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	14-21 / in Starts: 11-18
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	54 (28-14-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (31-19-11)

Most Driven In
O Bluege	3
J Stone	1
R Kress	1
J Powell	1
C Travis	1
C Bolton	1
J Mihalic	1

Most Driven In By
B Myer	2
J Stone	1
O Bluege	1
J Kuhel	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	57	1	Apr 16	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG(14)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.97	-0.215	4.62	-0.30%	-1.16	P
2	58	3 (1)	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	59	8 (4)	Apr 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	60	11 (2)	Apr 29	SLB		DET	L,0-18	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.63	0.010	.67	0.01%	0.13	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
5	61	13 (1)	May 7	SLB		WSH	L,3-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.68	-0.025	1.42	-0.01%	-0.24	P
6	62	18 (4)	May 12	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
7	63	20 (1)	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.43	0.047	.88	0.02%	0.36	P
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Washington Nationals
8	64	29	May 24	WSH		CHW	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9	.27	-0.014	.71	-0.02%	1.20	P
9	65	33 (3)	May 28	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	9	1.36	-0.084	3.67	-0.14%	-0.98	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
10	66	72 (38)	Jul 7	WSH		NYY	L,1-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	9						P
11	67	73	Jul 10	WSH		DET	W,12-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	9						P
12	68	74	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.261	.292	.261	.553	9						P
13	69	76 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,11-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	9	1.34	-0.154	.02	0.00%	-1.82	P
14	70	79 (2)	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	9						P
15	71	81 (1)	Jul 18	WSH		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.267	.290	.267	.557	9	.76	0.036	.03	0.00%	0.67	P
16	72	85 (3)	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.273	.250	.523	9						P
17	73	88 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,8-13	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.250	.523	9						P
18	74	90 (1)	Jul 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.297	.278	.575	9	1.62	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.44	P
19	75	94 (3)	Jul 31	WSH		BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.275	.256	.531	9	2.04	-0.180	.01	0.00%	-1.42	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
20	76	98 (3)	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	W,11-10	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.233	.250	.233	.483	9						P
21	77	101 (2)	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.244	.227	.472	9	1.02	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
22	78	102	Aug 11 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.229	.245	.229	.474	9						P
23	79	105 (2)	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	L,2-18	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.229	.474	9						P
24	80	109 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.235	.220	.455	9	.68	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
25	81	113 (3)	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.259	.264	.523	9	.76	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.59	P
26	82	117 (3)	Aug 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.246	.250	.496	9	1.06	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
27	83	121 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-11	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.237	.250	.254	.504	9						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	84	125 (3)	Sep 1	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.262	.273	.277	.550	9	1.95	0.235	.00	0.00%	1.31	P
29	85	129 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.261	.265	.526	9	2.05	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
30	86	130	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.261	.265	.526	9						P
31	87	134 (3)	Sep 10	WSH		DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.274	.278	.552	9	.33	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
32	88	138 (3)	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.260	.263	.523	9	.44	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
33	89	143 (4)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.253	.263	.266	.528	9	1.79	0.200	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
34	90	147 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,10-2	CG	4	4	2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.277	.286	.325	.611	9	.76	0.237	.00	0.00%	3.55	P
35	91	152 (4)	Sep 28 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.274	.299	.321	.620	9	1.29	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.26	P
							14-21		93	84	6	23	2	1	0	10	3	0	9	0	6		1		1	0	.274	.299	.321	.620		1.22	-0.127	.58	-0.45%	-0.84

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