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Dick Newsome
Heber Hampton Newsome

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Wake Forest University

Debut April 25, 1941
Final Game September 27, 1943
Born December 13, 1909 in Ahoskie, NC
Died December 15, 1965 in Ahoskie, NC

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 31 BOS AL  19  10  36  29  17   2   4  0  213.7  235  115   98  13   79   58   7   6   944       0  4.13  4.15  100 1.470 MVP-9
 1942 32 BOS AL   8  10  24  23  11   0   0  0  158.0  174   98   88  11   67   40   0   2   701       0  5.01  3.73   74 1.525
 1943 33 BOS AL   8  13  25  22   8   2   1  0  154.3  166   83   77   8   68   40   5   5   689       0  4.49  3.30   73 1.516
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .515  35  33  85  74  36   4   5  0  526.0  575  296  263  32  214  138  12  13  2334       0  4.50  3.77   84 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  14  36  31  15   1   2  0  224.7  245  126  112  13   91   59   5   5   998   0   0  4.50  3.77   84 1.500
 Career High     19  13  36  29  17   2   4  0  213.7  235  115   98  13   79   58   7   6   944   0   0  4.13  4.15  100 1.470

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 31 BOS AL  36   78    3   19   3  0   0    8   0  0   2  22  .244  .263  .282   43   22   6           0   0 MVP-9
 1942 32 BOS AL  24   55    3   13   2  0   0    3   0  0   1   7  .236  .250  .273   45   15   6           0   1
 1943 33 BOS AL  27   48    2    7   0  0   0    4   0  0   5  14  .146  .226  .146    9    7   2           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       87  181    8   39   5  0   0   15   0  0   8  43  .215  .249  .243   35   44  14   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        337   15   73   9  0   0   28   0  0  15  80  .215  .249  .243   35   82  26   0   0   0   6
 Career High     36   78    3   19   3  0   0    8   0  0   5  22                          22   6   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 31 BOS AL   86   65    6   2.5   108| .244  .278| .263  .355| .282  .410| .545  .765|  43  .233  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1942 32 BOS AL   62   49    4   2.2    97| .236  .269| .250  .344| .273  .377| .523  .721|  45  .239  -4.3  -0.5   0%
 1943 33 BOS AL   55   45    2   1.2    89| .146  .258| .226  .333| .146  .356| .372  .690|   9  .110  -5.6  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       203  159   12   2.0   100| .215  .270| .249  .346| .243  .386| .492  .731|  35  .203 -16.6  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 31 BOS AL P 36 19 53 2 5 .973 .960 2.00 1.16 3.03 2.14 29 213.7 1942 32 BOS AL P 24 11 36 4 4 .922 .957 1.96 1.30 2.68 2.31 23 158.0 1943 33 BOS AL P 25 8 25 1 2 .971 .962 1.32 1.27 1.92 2.27 22 154.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 31 BOS AL P 36 19 53 2 5 .973 .960 2.00 1.16 3.03 2.14 29 213.7 1942 32 BOS AL P 24 11 36 4 4 .922 .957 1.96 1.30 2.68 2.31 23 158.0 1943 33 BOS AL P 25 8 25 1 2 .971 .962 1.32 1.27 1.92 2.27 22 154.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 85 38 114 7 11 .956 .960 1.79 1.23 2.60 2.23 74 526.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 85 38 114 7 11 .956 .960 1.79 1.23 2.60 2.23 74 526
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-AL-9-0.10
Car-885-0.10 shares

Wins
1941 AL-19-3

Won-Loss %
1941 AL-.655-8

Games
1941 AL-36-7

Games Started
1941 AL-29-10

Comp. Games
1941 AL-17-7

Shutouts
1941 AL-2-10

Hits Allowed
1941 AL-235-10

Losses
1943 AL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1941 AL-98-9
1942 AL-88-9
1943 AL-77-9

Wild Pitches
1941 AL-6-10
1943 AL-5-5

Hit Batsmen
1941 AL-7-1
1943 AL-5-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1335) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1324) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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