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Bobo Newsom

Q: When was Bobo Newsom born?

Bobo Newsom was born on August 11, 1907.

Q: Where was Bobo Newsom born?

Bobo Newsom was born in Hartsville, SC .

Q: How tall was Bobo Newsom?

Bobo Newsom was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bobo Newsom weigh when playing?

Bobo Newsom weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bobo Newsom in the Hall of Fame?

Bobo Newsom has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bobo Newsom have?

Bobo Newsom had 2,082 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bobo Newsom played for?

Bobo Newsom played for 10 teams; the Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and New York Giants.

Q: How many World Series has Bobo Newsom won?

Bobo Newsom won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Bobo Newsom retire?

Bobo Newsom last played in 1953.

Q: What are Bobo Newsom's nicknames?

Buck is a nickname for 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1929	21	BRO	NL	0	3	.000	10.61	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	15	12	11	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	47	45	3.11	2.143	14.5	0.0	4.8	5.8	1.20
1930	22	BRO	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	14		4.19	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50

1932	24	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.79	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1933	25	CHC-min	AA	30	11	.732	3.18	56						320.0	328	138	113		124									1.413	9.2		3.5			LOS PCL
1934	26	SLB	AL	16	20	.444	4.01	47	32	9	15	2	5	262.1	259	138	117	15	*149*	8	135	1	0	5	1159	123	4.61	1.555	8.9	0.5	5.1	4.6	0.91
1935	27	TOT	AL	11	18	.379	4.52	35	29	5	18	2	3	241.0	276	137	121	11	97	3	87	4	1	5	1064	98	4.31	1.548	10.3	0.4	3.6	3.2	0.90
1935	27	SLB	AL	0	6	.000	4.85	7	6	1	1	0	1	42.2	54	29	23	2	13	1	22	0	0	2	193	99	3.67	1.570	11.4	0.4	2.7	4.6	1.69
1935	27	WSH	AL	11	12	.478	4.45	28	23	4	17	2	2	198.1	222	108	98	9	84	2	65	4	1	3	871	97	4.45	1.543	10.1	0.4	3.8	2.9	0.77
1936	28	WSH	AL	17	15	.531	4.32	43	38	3	24	4	2	285.2	294	160	137	13	146	0	156	3	1	8	1258	110	4.38	1.540	9.3	0.4	4.6	4.9	1.07
1937	29	TOT	AL	16	14	.533	4.81	41	37	2	17	1	0	275.1	269	163	147	18	*167*	0	166	6	1	6	1247	98	4.73	1.584	8.8	0.6	5.5	5.4	0.99
1937	29	WSH	AL	3	4	.429	5.85	11	10	0	3	0	0	67.2	76	49	44	4	48	0	39	3	0	2	321	76	5.08	1.833	10.1	0.5	6.4	5.2	0.81
1937	29	BOS	AL	13	10	.565	4.46	30	27	2	14	1	0	207.2	193	114	103	14	119	0	127	3	1	4	926	108	4.62	1.502	8.4	0.6	5.2	5.5	1.07
1938	30	SLB	AL	20	16	.556	5.08	44	40	3	31	0	1	*329.2*	*334*	205	*186*	30	192	6	226	5	1	3	*1475*	98	4.65	1.596	9.1	0.8	5.2	6.2	1.18	AS,MVP-5
1939	31	TOT	AL	20	11	.645	3.58	41	37	4	24	3	2	291.2	272	126	116	19	126	3	192	3	0	4	1261	136	3.45	1.365	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.9	1.52	AS,MVP-19
1939	31	SLB	AL	3	1	.750	4.73	6	6	0	3	0	0	45.2	50	26	24	5	22	0	28	1	0	0	211	103	4.30	1.577	9.9	1.0	4.3	5.5	1.27
1939	31	DET	AL	17	10	.630	3.37	35	31	4	21	3	2	246.0	222	100	92	14	104	3	164	2	0	4	1050	144	3.29	1.325	8.1	0.5	3.8	6.0	1.58
1940	32	DET	AL	21	5	.808	2.83	36	34	1	20	3	0	264.0	235	110	83	19	100	6	164	3	2	2	1101	168	3.31	1.269	8.0	0.6	3.4	5.6	1.64	AS,MVP-4
1941	33	DET	AL	12	20	.375	4.60	43	36	5	12	2	2	250.1	265	140	128	15	118	9	175	3	0	3	1130	98	3.16	1.530	9.5	0.5	4.2	6.3	1.48
1942	34	TOT	MLB	13	19	.406	4.73	36	34	1	17	3	0	245.2	264	148	129	6	106	6	134	4	0	3	1092	77	2.64	1.506	9.7	0.2	3.9	4.9	1.26
1942	34	WSH	AL	11	17	.393	4.93	30	29	1	15	2	0	213.2	236	135	117	5	92	4	113	3	0	2	957	74	2.65	1.535	9.9	0.2	3.9	4.8	1.23
1942	34	BRO	NL	2	2	.500	3.38	6	5	0	2	1	0	32.0	28	13	12	1	14	2	21	1	0	1	135	99	2.57	1.313	7.9	0.3	3.9	5.9	1.50
1943	35	TOT	MLB	13	13	.500	4.22	38	27	8	8	1	1	217.1	220	118	102	12	113	7	123	5	0	3	964	79	3.87	1.532	9.1	0.5	4.7	5.1	1.09
1943	35	TOT	AL	4	9	.308	5.85	16	15	1	2	0	0	92.1	107	67	60	8	56	5	48	3	0	0	436	57	4.66	1.765	10.4	0.8	5.5	4.7	0.86
1943	35	BRO	NL	9	4	.692	3.02	22	12	7	6	1	1	125.0	113	51	42	4	57	2	75	2	0	3	528	111	3.29	1.360	8.1	0.3	4.1	5.4	1.32
1943	35	SLB	AL	1	6	.143	7.39	10	9	1	0	0	0	52.1	69	45	43	7	35	5	37	1	0	0	257	46	5.04	1.987	11.9	1.2	6.0	6.4	1.06
1943	35	WSH	AL	3	3	.500	3.83	6	6	0	2	0	0	40.0	38	22	17	1	21	0	11	2	0	0	179	85	4.15	1.475	8.6	0.2	4.7	2.5	0.52
1944	36	PHA	AL	13	15	.464	2.82	37	33	3	18	2	1	265.0	243	100	83	11	82	4	142	4	0	8	1095	122	3.12	1.226	8.3	0.4	2.8	4.8	1.73	AS
1945	37	PHA	AL	8	20	.286	3.29	36	34	1	16	3	0	257.1	255	111	94	12	103	4	127	3	0	2	1116	103	3.54	1.391	8.9	0.4	3.6	4.4	1.23
1946	38	TOT	AL	14	13	.519	2.93	34	31	1	17	3	1	236.2	224	90	77	7	90	7	114	7	0	3	1011	116	3.23	1.327	8.5	0.3	3.4	4.3	1.27	MVP-19
1946	38	PHA	AL	3	5	.375	3.38	10	9	0	3	1	0	58.2	61	27	22	2	30	2	32	5	0	0	267	105	3.72	1.551	9.4	0.3	4.6	4.9	1.07
1946	38	WSH	AL	11	8	.579	2.78	24	22	1	14	2	1	178.0	163	63	55	5	60	5	82	2	0	3	744	120	3.07	1.253	8.2	0.3	3.0	4.1	1.37
1947	39	TOT	AL	11	11	.500	3.34	31	28	1	7	2	0	199.1	208	82	74	10	67	3	82	3	1	1	856	108	3.55	1.380	9.4	0.5	3.0	3.7	1.22
1947	39	WSH	AL	4	6	.400	4.09	14	13	0	1	0	0	83.2	99	44	38	2	37	3	40	1	1	1	381	91	3.39	1.625	10.6	0.2	4.0	4.3	1.08
1947	39	NYY	AL	7	5	.583	2.80	17	15	1	6	2	0	115.2	109	38	36	8	30	0	42	2	0	0	475	126	3.67	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	3.3	1.40
1948	40	NYG	NL	0	4	.000	4.21	11	4	1	0	0	0	25.2	35	16	12	1	13	2	9	0	0	1	123	95	4.08	1.870	12.3	0.4	4.6	3.2	0.69

1949	41	WSH-min	AA	17	12	.586	4.41	36			19	0		237.0	273	146	116		82		141	7	0	6				1.498	10.4		3.1	5.4	1.72	CNG SOUA
1950	42	WSH-min	AA	13	17	.433	4.06	34			16	2		235.0	244	119	106		71		145	4	1	4				1.340	9.3		2.7	5.6	2.04	CNG SOUA
1951	43	BOS-min	AA	16	11	.593	3.04	32	31		17	3		237.0	228	92	80		71		132	4	0	5				1.262	8.7		2.7	5.0	1.86	BIR SOUA
1952	44	TOT	AL	4	4	.500	3.88	24	5	11	1	0	3	60.1	54	26	26	4	32	2	27	2	0	2	264	101	4.05	1.425	8.1	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.84
1952	44	WSH	AL	1	1	.500	4.97	10	0	8	0	0	2	12.2	16	7	7	2	9	0	5	0	0	0	63	74	5.79	1.974	11.4	1.4	6.4	3.6	0.56
1952	44	PHA	AL	3	3	.500	3.59	14	5	3	1	0	1	47.2	38	19	19	2	23	2	22	2	0	2	201	110	3.59	1.280	7.2	0.4	4.3	4.2	0.96
1953	45	PHA	AL	2	1	.667	4.89	17	2	9	1	0	0	38.2	44	24	21	3	24	1	16	5	0	0	187	88	5.02	1.759	10.2	0.7	5.6	3.7	0.67
20 Yrs				211	222	.487	3.98	600	483	71	246	31	21	3759.1	3769	1908	1664	206	1732	71	2082	61	7	60	16467	107	3.80	1.463	9.0	0.5	4.1	5.0	1.20
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.487	3.98	38	30	4	15	2	1	236	237	120	104	13	109	4	131	4	0	4	1034	107	3.80	1.463	9.0	0.5	4.1	5.0	1.20
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
WSH (8 yrs)				61	66	.480	4.28	166	141	17	76	10	7	1079.2	1144	588	513	41	497	14	511	18	3	19	4774	95	3.81	1.520	9.5	0.3	4.1	4.3	1.03
PHA (5 yrs)				29	44	.397	3.22	114	83	16	39	6	2	667.1	641	281	239	30	262	13	339	19	0	12	2866	109	3.48	1.353	8.6	0.4	3.5	4.6	1.29
SLB (5 yrs)				40	49	.449	4.83	114	93	14	50	2	7	732.2	766	443	393	59	411	20	448	8	1	10	3295	100	4.59	1.606	9.4	0.7	5.0	5.5	1.09
BRO (4 yrs)				11	9	.550	3.45	33	19	9	8	2	1	169.1	158	78	65	5	78	4	103	3	0	5	724	100	3.16	1.394	8.4	0.3	4.1	5.5	1.32
DET (3 yrs)				50	35	.588	3.59	114	101	10	53	8	4	760.1	722	350	303	48	322	18	503	8	2	9	3281	131	3.26	1.373	8.5	0.6	3.8	6.0	1.56
NYG (1 yr)				0	4	.000	4.21	11	4	1	0	0	0	25.2	35	16	12	1	13	2	9	0	0	1	123	95	4.08	1.870	12.3	0.4	4.6	3.2	0.69
BOS (1 yr)				13	10	.565	4.46	30	27	2	14	1	0	207.2	193	114	103	14	119	0	127	3	1	4	926	108	4.62	1.502	8.4	0.6	5.2	5.5	1.07
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.79	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NYY (1 yr)				7	5	.583	2.80	17	15	1	6	2	0	115.2	109	38	36	8	30	0	42	2	0	0	475	126	3.67	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	3.3	1.40

AL (16 yrs)				200	209	.489	4.01	555	460	60	238	29	20	3563.1	3575	1814	1587	200	1641	65	1970	58	7	54	15617	107	3.83	1.464	9.0	0.5	4.1	5.0	1.20
NL (6 yrs)				11	13	.458	3.54	45	23	11	8	2	1	196.0	194	94	77	6	91	6	112	3	0	6	850	100	3.28	1.454	8.9	0.3	4.2	5.1	1.23

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bobo Newsom born?

Bobo Newsom was born on August 11, 1907.

Where was Bobo Newsom born?

Bobo Newsom was born in Hartsville, SC.

How tall was Bobo Newsom?

Bobo Newsom was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Bobo Newsom weigh when playing?

Bobo Newsom weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bobo Newsom play?

Bobo Newsom played 20 seasons.

Is Bobo Newsom in the Hall of Fame?

Bobo Newsom has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bobo Newsom play?

Bobo Newsom was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bobo Newsom have?

Bobo Newsom had 2,082 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bobo Newsom played for?

Bobo Newsom played for 10 teams; the Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and New York Giants.

How many World Series has Bobo Newsom won?

Bobo Newsom won 1 World Series.

When did Bobo Newsom retire?

Bobo Newsom last played in 1953.

What are Bobo Newsom's nicknames?

Buck is a nickname for Bobo Newsom.

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