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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (3)	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	17 (3)	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	21 (3)	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS	28	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
7	22	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	25 (2)	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	GS	42	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	27 (1)	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	31 (2)	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	GS	33	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	37 (4)	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	42 (4)	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	46 (3)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	50 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	58 (7)	Jun 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	62 (3)	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	65 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	70 (4)	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
21	73 (2)	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	74	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
23	77 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	GS	30	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	83 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	GS	25	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
25	86 (2)	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	90 (3)	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	94 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	95	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	GS	23	3.2	0	1	0	1	1
29	99 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	102 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	104 (1)	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	110 (3)	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	113 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	48	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	119 (5)	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	123 (3)	Sep 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	128 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	130 (1)	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	133 (2)	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	137 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	142 (4)	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	145 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	150 (4)	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	155 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
							44gm		330.0	11	38	2	51	1