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	10-25 / in Starts: 10-23
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	46 (24-16-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (32-20-9)

Most Driven In
G Kell	1
A Brancato	0

Most Driven In By
F Hayes	1
M Smith	1
H Peck	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	457	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,8-14	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	458	5 (3)	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.85	-0.063	2.09	-0.09%	-0.55	P
3	459	10 (4)	Apr 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.06	-0.054	3.00	-0.09%	-0.40	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	460	14 (3)	May 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.55	-0.025	1.25	-0.04%	-0.25	P
5	461	29 (14)	May 25	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9						P
6	462	33 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	1.81	-0.060	1.65	-0.03%	-0.50	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
7	463	39 (5)	Jun 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	T,0-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	.78	-0.038	.74	-0.02%	-0.29	P
8	464	44 (4)	Jun 9	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	1.46	-0.128	.91	-0.05%	-1.00	P
9	465	46 (1)	Jun 14	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9						P
10	466	49 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	9	.64	0.026	.46	0.01%	0.24	P
11	467	53 (3)	Jun 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	9	.86	-0.065	.38	-0.02%	-0.55	P
12	468	56 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-13	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.231	.240	.471	9						P
13	469	61 (4)	Jun 30	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.214	.222	.437	9	.96	-0.047	.05	0.00%	-0.37	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
14	470	62	Jul 1 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.214	.222	.437	9						P
15	471	67 (4)	Jul 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.156	.182	.188	.369	9						P
16	472	72 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.182	.188	.369	9						P
17	473	73	Jul 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.189	.194	.384	9	.70	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
18	474	78 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.220	.225	.445	9	.56	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
19	475	81 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.250	.494	9	.58	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
20	476	85 (3)	Jul 23	PHA		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.250	.255	.505	9	.84	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
21	477	88 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.235	.240	.475	9	1.29	-0.099	.01	0.00%	-0.59	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
22	478	91 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.226	.231	.457	9	1.13	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
23	479	96 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.211	.214	.425	9	.47	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
24	480	99 (2)	Aug 9	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.217	.220	.437	9	1.56	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
25	481	104 (4)	Aug 13	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.222	.226	.448	9	.94	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
26	482	107 (2)	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.206	.219	.222	.441	9						P
27	483	113 (5)	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.200	.212	.215	.428	9						P
28	484	114	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.200	.203	.403	9	.75	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.50	P
29	485	120 (5)	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.192	.194	.386	9	1.28	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.79	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
30	486	125 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.176	.187	.189	.376	9	1.34	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
31	487	130 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.169	.179	.182	.361	9	1.08	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.50	P
32	488	136 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.165	.175	.177	.352	9	.95	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
33	489	140 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		DET	L,4-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.171	.173	.344	9	1.83	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.85	P
34	490	145 (4)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.167	.169	.335	9	.93	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
35	491	151 (5)	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.163	.165	.327	9	1.69	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
36	492	153 (1)	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.163	.172	.174	.347	9						P
							10-25		94	86	3	14	1	0	0	2	1	0	22	0	7		1	0	0	0	.163	.172	.174	.347		.99	-1.096	.35	-0.33%	-10.75

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