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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	8 (5)	May 1 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	14 (5)	May 6	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	17 (2)	May 9 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	19 (1)	May 13	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	23 (3)	May 16 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	28 (4)	May 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	32 (3)	May 27	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	34 (1)	May 29	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	24	4.1	0	1	0	1	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	39 (4)	Jun 1	BRO	@	STL	L,9-11		37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	42 (2)	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	W,18-5	GF	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	47 (4)	Jun 10	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	GS	30	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
13	50 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	GF	2	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	53 (2)	Jun 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
15	55 (1)	Jun 18	BRO		PHI	L,8-10	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
16	58 (2)	Jun 21	BRO		NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	63 (4)	Jun 25	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	64	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	68 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	GF	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	69	Jul 1	BRO		CIN	L,9-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	74 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	78 (3)	Jul 9	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to St. Louis Browns
23	77	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	81 (3)	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	87 (5)	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	92 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	0	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	97 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	100 (2)	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GS	37	7.2	1	3	0	4	0
29	105 (4)	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,0-9	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	110 (4)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-1	GS	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	116 (5)	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	117	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Washington Nationals
33	131	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	135 (3)	Sep 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	140 (4)	Sep 17	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	145 (4)	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-12	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	149 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	152 (2)	Oct 2	WSH		DET	L,5-12	GS	27	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							38gm		217.0	5	34	0	39	4