He was in the regular pitching rotation that first season, but finished with a 9–15 win–loss record, and 4.14 ERA. It was the first no-hitter thrown in the Pacific Coast League.33 His 35 wins led the league.34, Baseball records list Newton with both Los Angeles and Portland in 1903 because of a publicity stunt in which pitchers from the two teams switched sides.35 The silliness of swapping pitchers came on November 22 with Oscar Jones leaving the Portland bench to hurl for Los Angeles. This time he allowed three runs and when his teammates could not rally, Cincinnati took the loss, 8-7.25 The losses continued to mount and by mid-July Newton was 4-13. He appears to have never entered medical practice. “He made monkeys out of the visitors, striking out seventeen” in an 8-2 win.9 He spent the summer with Maysville playing against all comers and earned accolades for his fine work.
25 “Wahoo,” Cincinnati Enquirer, May 1, 1901: 4.

He pitched well, just not well enough to win games on a regular basis. April 27, 1900 But old habits die hard. [1] The 1902 season, still with Brooklyn, proved to be his best Major League season, as he had a 15-14 win-loss record, a 2.42 ERA, along with 26 complete games, and four shutouts. Are you a Stathead, too? Year AVG Rank; 1902.217: 1st in NL: 1901.268: 25th in NL: 1901.282: 25th in NL: 1901.277 [5] A researcher as uncovered another game in 1903 that, by the governing rules of the day, gives Newton an added victory in 1903, bringing his record up to 35-12. MILB.com says that Newton was a well-known drinking man who supposedly got better the more he drank. It was the first no-hitter ever tossed in the PCL. Join our linker program. 32 baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Minor_League_No-Hitters_1900-1909, last accessed March 20,2020. In 1908 he pitched the second game of the year against the A’s, allowing just four hits in a 2-1 victory. The most likely match is Moores Hill College, a school that closed in 1915.[2]. Much to Griffith’s dismay, Newton missed the game and claimed later to have been ill. Diphtheria causes breathing and swallowing difficulties and can lead to heart and nerve damage.
He also umpired one National League game in 1902.

For the college coach of the same name, click here. Doc began his Major League career in 1900 when he played for the Cincinnati Reds. Join our linker program. 41 “The Hot Stove League,” San Antonio (Texas) Light, December 21, 1913: 15.

He went 6-5 with a 2.83 ERA (he had a 4.12 ERA both years with Cincinnati) as the Superbas finished third. Eustace James Newton (October 26, 1877 – May 14, 1931) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for several teams in both the National League and American League.

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Newton eventually was given a chance to pitch for Hope and overcame early control problems to become a sought-after pitcher.