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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS	0	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (1)	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	GS	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (3)	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	20 (4)	May 13	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
7	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	31 (4)	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	35 (3)	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	39 (3)	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	GS	33	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	43 (3)	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	49 (5)	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
13	51 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	54 (2)	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	58 (3)	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	41	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
16	63 (4)	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (4)	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	73 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	75 (1)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	80 (4)	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	83 (2)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	85 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	89 (3)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	93 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	97 (3)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS	24	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	101 (3)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	104 (2)	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	109 (4)	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	113 (3)	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	117 (3)	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	121 (3)	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS	41	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	125 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
35	129 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	133 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	137 (3)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	142 (4)	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS	27	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	146 (3)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
40	151 (4)	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	155 (3)	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		292.0	12	39	3	54	1