Kevin Bradley Newman is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League Baseball(MLB) and is popularly recognized as Kevin Newman.
He played college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats of the University of Arizona and got selected in the Pirates, where he played the first round of the 2015 MLB draft.
Newman was born on 4th August 1993 in Poway, California. He started playing baseball at the age of 6. He graduated from Poway High School in Poway, California. He made it into the school's baseball team in his stating years. Seeing his batting, Newman was pursued by the University of Arizona, University of Oregon, and the University of California in his junior years.
Despite all his options, he chose Arizona on a college baseball scholarship to play for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team. Newman succeeded as a starting shortstop as a freshman, where he proved himself to be the 11th best in the Pac-12 Conference.
Newman was on the Golden Spike Award watch list in such a short period of time. He won the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) in the summers of 2013 and 2014.
Newman was selected in the first round with the 19th overall selection of the 2015 MLB draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Newman made his professional debut on 16th August 2018 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was ranked as Pittsburgh's seventh-best prospect going into the 2018 season by the MLB.
Newman is married to Shayne Newman. It has been a long since they have married. They met each other while both of them attended the University of Arizona.
The couple got married on 25th November 2017, and shortly after that, recently, on 28th January 2021, Newman became the father to the baby girl named Addison Marie Newman. Newman loves his family a lot. Shayne too visits Newman's mother's house often.
The couple is gifted with a beautiful girl, yet there is a lot of things to come in their life. Recently they live in Chandler, Arizona, and Shayne, too, is an athlete on her own.
As a professional baseball shortstop, Kevin has been good in his net worth. He is living a lavish lifestyle. Newman with his family lives in Chandler, Arizona.
They have a beautiful house there, perfect for the three of them.
Newman's average salary for playing in Pittsburgh is $598,000, He has won a lot of competitions, and many sponsors and advertisements have been paying him. His net worth, for the time being, is $1-$5 million.
Newman is a family man. He spends his time after his game. He celebrates each of his winnings with the family and the team that he plays with.
He loves sharing his life events and love life with interested people. He has 14.5K followers, and his account goes by his username kevinnewman27.
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