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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
6	6	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS	0		3	3	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
13	13	May 2	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
14	14	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
15	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
16	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
19	19	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
20	20	May 13 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
22	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
24	24	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
25	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
26	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	39 (10)	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	47 (7)	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
31	50 (2)	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	54 (3)	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GF	0		3	3	0	6	1
33	57 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	63 (5)	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	66 (2)	Jul 3	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
36	72 (5)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
37	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	0		1	0	1	2	0
39	75	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
40	76	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
41	77	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
42	78	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	5.2	2	1	0	3	1
43	79	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	80	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
45	81	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	82	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
47	83	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	84	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
51	87	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-0	GS	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
52	88	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	89	Jul 28	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	90	Jul 29	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
55	91	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	92	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
57	93	Aug 2	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	94	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	2	7	3
59	95	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
60	96	Aug 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	97	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	45	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
62	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	57	13.0	4	6	0	10	1
63	99	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
64	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	51	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
66	102	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	103	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
68	104	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	0	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	105	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
70	106	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
71	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
73	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
74	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
75	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	113	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-16	GS	9	2.1	0	1	1	2	0
78	114	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	0	13.0	9	5	0	14	1
79	115	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
80	116	Aug 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
81	117	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
82	118	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
83	119	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
84	120	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	121	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	5	0	9	1
86	122	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
87	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	124	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
89	125	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
90	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
91	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
94	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	131	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
96	132	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
97	133	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
98	134	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
99	135	Sep 6	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	136	Sep 7	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	137	Sep 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	138	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	139	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	11.0	6	5	0	11	2
104	140	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
105	141	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	142	Sep 11	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	144	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	4	2	13	2
109	145	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	146	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	4	0	13	2
111	147	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
112	148	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
113	149	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
114	150	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	GS	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
115	151	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
116	152	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	153	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
118	154	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	60	14.0	1	1	0	2	1
119	155	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	156	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	157	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							126gm		1022.0	276	376	22	674	78