Bobo Newsom

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: August 11, 1907 in Hartsville, SC us

Died: December 7, 1962 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville, SC

High School: Hartsville HS (Hartsville, SC)

Debut: September 11, 1929 (Age 22-031d, 6,955th in major league history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 17, 1953 (Age 46-037d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Louis Norman Newsom

Nicknames: Buck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

47.8

211

222

ERA

3.98

600

483

3759.1

2082

WHIP

1.463

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-20 / in Starts: 18-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	54 (24-24-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (36-23-12)

Most Driven In
E McNair	2
G Desautels	1
D Cramer	1
Self	1
B Chapman	0

Most Driven In By
D Cramer	3
B Mills	2
B Chapman	2
Self	1
B Lewis	1
J Cronin	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	136	4 (3)	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	1.00	-0.010	2.27	-0.01%	-0.06	P
2	137	8 (3)	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	138	11 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.49	-0.013	.82	-0.01%	-0.19	P
4	139	14 (2)	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.364	.530	9	.58	0.020	.89	0.02%	-0.26	P
5	140	18 (3)	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.333	.487	9	.62	-0.016	.89	-0.01%	-0.19	P
6	141	20 (1)	May 15	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.071	.133	.286	.419	9						P
7	142	23 (2)	May 18	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.133	.286	.419	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
8	143	24	May 19	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.278	.436	9	.19	-0.024	.31	-0.03%	-1.04	P
9	144	25	May 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.278	.436	9						PR
10	145	29 (3)	May 24	WSH		DET	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.286	.468	9	1.22	-0.059	2.31	-0.07%	-0.33	P
11	146	33 (3)	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.174	.273	.447	9	.98	-0.027	1.41	-0.02%	-0.29	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	147	38 (4)	Jun 2	WSH	@	DET	L,8-11	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.154	.240	.394	9	.58	-0.051	.81	-0.04%	-1.13	P
13	148	42 (3)	Jun 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-7	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.154	.240	.394	9						P
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Boston Red Sox
14	149	41	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.200	.310	.510	9	1.10	-0.022	1.93	-0.02%	0.23	P
15	150	44 (2)	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.182	.281	.463	9	.83	-0.072	1.62	-0.09%	-1.39	P
16	151	49 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.162	.250	.412	9	.64	-0.069	1.90	-0.12%	-1.38	P
17	152	52 (2)	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.158	.179	.263	.443	9	1.12	0.076	2.81	0.11%	0.59	P
18	153	57 (4)	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.171	.190	.293	.483	9	.94	0.066	2.39	0.10%	0.59	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	154	62 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.222	.364	.586	9	.74	0.083	1.72	0.12%	0.79	P
20	155	65 (2)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.375	.620	9	.89	0.046	1.49	0.05%	0.61	P
21	156	70 (4)	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.212	.226	.346	.573	9	.55	-0.101	1.45	-0.16%	-2.43	P
22	157	74 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.214	.327	.542	9	.92	-0.070	2.25	-0.10%	-0.65	P
23	158	79 (4)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,4-17	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.214	.327	.542	9						P
24	159	81 (1)	Jul 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.233	.339	.572	9	1.01	0.136	1.10	0.09%	1.50	P
25	160	84 (2)	Jul 28	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.238	.339	.577	9	1.31	-0.066	1.17	-0.04%	-0.39	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	161	89 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.224	.318	.542	9	1.53	-0.174	2.97	-0.20%	-1.11	P
27	162	93 (3)	Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.229	.348	.576	9	1.14	0.103	1.73	0.09%	0.43	P
28	163	99 (5)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.229	.348	.576	9						P
29	164	100	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,16-10	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.236	.352	.588	9	.26	0.015	.34	0.01%	0.16	P
30	165	103 (2)	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.230	.240	.351	.591	9	1.09	0.100	.81	0.05%	1.15	P
31	166	107 (3)	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.234	.342	.576	9	.85	-0.045	.38	-0.01%	-0.47	P
32	167	111 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.253	.351	.604	9	1.00	0.081	.11	0.01%	0.68	P
33	168	116 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.241	.333	.574	9	.65	-0.070	.03	0.00%	-0.94	P
34	169	118 (1)	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.241	.333	.574	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	170	122 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.233	.321	.554	9	1.31	-0.094	.03	0.00%	-0.73	P
36	171	128 (5)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.236	.322	.558	9	.81	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
37	172	130 (1)	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.236	.322	.558	9						PR
38	173	132 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.237	.319	.555	9	.75	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
39	174	135 (2)	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.232	.312	.543	9	.62	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
40	175	137 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.227	.305	.532	9	1.42	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
41	176	141 (3)	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.227	.305	.532	9						P
42	177	146 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.250	.320	.570	9	.25	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
43	178	147	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.250	.320	.570	9						P
44	179	152 (4)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.243	.310	.553	9	.67	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
							23-20		107	100	11	22	4	1	1	5	3	0	18	0	4		4		0	0	.220	.243	.310	.553		.86	-0.427	1.19	-0.31%	-7.53

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