Skeeter Newsome

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 155lb (175cm, 70kg)

Born: October 18, 1910 in Phenix City, AL us

Died: August 31, 1989 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: April 19, 1935 (Age 24-183d, 7,851st in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 1947 (Age 36-334d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lamar Ashby Newsome

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

3716

910

.245

381

RBI

292

OBP

.293

SLG

.304

OPS

.597

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
5	5	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
6	6	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
12	12	Apr 28	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
13	13	Apr 29	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
14	14	Apr 30	PHA		SLB	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PHA		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	16	May 2	PHA		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	17	May 3	PHA		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 5	PHA		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	19	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
20	20	May 7	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
21	21	May 8	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	4	0	7	1
22	22	May 9	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	23	May 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
24	24	May 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
25	25	May 15	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	4
26	26	May 16	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
27	27	May 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
28	28	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
29	29	May 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	30	May 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	59	13.2	2	4	0	6	0
31	31	May 23 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	33 (1)	May 24	PHA		NYY	L,2-25	GS	61	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
33	34	May 25	PHA		NYY	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
34	35	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
35	36	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
36	37	May 28 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
37	38	May 30 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
38	39	May 30 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
39	40	May 31	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	0	5	3	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 2	PHA		DET	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	51 (9)	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-19	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	55 (3)	Jun 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	56	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	57	12.2	2	2	0	4	2
44	57	Jun 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	58	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
46	59	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
47	60	Jun 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
48	61	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	7	0	13	4
49	62	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-14	GS	19	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	63	Jun 25	PHA	@	DET	L,1-13	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	64	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	65	Jun 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	66	Jul 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
54	67	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
55	68	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
56	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	8	0	13	3
57	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	5	0	6	0
58	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-16	CG	46	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
59	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
60	73	Jul 9	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
61	74	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
62	75	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
63	76	Jul 12	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	77	Jul 13	PHA		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	78	Jul 14	PHA		DET	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	79	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	80	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
68	81	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
69	82	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
70	83	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,14-21	CG	59	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
71	84	Jul 19 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
72	85	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	86	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	87	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	88	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	89	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	90	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-16	CG	45	8.0	2	9	1	12	3
78	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,15-12	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
79	92	Jul 26 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
80	93	Jul 26 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
81	94	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,15-8	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
82	95	Jul 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-19	CG	55	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
83	96	Jul 29	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
84	97	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
85	98	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	99	Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
87	100	Aug 2 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
88	101	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
89	102	Aug 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
90	103	Aug 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
91	104	Aug 8	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
92	105	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	9.1	0	3	0	3	0
93	106	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	107	Aug 11	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	108	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
96	109	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
97	110	Aug 14	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
98	111	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	L,2-16	CG	46	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
99	112	Aug 16 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
100	113	Aug 16 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
101	114	Aug 18	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	52	13.0	4	8	0	12	0
103	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
104	117	Aug 21	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	118	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,8-12	CG	52	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
106	119	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	120	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	121	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
109	122	Aug 25	PHA		CHW	W,13-11	CG	49	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
110	123	Aug 26	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
111	124	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
112	125	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
113	126	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	CG	23	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	127	Aug 30 (1)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	128	Aug 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	129	Sep 1	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
117	130	Sep 2	PHA		SLB	L,11-13	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
118	131	Sep 3	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	132	Sep 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
120	133	Sep 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
121	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
122	135	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
123	136	Sep 7 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
124	137	Sep 7 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
125	146 (8)	Sep 19	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	154 (7)	Sep 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
							127gm		1067.0	274	418	31	723	87