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	23-21 / in Starts: 21-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	72 (37-22-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (40-25-14)

Most Driven In
C Bolton	3
R Kress	2
O Bluege	1
J Stone	1
B Myer	1
C Reynolds	1

Most Driven In By
B Chapman	2
J Kuhel	2
C Travis	1
J Stone	1
B Lewis	1
J Powell	0

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 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	92	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.99	0.016	2.70	0.03%	0.37	P
2	93	5 (3)	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.46	-0.052	1.37	-0.09%	-1.17	P
3	94	10 (4)	Apr 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.91	-0.075	2.71	-0.14%	-0.76	P
4	95	14 (3)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
5	96	17 (2)	Apr 30	WSH		DET	W,8-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.29	-0.060	3.58	-0.10%	-0.61	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
6	97	20 (2)	May 3	WSH		CLE	L,0-3	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	.77	0.030	2.54	0.06%	0.29	P
7	98	24 (3)	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.08	-0.098	2.09	-0.11%	-1.14	P
8	99	27 (2)	May 10	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.60	-0.033	1.04	-0.04%	-0.22	P
9	100	29 (1)	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.72	-0.046	.96	-0.04%	-1.63	P
10	101	33 (3)	May 19	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240	9	.64	-0.017	.93	-0.02%	-0.21	P
11	102	36 (2)	May 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.21	-0.181	2.45	-0.22%	-1.36	P
12	103	40 (3)	May 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.094	.094	.188	9	1.08	-0.061	1.88	-0.06%	-0.60	P
13	104	43 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.48	-0.013	1.02	-0.02%	-0.13	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
14	105	46 (2)	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.081	.081	.081	.162	9	.41	0.021	.69	0.02%	-0.35	P
15	106	50 (3)	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,8-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.081	.081	.081	.162	9						P
16	107	54 (3)	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.122	.122	.244	9	.31	0.002	.44	0.00%	-0.01	P
17	108	56 (1)	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.122	.122	.244	9						P
18	109	57	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.122	.122	.244	9						P
19	110	59 (1)	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	.87	0.052	1.38	0.05%	1.58	P
20	111	64 (4)	Jun 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.84	-0.114	1.12	-0.09%	-0.77	P
21	112	68 (3)	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-9	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.39	-0.060	1.90	-0.05%	-0.32	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
22	113	71 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.200	.200	.217	.417	9	.53	0.075	.73	0.06%	1.68	P
23	114	74 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.194	.194	.210	.403	9						P
24	115	77 (2)	Jul 10	WSH		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.197	.212	.409	9	.18	0.000	.18	0.00%	-0.68	P
25	116	81 (3)	Jul 14	WSH		SLB	W,13-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.225	.229	.454	9	.32	0.074	.45	0.06%	1.44	P
26	117	83 (1)	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	6-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.225	.229	.454	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
27	118	85 (1)	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	L,3-10	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.230	.233	.463	9	1.46	0.024	1.14	0.01%	0.32	P
28	119	90 (4)	Jul 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.231	.234	.465	9	1.32	0.011	.86	0.00%	0.02	P
29	120	94 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.218	.228	.231	.459	9						P
30	121	99 (4)	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,2-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.220	.222	.442	9	.93	-0.076	.16	-0.01%	-0.80	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
31	122	106 (6)	Aug 9	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.220	.222	.442	9						P
32	123	113 (6)	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.233	.247	.480	9	.97	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.39	P
33	124	116 (2)	Aug 19	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.233	.247	.480	9						P
34	125	117	Aug 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.225	.239	.463	9	1.30	-0.103	.02	0.00%	-1.14	P
35	126	118	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.225	.239	.463	9						P
36	127	122 (3)	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.226	.239	.465	9	.76	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.74	P
37	128	124 (1)	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.223	.237	.460	9	1.47	-0.039	.01	0.00%	-0.20	P
38	129	128 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	2				0	0	.215	.240	.237	.476	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
39	130	132 (3)	Sep 4	WSH		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.216	.240	.237	.477	9						P
40	131	137 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.240	.237	.477	9						P
41	132	139 (1)	Sep 10	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.233	.230	.463	9	.93	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-1.19	P
42	133	145 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.236	.233	.469	9	.42	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
43	134	148 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.229	.226	.456	9	1.20	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
44	135	153 (4)	Sep 27	WSH		NYY	W,10-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.225	.222	.447	9	.85	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
							23-21		115	108	11	22	2	0	0	11	3	0	24	0	4		2		0	0	.204	.225	.222	.447		.82	-1.057	.96	-0.68%	-10.29

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