Al Newman

Albert Dwayne (Al) Newman (born June 30, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1985-1986), Minnesota Twins (1987-1991) and Texas Rangers (1992). Newman was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.

Al Newman attended San Diego State University and majored in Accounting where he also played football at the position of running back. In 1980, 1981, and 1982, he played in the National Baseball Congress Tournament in Wichita, KS. Al Newman left college with two All-Conference seasons.

Drafted in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball amateur draft by the California Angels, Newman turned down their offer and returned to college. Again in 1980, Newman was drafted and declined contract offers, this time by the Texas Rangers. In 1980, he would be drafted again, this time in the secondary phase draft which occurs in June. The New York Mets offers were not enough, so Newman again chose to remain with his college team. A year later, on June 8, 1980, Al Newman was drafted 12th overall by the Montreal Expos, with whom he would sign his first Major League Baseball contract.

In the minor leagues, he was an All-Star second baseman during the 1982 season.

On December 7, 1983, still before his major league debut, Newman was traded in part of a large 3-time deal where the Montreal Expos would send Newman to the San Diego Padres and Scott Sanderson to the Chicago Cubs. Additionally, the San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos while the Chicago Cubs sent Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the San Diego Padres. Just months later, on July 20, 1984, Al Newman was traded back to the Montreal Expos for Greg Harris.