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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-11 / in Starts: 24-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 112 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	85 (38-33-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 112 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (37-23-12)

Most Driven In
B Sullivan	2
R York	2
B Tebbetts	2
P Higgins	1
D Meyer	1
E Averill	1
P Fox	1
R Kress	1

Most Driven In By
D Bartell	3
B McCosky	3
F Croucher	1
C Gehringer	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	267	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.19	-0.068	3.04	-0.10%	-0.68	P
2	268	7 (5)	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.43	-0.143	4.39	-0.26%	-1.18	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	269	12 (4)	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.063	3.61	-0.11%	-0.62	P
4	270	15 (2)	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.73	0.057	5.10	0.10%	1.03	P
5	271	20 (4)	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.82	-0.013	2.56	-0.02%	-0.24	P
6	272	24 (3)	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.15	0.135	2.67	0.19%	1.80	P
7	273	28 (3)	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	.99	-0.083	2.39	-0.12%	-0.73	P
8	274	31 (2)	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	9	.92	-0.034	2.97	-0.07%	0.31	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	275	36 (4)	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	9	.34	0.024	1.05	0.04%	1.79	P
10	276	41 (4)	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.286	.562	9	.74	-0.038	2.60	-0.08%	-0.37	P
11	277	45 (3)	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.310	.610	9	.34	0.010	1.53	0.03%	0.13	P
12	278	48 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.303	.324	.364	.687	9						P
13	279	51 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.270	.289	.324	.614	9	1.56	-0.096	6.25	-0.23%	-0.54	P
14	280	56 (4)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.286	.317	.603	9						P
15	281	60 (3)	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.295	.562	9	.97	-0.099	4.05	-0.25%	-1.13	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	282	65 (4)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.250	.277	.527	9	1.09	-0.095	5.12	-0.27%	-1.24	P
17	283	70 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.269	.294	.563	9	.69	-0.049	3.43	-0.15%	-0.41	P
18	284	75 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.286	.345	.631	9	.86	0.159	4.36	0.49%	1.90	P
19	285	80 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.276	.333	.609	9	1.31	-0.068	9.58	-0.30%	-1.22	P
20	286	93 (12)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.258	.311	.570	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	287	98 (4)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.250	.302	.552	9						P
22	288	104 (5)	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0			0	0	0	.224	.235	.284	.519	9						P
23	289	108 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.239	.286	.525	9	1.58	-0.074	10.42	-0.29%	-0.58	P
24	290	113 (4)	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.253	.311	.564	9	1.16	0.109	7.05	0.40%	0.30	P
25	291	120 (6)	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.250	.307	.557	9						P
26	292	123 (2)	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.235	.288	.522	9	.75	-0.076	4.13	-0.25%	-2.02	P
27	293	125 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.217	.226	.277	.503	9	.59	-0.037	3.79	-0.14%	-1.23	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	294	128 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.218	.267	.486	9	1.29	-0.104	7.55	-0.37%	-0.77	P
29	295	133 (4)	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.231	.278	.509	9	1.05	0.024	13.74	0.18%	0.46	P
30	296	136 (2)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-12	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.221	.229	.274	.503	9	2.02	-0.190	20.36	-1.15%	-0.71	P
31	297	140 (3)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.235	.278	.513	9	.69	0.017	7.86	0.12%	0.02	P
32	298	142 (1)	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.235	.277	.513	9	.49	0.166	4.96	1.01%	1.12	P
33	299	148 (5)	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.231	.272	.503	9	1.54	-0.078	39.11	-1.19%	-0.68	P
34	300	151 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.229	.269	.498	9	1.99	-0.053	39.18	-0.62%	-0.20	P
35	301	152	Sep 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.222	.262	.484	9	1.45	-0.122	18.95	-0.95%	-0.90	P
36	302	154 (1)	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.222	.262	.484	9						P
							25-11		112	107	10	23	5	0	0	16	1	0	17	0	4		4	2	0	0	.215	.222	.262	.484		1.07	-0.882	7.36	-4.36%	-6.56

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