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	18-25 / in Starts: 15-21
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	26 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	49 (27-17-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Campbell	1
P Higgins	1
B Sullivan	0

Most Driven In By
R Radcliff	1
P Mullin	0

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	303	1	Apr 16	DET	@	SLB	L,1-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.84	-0.066	2.17	-0.10%	-0.41	P
2	304	5 (3)	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.06	-0.029	2.22	-0.04%	-0.27	P
3	305	9 (3)	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.89	0.073	2.19	0.11%	0.65	P
4	306	13 (3)	Apr 30	DET		BOS	W,12-8	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.13	-0.014	.25	-0.02%	-1.42	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	307	17 (3)	May 4	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.68	0.057	1.56	0.08%	-0.60	P
6	308	21 (3)	May 8	DET		WSH	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.15	-0.034	2.73	-0.05%	-0.36	P
7	309	24 (2)	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.68	0.002	1.23	0.00%	-0.01	P
8	310	29 (4)	May 18	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.73	-0.073	1.48	-0.09%	-1.28	P
9	311	33 (3)	May 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	2.19	-0.218	4.84	-0.29%	-1.68	P
10	312	38 (4)	May 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.84	-0.093	1.67	-0.11%	-0.93	P
11	313	42 (3)	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	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
12	314	46 (3)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	L,1-9	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
13	315	48 (1)	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	1.53	-0.041	3.01	-0.05%	-0.12	P
14	316	51 (2)	Jun 8	DET		WSH	L,3-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9						P
15	317	53 (1)	Jun 11	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2			0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
16	318	57 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.82	-0.040	1.66	-0.05%	-0.32	P
17	319	62 (4)	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,4-14	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.129	.258	9	1.84	-0.043	3.88	-0.05%	-0.49	P
18	320	64 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.03	-0.025	2.48	-0.04%	-0.37	P
19	321	69 (4)	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.69	-0.171	1.89	-0.11%	-1.25	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
20	322	73 (3)	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.128	.128	.256	9	.74	-0.013	.76	-0.01%	-0.08	P
21	323	78 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.74	-0.019	.44	-0.01%	-0.18	P
22	324	79	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
23	325	80	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.140	.119	.259	9	.90	-0.018	.40	-0.01%	-0.19	P
24	326	85 (4)	Jul 15	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.130	.111	.242	9	1.36	-0.114	.21	-0.01%	-0.93	P
25	327	88 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9	1.26	-0.077	.23	-0.01%	-0.81	P
26	328	92 (3)	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.118	.100	.218	9	1.95	-0.159	.04	0.00%	-1.49	P
27	329	97 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.096	.113	.096	.209	9	1.06	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
28	330	99 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.107	.091	.198	9	.55	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.33	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
29	331	103 (3)	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.088	.103	.088	.191	9	1.62	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
30	332	107 (3)	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.102	.086	.188	9	.51	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
31	333	110 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.098	.113	.098	.211	9	.65	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
32	334	115 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0			1	0	0	.108	.134	.108	.242	9						P
33	335	120 (4)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.145	.119	.264	9	1.00	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.02	P
34	336	125 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.141	.116	.257	9	1.17	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
35	337	129 (3)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.108	.132	.108	.240	9	.61	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.92	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
36	338	132 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-5	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.108	.143	.108	.251	9						P
37	339	135 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9						P
38	340	139 (3)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,2-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9						P
39	341	142 (2)	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.145	.113	.257	9	1.29	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
40	342	145 (2)	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	9	.30	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
41	343	147 (1)	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.106	.136	.106	.242	9						P
42	344	152 (4)	Sep 24	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.102	.132	.102	.234	9	1.29	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
43	345	155 (2)	Sep 28	DET		CHW	L,0-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.132	.102	.234	9						P
							18-25		96	88	3	9	0	0	0	3	2	0	20	1	5		1	3	0	0	.102	.132	.102	.234		1.01	-1.518	.96	-0.85%	-16.97

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