't hit much at all, but earned a regular role with the Pirates in his first full big league season the following year and hit quite well across 130 games. Then 25 years old, Newman impressed with an above-average .308/.353/.446 slash line (109 wRC+) in 531 plate appearances as Pittsburgh's starting shortstop.
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