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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
4	4	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	14.0	4	3	1	8	0
6	6	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	CG	67	16.0	2	6	1	9	3
8	8	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
12	12	May 2	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	9	0	14	3
13	17 (4)	May 11	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	18	May 12	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
15	19	May 13	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
16	20	May 14 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
17	21	May 14 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-9	GS	0		1	3	1	5	1
18	22	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-7	CG	59	12.0	3	4	1	8	0
19	23	May 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	24	May 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
21	25	May 18	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
22	26	May 19	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	1	4	0	5	2
23	27	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
24	28	May 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	29	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	30	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	7	0	10	1
27	31	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	32	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	34	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	35	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
32	36	May 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	39	May 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
37	41	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	43	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	2
40	44	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
41	45	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
42	46	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
45	49	Jun 13	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
46	50	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
47	51	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
48	52	Jun 15	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
50	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
52	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
53	57	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
54	58	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	60	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	2	9	0	11	0
57	61	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	62	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
59	63	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	64	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
61	65	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
62	66	Jun 29	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	67	Jun 30	BOS		CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	68	Jul 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	69	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	70	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	4	7	1	12	2
67	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
68	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
69	73	Jul 5	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	74	Jul 6	BOS		DET	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
71	75	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	2
72	76	Jul 8	BOS		CLE	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
73	77	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	78	Jul 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
75	79	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
76	80	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
77	81	Jul 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	82	Jul 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	GS	26	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
79	83	Jul 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
80	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	88 (3)	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	89	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	90	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
84	91	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	92	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
86	93	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
87	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	95	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	W,15-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
89	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
90	97	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
91	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	99	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	GS	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
94	101	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
95	102	Aug 5	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	103	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	104	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
98	105	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
99	106	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	107	Aug 11	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
101	108	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	109	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	110	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
104	111	Aug 14	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
105	112	Aug 15	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
106	113	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
107	114	Aug 17	BOS		DET	T,3-3	CG	24	5.1	2	3	1	6	0
108	115	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
109	116	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
110	117	Aug 19	BOS		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
111	118	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
112	119	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
113	120	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	1	6	0	7	0
114	121	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
115	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
118	129 (4)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	135 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
120	139 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
122	143 (2)	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
123	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	0	12.2	6	3	0	9	0
124	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
125	146	Sep 22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
126	147	Sep 22 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	2	8	0	10	1
127	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	149	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	48	8.0	0	0	3	3	0
129	150	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
130	151	Sep 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
131	152	Sep 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
132	153	Sep 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
133	154	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
134	155	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	156	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
							135gm		1165.0	270	447	30	747	87