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, 6,531st in MLB 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

0.6

AB

3716

H

910

HR

BA

.245

R

381

RBI

292

SB

OBP

.293

SLG

.304

OPS

.597

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1932	21	DET-min	A,B	99	336	336		86	8	5	0						.256	.256	.310	.565		104						BMT,DEC · TL,IIIL
1933	22	DET-PIT-min	A																									BMT,TUL · TL
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		64/59
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		*6/457
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

1940	29	PHI-min	AA	148	578	578		160	39	3	3						.277	.277	.370	.647		214						BLT · IL
1941	30	BOS	AL	93	263	227	28	51	6	0	2	17	10	4	22	11	.225	.296	.278	.574	51	63	5	1	13	1	64
1942	31	BOS	AL	29	105	95	7	26	6	0	0	9	2	1	9	5	.274	.337	.337	.673	87	32	2	0	1	0	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	2	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	3	*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	1	465	MVP-32
1946	35	PHI	NL	112	422	375	35	87	10	2	1	23	4	1	30	23	.232	.289	.277	.566	64	104	3	0	17	0	*6/45
1947	36	PHI	NL	95	336	310	36	71	8	2	2	22	4	3	24	24	.229	.284	.287	.572	55	89	5	0	2	0	6/45
1948	37	DET-min	AAA	130	479	449	44	112	19	1	0	26	4		22	24	.249	.285	.296	.581		133		0	8			SLE · PCL
1949	38	PHI-min	B	101	356	356		101	20	3	1						.284	.284	.365	.649		130						PRT · NENL
1950	39	PHI-min	B	125	401	401		113	25	0	3						.282	.282	.367	.648		147						WMT · ISLG
1951	40	PHI-min	B	61	131	131		35	4	0	2						.267	.267	.344	.611		45						TER · IIIL
1952	41	PHI-min	B	31	51	51		18	3	0	0						.353	.353	.412	.765		21						TER · IIIL
1953	42	PHI-min	A	33	70	70		9	1	0	1						.129	.129	.186	.314		13						SDY · EL
12 Yrs				1128	4087	3716	381	910	164	15	9	292	67	39	246	194	.245	.293	.304	.597	62	1131	57	5	120	7
162 Game Avg.				162	587	534	55	131	24	2	1	42	10	6	35	28	.245	.293	.304	.597	62	162		1	17

BOS (5 yrs)				497	1848	1681	169	437	89	6	4	137	27	17	105	73	.260	.305	.327	.632	79	550	41	4	58	7
PHA (5 yrs)				424	1481	1350	141	315	57	5	2	110	32	18	87	74	.233	.280	.287	.568	45	388		1	43
PHI (2 yrs)				207	758	685	71	158	18	4	3	45	8	4	54	47	.231	.287	.282	.569	60	193	8	0	19	0

AL (10 yrs)				921	3329	3031	310	752	146	11	6	247	59	35	192	147	.248	.294	.309	.603	63	938		5	101	7
NL (2 yrs)				207	758	685	71	158	18	4	3	45	8	4	54	47	.231	.287	.282	.569	60	193	8	0	19	0

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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