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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-8	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (1)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-12	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	10 (2)	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	11	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
5	13 (1)	Apr 30	BOS	@	DET	L,8-12	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	24 (10)	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	27 (2)	May 19	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	28	May 20	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	29	May 21	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
10	30	May 22	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	T,9-9	CG	47	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
12	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	34	May 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	35	May 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
16	36	May 28	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	GS	0		2	4	1	7	1
17	37	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	38	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	39	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	40	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	41	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	25	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
22	42	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
24	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	46	Jun 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	3	2	1	6	0
27	47	Jun 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
28	51 (3)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	52	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	GF	0		1	1	0	2	1
30	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,14-6	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	1
31	54	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	GF	25	4.1	0	0	2	2	0
32	58 (3)	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,9-13	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
33	59	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
34	60	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
35	66 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-1	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	70 (3)	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	72 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	GF	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	73	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
39	74	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
40	81 (6)	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
41	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
42	83	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
43	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	1	2	0	3	1
44	85	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
45	86	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	87	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
47	88	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	89	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	91 (1)	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	96 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,11-16	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	97	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	98	Aug 2	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	105 (6)	Aug 8	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	GF	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	107 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
56	112 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	115 (2)	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	118 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
59	120 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
60	122 (1)	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
61	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	124	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	125	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	7	1	8	0
64	126	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
65	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
66	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	29	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
67	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	130	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
69	131	Aug 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
70	132	Aug 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	GS	0		1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	133	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
72	134	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
73	135	Sep 3	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	136	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
75	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
76	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
77	139	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,11-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	141	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	142	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	143	Sep 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	144	Sep 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	145	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	148 (2)	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	149	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	150	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
87	151	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	152	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	153	Sep 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	154	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	GS	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	155	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
							92gm		576.0	141	204	13	358	36