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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHI		NYG	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
3	3	Apr 18	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	3
9	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
13	13	Apr 29	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	18 (4)	May 8 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	19	May 8 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	20	May 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	21	May 10	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	22	May 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
19	23	May 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
20	24	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	25	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
22	26	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
23	27	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
24	28	May 18 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	2	1	0	3	1
25	29	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
26	30	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	4	2	0	6	0
27	31	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	32	May 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	33	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
30	34	May 25	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
31	35	May 27	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	GS	24	5.0	0	3	0	3	1
32	36	May 28	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	37	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	38	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	39	May 31	PHI		CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	41	Jun 3	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
38	42	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	43	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	44	Jun 5 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
41	45	Jun 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	3
42	46	Jun 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	47	Jun 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
44	48	Jun 9 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
45	49	Jun 9 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GF	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	50	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,3-8	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	53 (2)	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
49	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	3	0	4	2
51	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	5	1	10	1
52	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
53	59	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
54	60	Jun 22	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	3	2	0	5	2
55	61	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
56	62	Jun 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
57	63	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	64	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-14	GS	28	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	65	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	1	4	0	5	2
60	66	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	67	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	68	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
63	69	Jul 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	70	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
65	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-10	GS	37	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
66	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
67	73	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	GS	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
68	74	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
69	85 (10)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	93 (6)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	19	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	94	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
73	95	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	96	Jul 30	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
75	97	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	98	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	99	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	1	2	0	3	2
78	100	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
79	101	Aug 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
80	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
81	103	Aug 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
82	104	Aug 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
83	105	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
84	106	Aug 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	107	Aug 11	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
86	119 (11)	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-13	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	123 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	137 (13)	Sep 9	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	140 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	0		2	1	0	3	1
90	147 (6)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-12	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							94gm		693.0	136	252	12	400	60