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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	GS	38	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
2	8 (3)	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	11 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-5	GS	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	14 (2)	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
5	18 (3)	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-13	GS	23	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
6	20 (1)	May 15	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	24 (3)	May 19	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	GS	41	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
8	29 (4)	May 24	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	33 (3)	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS	22	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	38 (4)	Jun 2	WSH	@	DET	L,8-11	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	42 (3)	Jun 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Boston Red Sox
12	41	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	44 (2)	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	49 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
15	52 (2)	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	57 (4)	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	62 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	GS	31	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
18	65 (2)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	GS	37	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (4)	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	74 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	35	7.2	0	3	0	3	0
21	79 (4)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,4-17	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	81 (1)	Jul 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	36	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
23	84 (2)	Jul 28	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	89 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	CG	43	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	93 (3)	Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	99 (5)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	100	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,16-10	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	103 (2)	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	107 (3)	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	111 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	29	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
31	116 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	118 (1)	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	122 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
34	128 (5)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
35	132 (3)	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	135 (2)	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	137 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	GF	20	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
38	141 (3)	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,4-6	GS	14	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
39	146 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	147	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-6	GS	15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
41	152 (4)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		276.0	11	41	3	55	1