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	25-15 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 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:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	68 (36-21-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (41-25-13)

Most Driven In
R York	2
B Tebbetts	2
R Cullenbine	1
B Sullivan	1
R Kress	0

Most Driven In By
B McCoy	3
D Walker	1
B McCosky	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	226	1	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.49	-0.055	1.14	-0.08%	-0.96	P
2	227	5 (3)	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.09	-0.053	2.84	-0.08%	-0.28	P
3	228	9 (3)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						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
4	229	11 (1)	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
5	230	15 (3)	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.57	0.077	1.14	0.09%	-0.33	P
6	231	20 (4)	May 13	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	9	.63	-0.037	.88	-0.03%	-0.14	P
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
7	232	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.190	.190	.238	.429	9	1.20	-0.012	1.23	-0.01%	-0.10	P
8	233	31 (4)	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.208	.375	9	.84	-0.068	.43	-0.02%	-1.18	P
9	234	35 (3)	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	1			1	0	0	.148	.148	.185	.333	9						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
10	235	39 (3)	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.167	.300	9	1.55	-0.050	.79	-0.02%	-0.69	P
11	236	43 (3)	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.147	.176	.324	9	1.56	0.062	.78	0.02%	-0.19	P
12	237	49 (5)	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.135	.135	.162	.297	9						P
13	238	51 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.135	.162	.297	9						P
14	239	54 (2)	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.146	.268	9	1.19	-0.150	1.39	-0.11%	-1.12	P
15	240	58 (3)	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.178	.333	9	.53	-0.001	.28	0.00%	0.08	P
16	241	63 (4)	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.156	.178	.333	9						P
17	242	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.146	.167	.313	9	.46	-0.038	.17	-0.01%	-0.63	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
18	243	69 (4)	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.212	.404	9	.61	0.021	.18	0.00%	0.69	P
19	244	73 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.196	.214	.411	9	1.12	-0.091	.43	-0.02%	-0.72	P
20	245	75 (1)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.207	.397	9	1.41	-0.077	.74	-0.02%	-0.79	P
21	246	80 (4)	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.206	.222	.429	9	.30	-0.025	.01	0.00%	0.30	P
22	247	83 (2)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.206	.222	.429	9						P
23	248	85 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.197	.212	.409	9	1.51	-0.123	.01	0.00%	-1.07	P
24	249	89 (3)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.203	.391	9	1.17	-0.086	.01	0.00%	-0.67	P
25	250	93 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.178	.178	.192	.370	9	.38	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.44	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
26	251	97 (3)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.173	.187	.360	9	.97	-0.052	.04	0.00%	-0.54	P
27	252	101 (3)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.173	.187	.360	9						P
28	253	104 (2)	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.177	.190	.367	9	1.99	0.129	.02	0.00%	-0.04	P
29	254	109 (4)	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.205	.232	.437	9	.40	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.92	P
30	255	113 (3)	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.209	.235	.445	9	.92	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
31	256	117 (3)	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.191	.200	.225	.425	9						P
32	257	121 (3)	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.202	.226	.428	9	.39	0.010	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
33	258	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.202	.226	.428	9						P
Sep/Oct		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
34	259	125 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.196	.219	.415	9	1.36	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-2.09	P
35	260	129 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.196	.219	.415	9						P
36	261	133 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.188	.210	.398	9	.37	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.91	P
37	262	137 (3)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.190	.212	.402	9	.45	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
38	263	142 (4)	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.178	.185	.206	.391	9	.52	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-1.04	P
39	264	146 (3)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.191	.198	.218	.416	9						P
40	265	151 (4)	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.193	.212	.405	9	.61	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
41	266	155 (3)	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG(5)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.198	.217	.416	9	1.08	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
							25-15		120	115	6	22	1	1	0	8	1	0	17	0	4		1	5	0	0	.191	.198	.217	.416		.85	-0.971	.44	-0.28%	-14.98

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