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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-11 / in Starts: 24-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 0

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	258	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	4	3	4	2	1	0	3.86	6.00	31	11	8	0	3	6	47			0	0	1	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.21	-0.067	3.09	-0.10%	0.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2	259	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.81	3.75	32	7	13	1	0	5	74			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.409	2.59	0.75%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	260	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	GS-5		5	4.0	7	7	3	4	2	0	0	3.60	4.00	26	13	0	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	1.30	-0.680	3.83	-1.20%	-5.91	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d2
4	261	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-4		3	3.2	4	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.80	4.26	21	0	7	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.028	3.02	-0.05%	-0.64	1b start a 3	4b 123 2 out a3
5	262	20	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.76	3.76	34	16	8	2	4	5	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.540	2.97	1.01%	5.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	263	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	7	6	6	4	7	2	0	3.46	4.17	38	5	15	2	0	7	52			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.000	2.87	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	264	28	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.20	4.12	35	7	12	1	1	6	71			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.585	3.23	0.85%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	265	31	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	0	2.87	3.80	33	5	9	0	0	6	77			0	2	1	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.421	3.76	0.82%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	266	36	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	12	3	3	2	7	0	1	2.88	3.62	39	7	10	1	2	12	56			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	2	0	0	.24	0.114	.75	0.21%	1.70	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
10	267	41	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.09	3.76	27	4	11	3	0	8	45			0	1	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.134	2.66	-0.29%	-0.19	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
11	268	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-3		5	3.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.79	16	6	3	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.219	4.86	-0.59%	-2.38	1b start a 2	3b 3 out tie
12	269	48	Jun 15(1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	W(7-1)	2	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	3.18	3.89	34						78						31	0	0			0
13	270	51	Jun 19(1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(8-1)	3	10.0	10	4	2	3	4	1	0	3.04	3.94	38	9	12	0	0	10	61			0	2	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.180	5.36	0.43%	2.11	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
14	271	56	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(9-1)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	1	2.95	3.91	35						72						30	3	1			0
15	272	60	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(10-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.80	3.76	35	14	8	3	0	6	74			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.742	7.16	1.87%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	273	65	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(11-1)	3	9.0	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.60	3.61	33	17	3	1	0	5	79			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.539	5.56	1.51%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	274	70	Jul 6(1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	W(12-1)	4	9.0	3	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.49	3.52	32	9	14	2	1	3	79			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	.75	0.140	3.71	0.42%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	275	75	Jul 13(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-1)	6	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.33	3.46	30	11	10	0	0	2	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.429	3.42	1.31%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	276	80	Jul 17(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-4		3	4.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.39	3.49	18	5	7	1	0	4	44			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.019	8.14	0.08%	0.33	1b start a 3	4b 3 out a1
20	277	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	GS-	L(13-2)	10	10.1	13	9	8	7	10	1	0	2.69	3.54	51						36						43					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	278	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	GS-		4	4.1	7	6	1	2	3	2	0	2.68	3.69	22						36						20					0
22	279	104	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS-	W(14-2)	3	8.2	7	2	2	8	4	0	0	2.65	3.75	38						58						30					0
23	280	108	Aug 11(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	6	0	1	0	2.69	3.90	32	8	11	1	0	7	43			0	1	1	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	0.015	9.01	0.06%	0.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	281	113	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(15-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	9	0	0	2.66	3.82	37	6	13	1	3	5	72			0	0	0	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.358	6.63	1.31%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	282	120	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-		6	1.2	6	8	0	3	2	2	0	2.64	3.98	15						26						12					0
26	283	123	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	W(16-2)	2	9.0	9	3	2	3	8	1	0	2.61	3.96	40	5	15	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.274	7.65	0.91%	1.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
27	284	125	Aug 29(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	SHO(6)	W(17-2)	3	6.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.53	3.93	23	15	2	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.224	4.19	0.87%	3.13	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	285	128	Sep 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(17-3)	3	8.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.52	3.89	33	10	9	0	3	6	64			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.133	7.37	0.47%	2.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	286	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	W(18-3)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	5	0	0	2.62	3.83	38	8	14	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.041	10.07	0.32%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
30	287	136	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-12		3	12.0	11	5	5	6	8	1	0	2.68	3.86	49	16	10	1	0	9	62			0	1	0	42	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.67	0.312	16.84	1.88%	2.33	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
31	288	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	GS-5	L(18-4)	3	4.2	7	7	6	2	4	3	0	2.86	4.00	22	2	7	0	0	7	26			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.450	9.07	-3.10%	-4.31	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
32	289	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(19-4)	1	9.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.82	3.93	32	22	1	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.231	3.12	1.41%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
33	290	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.2	11	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.89	27	5	8	1	0	10	33			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.140	26.10	-2.14%	-0.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
34	291	151	Sep 25(1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	9-GF(10)	W(20-4)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.88	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.319	44.97	3.76%	1.22	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
35	292	152	Sep 25(2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(21-4)	-1	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.85	3.87	37	10	10	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.528	19.64	4.14%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	293	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2		L(21-5)	2	2.0	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.86	3.85	11												10					0
							25-11		W-L:21-5	3.5	264.0	235	110	84	99	164	19	3	2.86	3.85	1101	1.00		4%	3%	179	57	0	---%	1	10	5	988	31	9	5	11	0	8	1.10	4.835	7.17	16.92%	45.71

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