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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	30	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 23	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	31	7.0	3	2	1	6	1
7	7	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 30	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	4	1	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
11	13 (2)	May 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
12	14	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
13	15	May 7	PHA	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
14	16	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	17	May 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	1
16	18	May 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	19	May 14	PHA		NYY	L,0-10	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	20	May 15	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	21	May 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	22	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	30 (7)	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	GF	19	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	35 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	38 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	39	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,9-14	GF	9	2.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	41 (1)	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	44 (2)	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	45	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	L,4-14	GF	12	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
28	46	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	48 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	49	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	61 (11)	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-23	GF	28	5.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	65 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	1
33	66	Jul 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
34	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,7-17	GF	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	69 (1)	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	1
36	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
37	73 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	74	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	75	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	76	Jul 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-3	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	79 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG	53	12.0	0	8	0	8	1
42	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
43	82 (1)	Jul 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
44	83	Jul 21	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
45	84	Jul 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	85	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
47	86	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-16	GS	33	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	87	Jul 25	PHA		CLE	L,8-12	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	88	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
50	89	Jul 28	PHA		DET	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	90	Jul 29	PHA		DET	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	91	Jul 30 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-14	GS	34	7.0	4	4	0	8	1
53	92	Jul 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	93	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
55	94	Aug 2 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	95	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	96	Aug 3	PHA		CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
58	97	Aug 4	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
59	98	Aug 5	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	4	6	2	12	2
60	99	Aug 6 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
61	100	Aug 6 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
62	101	Aug 8	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
63	102	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	103	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	10	1.1	0	0	1	1	0
65	105 (1)	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,5-9	GS	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
66	106	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-18	CG	54	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
67	107	Aug 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
68	108	Aug 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-21	CG	55	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	111 (2)	Aug 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	112	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
71	113	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	114	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	115	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	6	9	2	17	3
74	116	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	117	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-17	CG	52	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	118	Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
77	119	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	2
78	120	Aug 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
79	121	Aug 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
80	122	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
81	123	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	7.0	2	5	0	7	2
82	124	Aug 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	125	Sep 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
84	126	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
85	127	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
86	128	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
87	130 (1)	Sep 7	PHA		WSH	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	131	Sep 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
89	132	Sep 9	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
90	133	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,7-10	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	134	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	138 (3)	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	142 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-18	GF	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	144 (1)	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,4-8	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	145	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,5-4		18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
							95gm		638.0	178	221	21	420	44