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	19-19 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	55 (24-22-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (25-16-7)

Most Driven In
M Owen	2
A Glossop	1
B Herman	1
F Bordagaray	1
D Camilli	1
M Christman	1
J Early	1

Most Driven In By
A Vaughan	2
J Medwick	1
P Waner	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 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	382	2 (1)	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.11	0.101	3.10	0.17%	0.70	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
2	383	8 (5)	May 1 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.11	-0.112	4.20	-0.26%	-1.83	P
3	384	14 (5)	May 6	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.34	-0.076	5.44	-0.19%	-0.69	P
4	385	17 (2)	May 9 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
5	386	19 (1)	May 13	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.94	-0.203	8.10	-0.51%	-1.59	P
6	387	23 (3)	May 16 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.30	0.219	9.76	0.56%	0.91	P
7	388	28 (4)	May 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.41	-0.016	1.88	-0.04%	-0.65	P
8	389	32 (3)	May 27	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
9	390	34 (1)	May 29	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.70	-0.017	3.41	-0.05%	-0.14	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	391	39 (4)	Jun 1	BRO	@	STL	L,9-11	4-12	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.17	0.079	13.93	0.30%	0.63	P
11	392	42 (2)	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	W,18-5	1-GF	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.261	.522	9	.13	0.031	.58	0.08%	1.66	P
12	393	47 (4)	Jun 10	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	1.01	-0.070	5.25	-0.22%	-0.74	P
13	394	50 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9						P
14	395	53 (2)	Jun 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	9	.69	-0.051	2.96	-0.13%	-0.39	P
15	396	55 (1)	Jun 18	BRO		PHI	L,8-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	9						P
16	397	58 (2)	Jun 21	BRO		NYG	W,7-1	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.242	.485	9	.95	0.080	4.15	0.21%	0.33	P
17	398	63 (4)	Jun 25	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.242	.242	.485	9						P
18	399	64	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	9	.23	-0.006	1.30	-0.02%	-0.20	P
19	400	68 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	1-GF	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9	.70	-0.111	4.17	-0.40%	-1.21	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	401	69	Jul 1	BRO		CIN	L,9-10	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9						P
21	402	74 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	1.35	-0.126	5.92	-0.33%	-0.94	P
22	403	78 (3)	Jul 9	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.22	0.165	10.26	0.46%	1.24	P
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to St. Louis Browns
23	404	77	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
24	405	81 (3)	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.244	.489	9	2.01	-0.029	1.68	-0.02%	-0.27	P
25	406	87 (5)	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.255	.511	9	.62	-0.005	.48	0.00%	-0.02	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	407	92 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	9						P
27	408	97 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.51	0.025	.04	0.00%	0.15	P
28	409	100 (2)	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.259	.519	9	1.18	0.133	.10	0.01%	1.11	P
29	410	105 (4)	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,0-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.259	.259	.519	9						P
30	411	110 (4)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-1	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.276	.276	.552	9						P
31	412	116 (5)	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.271	.542	9	.30	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
32	413	117	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.271	.271	.542	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
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Washington Nationals
33	414	131	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.279	.557	9	1.84	0.153	.43	0.02%	1.08	P
34	415	135 (3)	Sep 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.258	.258	.258	.515	9	.72	-0.099	.02	0.00%	-2.39	P
35	416	140 (4)	Sep 17	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.243	.486	9	.23	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
36	417	145 (4)	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-12	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.254	.507	9	1.00	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
37	418	149 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.247	.247	.493	9	1.57	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
38	419	152 (2)	Oct 2	WSH		DET	L,5-12	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.243	.486	9	.33	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							19-19		78	74	4	18	0	0	0	9	0	0	11	0	4		1	2	0	0	.243	.243	.243	.486		1.01	0.000	3.33	-0.35%	-4.47

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