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Skeeter Newsome

Lamar Ashby Newsome

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 18, 1910 in Phenix City, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics/Phillies 1935-1947

Final Game: September 17, 1947
Died: August 31, 1989 in Columbus, GA
Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1935 24 PHA AL 59 151 145 18 30 7 1 1 10 2 1 5 9 .207 .233 .290 .523 35 42 0 1 64/5O9
1936 25 PHA AL 127 508 471 41 106 15 2 0 46 13 4 25 27 .225 .266 .265 .531 33 125 1 11 *6/457O
1937 26 PHA AL 122 489 438 53 111 22 1 1 30 11 5 37 22 .253 .312 .315 .627 60 138 0 14 *6
1938 27 PHA AL 17 51 48 7 13 4 0 0 7 1 1 1 4 .271 .286 .354 .640 62 17 0 2 6
1939 28 PHA AL 99 282 248 22 55 9 1 0 17 5 7 19 12 .222 .277 .266 .543 41 66 8 0 15 6/4
1941 30 BOS AL 93 261 227 28 51 6 0 2 17 10 4 22 11 .225 .296 .278 .574 51 63 5 1 13 64
1942 31 BOS AL 29 104 95 7 26 6 0 0 9 2 1 9 5 .274 .337 .337 .673 87 32 2 0 1 54/6
1943 32 BOS AL 114 480 449 48 119 21 2 1 22 5 6 21 21 .265 .301 .327 .628 82 147 10 2 8 65 MVP-27
1944 33 BOS AL 136 524 472 41 114 26 3 0 41 4 3 33 21 .242 .291 .309 .600 72 146 11 0 19 *6/45
1945 34 BOS AL 125 476 438 45 127 30 1 1 48 6 3 20 15 .290 .322 .370 .692 99 162 13 1 17 465 MVP-32
1946 35 PHI NL 112 422 375 35 87 10 2 1 23 4 30 23 .232 .289 .277 .566 64 104 3 0 17 *6/45
1947 36 PHI NL 95 336 310 36 71 8 2 2 22 4 24 24 .229 .284 .287 .572 55 89 5 0 2 6/45
12 Yrs 1128 4084 3716 381 910 164 15 9 292 67 35 246 194 .245 .293 .304 .597 62 1131 57 5 120
162 Game Avg. 162 587 534 55 131 24 2 1 42 10 35 28 .245 .293 .304 .597 62 162 1 17
BOS (5 yrs) 497 1845 1681 169 437 89 6 4 137 27 17 105 73 .260 .305 .327 .632 79 550 41 4 58
PHA (5 yrs) 424 1481 1350 141 315 57 5 2 110 32 18 87 74 .233 .280 .287 .568 45 388 8 1 43
PHI (2 yrs) 207 758 685 71 158 18 4 3 45 8 54 47 .231 .287 .282 .569 60 193 8 0 19
AL (10 yrs) 921 3326 3031 310 752 146 11 6 247 59 35 192 147 .248 .294 .309 .603 63 938 49 5 101
NL (2 yrs) 207 758 685 71 158 18 4 3 45 8 54 47 .231 .287 .282 .569 60 193 8 0 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1935 24 PHA AL 59 151 -14 0 0 -2 2 -14 -1.4 5 -9 -0.9 .477 .492 -0.7 -0.0 -7 $ 64/5O9
1936 25 PHA AL 127 508 -51 1 0 3 8 -38 -3.4 16 -23 -1.9 .473 .479 -2.1 1.0 -26 $ *6/457O
1937 26 PHA AL 122 489 -26 0 0 3 8 -15 -1.4 15 1 0.1 .489 .492 -0.1 1.0 -2 $ *6
1938 27 PHA AL 17 51 -3 -0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 6
1939 28 PHA AL 99 282 -22 -2 0 -12 5 -31 -2.9 9 -22 -2.0 .471 .482 -0.9 -0.6 -10 $ 6/4
1941 30 BOS AL 93 261 -16 1 0 -2 5 -12 -1.2 6 -5 -0.5 .488 .493 -0.3 0.4 -3 $ 64
1942 31 BOS AL 29 104 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 54/6
1943 32 BOS AL 114 480 -10 -1 0 3 6 -1 -0.1 10 9 0.9 .499 .499 0.5 1.1 6 $ 65 MVP-27
1944 33 BOS AL 136 524 -16 -0 0 0 9 -7 -0.9 11 3 0.3 .494 .495 0.3 1.0 3 $ *6/45
1945 34 BOS AL 125 476 -1 1 0 7 6 12 1.4 10 22 2.4 .511 .509 1.6 1.5 15 $ 465 MVP-32
1946 35 PHI NL 112 422 -16 -0 0 -4 7 -14 -1.6 15 1 -0.1 .486 .490 0.3 0.3 5 $ *6/45
1947 36 PHI NL 95 336 -18 -0 0 1 6 -12 -1.2 12 -0 0.0 .487 .492 -0.1 0.7 -1 $ 6/45
12 Seasons 1128 4084 -195 -1 0 -4 65 -136 -13.0 112 -24 -1.7 .489 .493 -1.4 6.5 -20 $
BOS (5 yrs) 497 1845 -44 0 0 8 28 -8 -0.8 40 31 3.3 .499 .499 2.3 4.0 23 $
PHA (5 yrs) 424 1481 -116 -1 0 -9 24 -102 -9.4 46 -56 -4.9 .478 .488 -3.9 1.4 -47 $
PHI (2 yrs) 207 758 -35 -1 0 -3 13 -26 -2.8 26 1 -0.1 .487 .491 0.2 1.1 4 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1935 24 PHA AL 151 117 10 2.3 110 .215 .207 .286 .233 .359 .290 .414 .523 .772 35 .192 -14.6 -1.4 .414 .124 .083 1.3
1936 25 PHA AL 508 380 34 2.4 119 .239 .225 .295 .266 .370 .265 .433 .531 .803 33 .175 -50.6 -4.6 .434 .113 .040 .0
1937 26 PHA AL 489 346 43 3.3 115 .265 .253 .287 .312 .362 .315 .428 .627 .790 60 .297 -26.8 -2.5 .545 .160 .062 1.8
1938 27 PHA AL 51 38 5 3.5 115 .295 .271 .285 .286 .363 .354 .425 .640 .788 62 .316 -2.8 -0.3 .500 .104 .083 .0
1939 28 PHA AL 282 223 17 2.0 111 .233 .222 .283 .277 .357 .266 .418 .543 .775 41 .157 -21.9 -2.1 .399 .113 .044 .0
1941 30 BOS AL 261 198 19 2.6 108 .229 .225 .278 .296 .355 .278 .410 .574 .765 51 .247 -16.4 -1.6 .497 .176 .053 3.3
1942 31 BOS AL 104 73 11 4.0 98 .289 .274 .270 .337 .345 .337 .378 .673 .724 87 .491 -1.5 -0.2 .583 .168 .063 .0
1943 32 BOS AL 480 354 43 3.3 89 .276 .265 .258 .301 .333 .327 .357 .628 .690 82 .438 -11.5 -1.3 .488 .107 .062 1.7
1944 33 BOS AL 524 391 42 2.9 91 .253 .242 .267 .291 .334 .309 .364 .600 .698 72 .354 -17.3 -1.8 .484 .140 .068 .0
1945 34 BOS AL 476 344 52 4.1 90 .299 .290 .264 .322 .336 .370 .359 .692 .695 99 .522 -1.5 -0.2 .569 .132 .080 1.7
1946 35 PHI NL 422 308 30 2.6 90 .245 .232 .258 .289 .332 .277 .361 .566 .693 64 .310 -18.0 -1.9 .474 .136 .045 1.6
1947 36 PHI NL 336 246 25 2.7 102 .243 .229 .268 .284 .342 .287 .397 .572 .740 55 .272 -19.9 -2.0 .480 .148 .058 2.7
12 Yrs 4084 3018 331 2.9 101 .256 .245 .273 .293 .347 .304 .391 .597 .738 62 .310 -202.8 -19.7 .488 .134 .059 15.9
162 Game Avg. 587 433 48 2.9 101 .256 .245 .273 .293 .347 .304 .391 .597 .738 62 .310 -202.8 -19.7 .488 .134 .059 2
BOS (5 yrs) 1845 1360 167 3.3 93 .270 .260 .266 .305 .338 .327 .368 .632 .706 79 .411 -48.2 -5.0 .514 .136 .067 7.0
PHA (5 yrs) 1481 1104 109 2.6 115 .246 .233 .289 .280 .364 .287 .426 .568 .790 45 .216 -116.8 -10.8 .462 .129 .054 3.8
PHI (2 yrs) 758 554 55 2.6 95 .244 .231 .262 .287 .337 .282 .377 .569 .714 60 .291 -37.8 -3.9 .477 .142 .051 4.4
AL (10 yrs) 3326 2464 276 3.0 103 .259 .248 .276 .294 .349 .309 .394 .603 .743 63 .314 -164.9 -15.8 .490 .133 .061 10.9
NL (2 yrs) 758 554 55 2.6 95 .244 .231 .262 .287 .337 .282 .377 .569 .714 60 .291 -37.8 -3.9 .477 .142 .051 4.4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1935 24 PHA AL 151 0.7% 6.0% 3.3% 6.0% 30% 1.80 16.1 145.0 14.5 89%
1936 25 PHA AL 508 0.0% 5.3% 4.9% 3.4% 16% 1.08 17.4 10.2 87%
1937 26 PHA AL 489 0.2% 4.5% 7.6% 4.9% 22% 0.59 19.9 438.0 14.6 85%
1938 27 PHA AL 51 0.0% 7.8% 2.0% 7.8% 31% 4.00 12.0 6.9 86%
1939 28 PHA AL 282 0.0% 4.3% 6.7% 3.6% 18% 0.63 20.7 14.6 84%
1941 30 BOS AL 261 0.8% 4.2% 8.4% 3.1% 16% 0.50 20.6 113.5 13.4 82%
1942 31 BOS AL 104 0.0% 4.8% 8.7% 5.8% 23% 0.56 19.0 10.6 87%
1943 32 BOS AL 480 0.2% 4.4% 4.4% 5.0% 20% 1.00 21.4 449.0 20.4 89%
1944 33 BOS AL 524 0.0% 4.0% 6.3% 5.5% 25% 0.64 22.5 11.5 86%
1945 34 BOS AL 476 0.2% 3.2% 4.2% 6.7% 25% 0.75 29.2 438.0 9.1 89%
1946 35 PHI NL 422 0.2% 5.5% 7.1% 3.1% 15% 0.77 16.3 375.0 16.3 83%
1947 36 PHI NL 336 0.6% 7.1% 7.1% 3.6% 17% 1.00 12.9 155.0 14.1 85%
12 Yrs 4084 0.2% 4.8% 6.0% 4.6% 21% 0.79 19.2 412.9 12.7 86%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.9 66.3 8.3 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 24 59 151 145 18 30 7 1 1 10 2 1 5 9 .207 .233 .290 .523 35 42 0 1
1936 25 186 659 616 59 136 22 3 1 56 15 5 30 36 .221 .258 .271 .529 34 167 1 12
1937 26 308 1148 1054 112 247 44 4 2 86 26 10 67 58 .234 .281 .289 .570 44 305 1 26
1938 27 325 1199 1102 119 260 48 4 2 93 27 11 68 62 .236 .281 .292 .573 45 322 1 28
1939 28 424 1481 1350 141 315 57 5 2 110 32 18 87 74 .233 .280 .287 .568 45 388 8 1 43
1940 29 424 1481 1350 141 315 57 5 2 110 32 18 87 74 .233 .280 .287 .568 45 388 8 1 43
1941 30 517 1742 1577 169 366 63 5 4 127 42 22 109 85 .232 .283 .286 .569 45 451 13 2 56
1942 31 546 1846 1672 176 392 69 5 4 136 44 23 118 90 .234 .286 .289 .575 48 483 15 2 57
1943 32 660 2326 2121 224 511 90 7 5 158 49 29 139 111 .241 .289 .297 .586 54 630 25 4 65
1944 33 796 2850 2593 265 625 116 10 5 199 53 32 172 132 .241 .289 .299 .589 57 776 36 4 84
1945 34 921 3326 3031 310 752 146 11 6 247 59 35 192 147 .248 .294 .309 .603 63 938 49 5 101
1946 35 1033 3748 3406 345 839 156 13 7 270 63 35 222 170 .246 .293 .306 .599 63 1042 52 5 118
1947 36 1128 4084 3716 381 910 164 15 9 292 67 35 246 194 .245 .293 .304 .597 62 1131 57 5 120

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1935 24 62 158 152 18 30 7 1 1 10 2 5 10 .197 .223 .276 .499 10 59
1936 25 133 515 480 35 99 14 2 0 39 12 23 28 .206 .244 .244 .488 28 127
1937 26 127 496 446 47 106 21 1 1 27 11 35 23 .238 .293 .296 .589 38 122
1938 27 18 52 49 6 12 4 0 0 6 1 1 4 .245 .260 .327 .587 4 17
1939 28 104 292 257 20 54 9 1 0 16 5 19 13 .210 .264 .253 .517 17 99
1941 30 97 270 233 27 50 6 0 2 16 10 22 11 .215 .285 .266 .551 18 93
1942 31 31 112 101 8 28 6 0 0 10 2 10 5 .277 .342 .337 .679 12 29
1943 32 120 515 481 57 134 24 2 1 26 6 24 22 .279 .316 .343 .659 52 114
1944 33 142 555 499 46 125 29 3 0 46 4 36 22 .251 .301 .321 .622 48 136
1945 34 132 515 473 53 144 34 1 1 57 7 23 16 .304 .338 .387 .725 61 125
1946 35 117 452 400 43 99 11 2 1 28 5 34 24 .248 .306 .293 .599 37 112
1947 36 99 352 325 39 75 8 2 2 24 4 25 25 .231 .286 .286 .572 27 95
12 Yrs 1182 4284 3896 399 956 173 15 9 305 69 257 203 .245 .293 .304 .597 352 1128
162 Game Avg. 162 587 534 55 131 24 2 1 42 9 35 28 .245 .293 .304 .597 48 1128

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (27, 1%)
1945 AL (32, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  1.0 (5th)
1937 AL  1.0 (7th)
1943 AL  1.1 (7th)
1944 AL  1.0 (8th)
1945 AL  1.5 (5th)
1947 NL  0.7 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1945 AL  .290 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 AL  30 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1936 AL  11 (8th)
1937 AL  14 (5th)
1939 AL  15 (7th)
1941 AL  13 (4th)
1944 AL  19 (5th)
1945 AL  17 (5th)
1946 NL  17 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1945 AL  13 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1939 AL  7 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL  21.4 (6th)
1944 AL  22.5 (7th)
1945 AL  29.2 (3rd)
Career  19.2 (136th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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