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	16-17 / in Starts: 15-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 92 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	66 (37-20-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 92 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-19-9)

Most Driven In
G Handley	1
C Travis	1
G Kell	1
J Priddy	0

Most Driven In By
J Grace	2
S Spence	1
M Vernon	1
B Lewis	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	493	2 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.002	1.32	0.00%	0.17	P
2	494	6 (3)	Apr 21 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	495	12 (5)	Apr 28 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.11	-0.013	1.37	-0.01%	-0.01	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	496	17 (4)	May 5 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.21	0.015	.16	0.01%	0.51	P
5	497	22 (4)	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.44	-0.024	.16	-0.01%	-0.51	P
6	498	23	May 10	PHA		WSH	T,5-5	7-13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	9	3.00	-0.270	1.14	-0.06%	-0.75	P
7	499	28 (4)	May 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	9						P
8	500	30 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	9	1.49	-0.075	.31	-0.01%	-0.59	P
9	501	35 (4)	May 25 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	9	1.49	-0.076	.17	-0.01%	-0.53	P
10	502	40 (4)	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.158	.263	9	3.06	-0.084	.10	0.00%	-0.78	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
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Washington Nationals
11	503	45	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.136	.227	9	.56	-0.052	.68	-0.04%	-0.88	P
12	504	52 (6)	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	L,0-1	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.125	.208	9	1.33	-0.062	1.19	-0.03%	-0.44	P
13	505	56 (3)	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.077	.077	.115	.192	9	2.16	0.089	2.03	0.05%	0.80	P
14	506	62 (5)	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.138	.138	.172	.310	9						P
15	507	66 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-15	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.172	.310	9						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
16	508	71 (4)	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.182	.333	9	.35	0.015	.16	0.00%	-0.06	P
17	509	74 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,4-9	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.147	.176	.324	9	.59	-0.014	.29	0.00%	-0.20	P
18	510	76 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.216	.405	9	.67	0.050	.07	0.00%	0.47	P
19	511	82 (5)	Jul 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	.175	.175	.200	.375	9	1.58	-0.048	.16	0.00%	-1.13	P
20	512	87 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9						P
21	513	89 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.182	.341	9	1.28	-0.161	.03	0.00%	-1.58	P
22	514	93 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.149	.170	.319	9	1.13	-0.081	.03	0.00%	-0.54	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
23	515	100 (6)	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.157	.157	.176	.333	9	.88	-0.045	.01	0.00%	0.72	P
24	516	104 (3)	Aug 7	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.179	.339	9	2.63	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
25	517	110 (5)	Aug 11 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.155	.155	.172	.328	9	1.24	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
26	518	115 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.167	.317	9	.63	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
27	519	121 (5)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.159	.302	9	2.04	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
28	520	127 (5)	Aug 28	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG(12)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.152	.288	9	1.72	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-0.88	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
29	521	130 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.157	.300	9	1.26	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
30	522	134 (3)	Sep 6	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.135	.135	.149	.284	9	2.13	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.18	P
31	523	139 (4)	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.156	.299	9	1.00	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
32	524	144 (4)	Sep 16	WSH	@	DET	L,7-11	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.141	.141	.154	.295	9						P
33	525	148 (3)	Sep 21	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.150	.288	9	.62	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
34	526	153 (4)	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.148	.148	.160	.309	9						P
							16-17		92	81	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	0	11		2	2	0	0	.148	.148	.160	.309		1.33	-1.715	.31	-0.11%	-11.71

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