Skeeter Newsome

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 155lb (175cm, 70kg)

Born: October 18, 1910 in Phenix City, AL us

Died: August 31, 1989 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: April 19, 1935 (Age 24-183d, 7,851st in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1947 (Age 36-334d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lamar Ashby Newsome

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

3716

910

.245

381

RBI

292

OBP

.293

SLG

.304

OPS

.597

OPS+

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	1	Apr 19	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
2	2	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
5	5	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-15	CG	49	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
8	8	May 2	PHA		WSH	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
9	9	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	May 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
11	11	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
12	12	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
13	13	May 9	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 10	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	15	May 11	PHA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 15	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 16	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
18	18	May 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	19	May 18	PHA		DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
20	20	May 19	PHA		DET	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
21	21	May 20	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	22	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
23	23	May 22	PHA		CHW	W,10-9	CG	50	11.0	5	3	0	8	0
24	24	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	25	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	26	May 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 26	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	28	May 27	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	29	May 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
30	30	May 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
31	31	May 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	32	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	33	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	3	6	0	9	2
35	35	Jun 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	36	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 6 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
38	38	Jun 6 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	39	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
41	41	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	5	0	7	0
42	42	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
43	43	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
44	44	Jun 13 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 13 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
48	48	Jun 19	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
50	50	Jun 20 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
51	52 (1)	Jun 23	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	53	Jun 24	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	CG	50	9.0	7	7	0	14	1
53	54	Jun 26	PHA		CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	55	Jun 27 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
55	56	Jun 27 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	57	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
57	58	Jun 30	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	59	Jul 1	PHA		NYY	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
59	60	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
60	61	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	62	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
62	63	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
63	64	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
64	65	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	T,2-2	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	94 (28)	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	97 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
67	98	Aug 11	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
68	99	Aug 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
69	100	Aug 13	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
70	101	Aug 14	PHA		NYY	W,12-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
71	102	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
72	103	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	104	Aug 18	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	105	Aug 19	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	106	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	41	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
76	107	Aug 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
77	108	Aug 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	109	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	2	7	0
79	110	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
80	111	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
81	112	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
82	113	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
83	114	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	115	Aug 29 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
85	116	Aug 29 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	0	1	1	2	1
86	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	118	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	119	Sep 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
89	120	Sep 2	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
90	121	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	2	3	0	5	1
91	122	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
92	123	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
93	124	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
94	125	Sep 8 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	126	Sep 8 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
96	127	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-13	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
97	128	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,10-12	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
98	129	Sep 10	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
99	130	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	8	3	13	1
100	131	Sep 12	PHA		BOS	L,6-13	CG	44	9.0	4	9	1	14	2
101	132	Sep 14	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
102	133	Sep 15 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
103	134	Sep 15 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
104	135	Sep 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
105	136	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
106	137	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	138	Sep 19 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
108	139	Sep 19 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
109	140	Sep 21	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	141	Sep 22	PHA		CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
111	142	Sep 23	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
112	143	Sep 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
113	144	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	T,7-7	GS	38	8.0	4	7	0	11	2
114	145	Sep 27 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	3
115	146	Sep 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	22	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
116	147	Sep 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-15	CG	50	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
117	148	Sep 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	26	7.0	3	2	1	6	1
118	149	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
119	150	Sep 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
120	151	Oct 2 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
121	152	Oct 2 (2)	PHA		WSH	T,6-6	CG	26	5.0	0	1	2	3	0
122	153	Oct 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							122gm		1049.0	256	408	32	696	76