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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	59	11.2	5	1	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	8 (3)	May 1	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
6	9	May 2 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	GS	0		4	2	0	6	1
7	10	May 2 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-8	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
8	35 (24)	May 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
9	36	May 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GF	0		0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	37	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	38	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	39	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
13	40	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
14	41	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	42	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
16	43	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	44	Jun 9	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
18	45	Jun 10	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
19	46	Jun 12	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	47	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-16	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
21	48	Jun 13 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	49	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
23	50	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
24	51	Jun 16	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	52	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
26	53	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	70 (16)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	71	Jul 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	59	13.2	2	5	0	7	0
29	72	Jul 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
30	73	Jul 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
31	74	Jul 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	75	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	11.1	2	6	0	8	2
33	76	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	77	Jul 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	78	Jul 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
36	79	Jul 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	80	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
38	81	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
39	82	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
40	83	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
41	84	Jul 23 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	3	2	1	6	1
42	85	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
43	86	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
44	87	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	88	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	3	9	1
46	89	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
47	90	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
48	91	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
49	92	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
50	93	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
51	94	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	6	5	0	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	95	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	96	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
54	97	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	98	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
56	99	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
57	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
58	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	102	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
60	103	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	104	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	105	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	60	13.0	5	9	0	14	1
63	106	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	107	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	108	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
66	109	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
67	110	Aug 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
68	111	Aug 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	112	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	113	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
71	114	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	115	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
73	116	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
74	117	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
75	118	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	56	12.1	4	5	1	10	1
76	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
77	120	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	121	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
82	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
83	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	9.1	2	3	0	5	1
84	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	128	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	129	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
87	130	Sep 4	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	131	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
89	132	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
90	133	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
91	134	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
92	135	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	3
93	136	Sep 11	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
94	137	Sep 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
95	138	Sep 12 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
96	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
98	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	10.2	1	4	1	6	0
99	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
101	144	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
102	145	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
103	146	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	147	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	48	10.0	4	3	1	8	1
105	148	Sep 26 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
106	149	Sep 26 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
107	150	Sep 27	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
108	151	Sep 28	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
109	152	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	CG	52	13.0	2	6	0	8	0
110	153	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
111	154	Oct 3 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	155	Oct 3 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
							113gm		992.0	245	346	21	612	71