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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Team Record in Appearances: 22-22 / in Starts: 21-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 3

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	173	1	Apr 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	11	2	2	5	5	1	0	2.00	5.05	40	7	12	1	3	11	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.11	0.366	2.67	0.53%	3.40	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
2	174	5	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.00	5.16	34	13	11	2	1	6	57			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.139	2.21	0.17%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	175	9	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	2	1	8	7	0	0	2.33	4.83	39	15	5	0	0	4	72			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.264	2.00	0.30%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	176	13	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-7		3	7.0	4	5	4	6	6	1	0	2.91	5.02	32	11	5	0	0	4	51			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.279	2.07	-0.26%	-0.58	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
5	177	17	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	10	7	5	7	6	0	0	3.43	4.86	43	12	8	1	4	10	37			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	2	0	4	.73	-0.169	.90	-0.13%	-1.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
6	178	21	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-6		3	5.2	6	5	5	5	4	1	0	3.97	5.06	28	7	7	0	2	5	36			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.241	.86	-0.11%	-2.44	1b start a 2	6b 123 2 out a1
7	179	22	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	3.93	5.24	13	4	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.34	0.033	.17	0.01%	-0.33	7b -23 1 out a7	9b end a 4
8	180	25	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	GS-8	L(3-2)	6	7.2	14	11	10	5	9	2	0	4.97	5.34	42	14	3	1	0	11	13			0	0	0	37	6	0	2	0	0	0	1.28	-0.726	.83	-0.28%	-6.52	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d4
9	181	27	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	6	3	2	5	8	0	0	4.57	5.02	37	10	8	0	2	6	68			1	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.387	.63	0.11%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	182	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.66	5.02	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.369	.93	-0.09%	-1.99	10t 12- 1 out tie	10t end d 3
11	183	31	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	GS-6		3	6.0	10	8	4	5	1	3	0	4.76	5.56	33	12	5	0	1	10	24			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.577	.47	-0.15%	-4.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
12	184	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	CG	W(5-2)	2	9.0	8	6	6	3	7	2	0	4.90	5.54	38	3	17	3	5	8	51			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.033	.30	0.01%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	185	37	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	W(6-2)	6	9.0	13	5	5	4	8	1	0	4.91	5.40	41	3	13	0	0	13	45			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	0.278	.39	0.04%	0.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	186	42	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	4	8	1	0	4.83	5.28	39	8	11	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.117	.22	0.02%	1.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	187	46	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	L(7-3)	3	9.0	9	5	5	7	5	0	0	4.84	5.19	40	12	7	0	0	9	47			0	1	0	32	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.53	-0.315	.38	-0.05%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	188	50	Jun 19(1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	9	9	9	8	7	0	0	5.16	5.12	44	7	13	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.006	.11	0.00%	-3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	189	58	Jun 26(2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	L(8-4)	6	9.0	13	7	7	5	5	2	0	5.29	5.21	41						33						33	2	0			0
18	190	62	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	GS-5	L(8-5)	3	4.0	7	8	8	6	2	0	0	5.67	5.25	24	6	10	6	0	0	12			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.296	.01	0.00%	-6.61	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	191	65	Jul 3(2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	0	2	5.44	5.06	34						72						31	2	0			0
20	192	70	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	L(9-6)	6	8.2	13	8	8	4	2	0	0	5.60	5.00	40	17	5	1	1	12	24			1	1	0	35	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.29	-0.694	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
21	193	73	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	8-9	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.59	5.02	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.13	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
22	194	74	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(7)	L(9-7)	0	6.0	7	5	5	6	4	1	1	5.67	5.11	32	7	8	0	4	6	36			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d1
23	195	77	Jul 17(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	GS-5	L(9-8)	2	5.0	10	9	9	5	2	2	0	5.99	5.27	30	8	6	1	1	9	8			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-5.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
24	196	83	Jul 26(2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	GS-6	L(9-9)	8	5.1	9	6	5	3	4	1	0	6.07	5.29	25	3	6	0	0	9	29			2	1	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d6
25	197	86	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	10	4	4	6	3	0	0	6.00	5.25	35	9	8	0	1	9	43			0	2	1	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.084	.00	0.00%	0.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	198	90	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	6	3	3	5	10	0	0	5.85	5.12	36	9	8	4	1	4	68			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.368	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	199	94	Aug 7(1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	8	3	3	5	9	0	0	5.72	5.00	36						63						31	3	0			0
28	200	95	Aug 7(2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	GS-4	L(11-10)	-1	3.2	10	7	7	2	1	0	0	5.93	4.99	23	9	3	0	0	8	12			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-4.85	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d7
29	201	99	Aug 11(1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	5	7	6	3	7	0	1	5.94	4.89	36	10	10	1	3	5	55			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
30	202	102	Aug 14(1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(13-10)	2	9.0	1	1	0	6	12	0	0	5.69	4.79	36	16	1	0	0	1	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.40	0.229	.00	0.00%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
31	203	104	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.66	4.77	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
32	204	106	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(14-10)	1	9.0	5	1	1	4	8	0	0	5.47	4.68	35	7	11	1	4	5	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.213	.00	0.00%	4.40	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
33	205	110	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	W(15-10)	2	9.0	6	4	1	9	5	1	0	5.30	4.75	43						61						33	1	0			0
34	206	113	Aug 25(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG(13)	W(16-10)	3	13.0	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	5.20	4.74	48	14	19	1	3	10	70			0	1	0	47	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.677	.00	0.00%	2.64	1b start a 1	13b 3 out a3
35	207	119	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(16-11)	2	8.0	4	4	3	7	4	2	0	5.14	4.84	33	9	9	1	0	4	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	208	123	Sep 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(16-12)	3	8.0	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	5.16	4.87	33	8	13	1	3	8	44			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
37	209	128	Sep 5(2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG(6)	L(16-13)	3	6.0	9	9	8	5	3	0	0	5.31	4.86	31	14	1	0	0	8	18			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.445	.00	0.00%	-5.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
38	210	130	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(17-13)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	5.20	4.85	36	10	11	0	4	5	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.455	.00	0.00%	3.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	211	133	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(17-14)	3	9.0	7	4	4	6	7	1	1	5.17	4.86	41	7	13	0	3	7	58			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.076	.00	0.00%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
40	212	137	Sep 18(1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(18-14)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	10	1	0	5.10	4.80	35	6	10	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.508	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
41	213	142	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	L(18-15)	2	9.0	12	8	8	7	5	1	0	5.19	4.83	45	20	2	0	0	11	29			3	1	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
42	214	145	Sep 25(1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(19-15)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.09	4.82	36	19	1	0	0	11	58			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.383	.00	0.00%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
43	215	150	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(19-16)	3	8.0	11	6	6	3	6	0	0	5.14	4.77	38	13	5	0	2	11	39			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
44	216	155	Oct 2(1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(20-16)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	10	0	0	5.08	4.69	39	9	9	2	0	8	66			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.31	0.414	.00	0.00%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							22-22		W-L:20-16,Sv:1,Hld:1	2.9	329.2	334	205	186	191	226	31	5	5.08	4.69	1474	1.24		4%	7%	278	48	5	60%	12	12	1	1261	74	10	5	27	0	16	1.05	-1.289	.40	0.13%	-16.12

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