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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-24 / in Starts: 21-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	42 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 139 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	97 (45-33-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 139 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (48-30-16)

Most Driven In
D Heffner	4
G McQuinn	3
T Heath	2
R Kress	2
M Mazzera	1
S West	1
B Sullivan	1

Most Driven In By
G McQuinn	3
H Clift	2
R Kress	1
M Almada	1
B Sullivan	0
B Mills	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	180	1	Apr 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.93	0.009	2.24	0.01%	-0.34	P
2	181	3 (1)	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8						PR
3	182	5 (1)	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	2.09	0.267	4.27	0.33%	1.09	P
4	183	9 (3)	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		1		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.58	0.024	1.12	0.03%	0.41	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	184	13 (3)	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.385	.462	.846	9	1.28	-0.147	1.98	-0.14%	-1.35	P
6	185	17 (3)	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.438	.813	9	.84	-0.010	1.04	-0.01%	-0.09	P
7	186	21 (3)	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	9	.40	-0.031	.30	-0.01%	-0.48	P
8	187	22	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	9	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.19	P
9	188	25 (2)	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.318	.318	.364	.682	9	1.32	0.155	.86	0.06%	1.25	P
10	189	27 (1)	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.346	.654	9	.83	-0.056	.38	-0.02%	-0.57	P
11	190	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.346	.654	9						P
12	191	31 (2)	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.321	.393	.714	9	1.38	-0.063	.58	-0.02%	-0.80	P
13	192	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.344	.625	9	1.11	-0.122	.38	-0.03%	-2.10	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	193	37 (4)	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	1.04	-0.027	.26	0.00%	-0.17	P
15	194	42 (4)	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	9	.91	0.113	.26	0.02%	0.84	P
16	195	46 (3)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.286	.286	.333	.619	9	1.90	0.037	.47	0.01%	0.05	P
17	196	50 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.267	.267	.311	.578	9	.63	-0.068	.07	0.00%	-1.38	P
18	197	58 (7)	Jun 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.271	.271	.313	.583	9						P
19	198	62 (3)	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.265	.306	.571	9	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	199	65 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.264	.264	.302	.566	9						P
21	200	70 (4)	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.286	.536	9	1.42	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
22	201	73 (2)	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.246	.281	.526	9	.81	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
23	202	74	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.283	.533	9	1.02	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.74	P
24	203	77 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.242	.274	.516	9	.56	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
25	204	83 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	9	1.03	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.01	P
26	205	86 (2)	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.269	.313	.582	9	.93	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	206	90 (3)	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.254	.296	.549	9	.97	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.49	P
28	207	94 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.247	.247	.288	.534	9						P
29	208	95	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.243	.284	.527	9	.46	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
30	209	99 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.234	.234	.273	.506	9	1.77	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-2.13	P
31	210	102 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.247	.284	.531	9	.57	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
32	211	104 (1)	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.247	.284	.531	9						P
33	212	106 (1)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.250	.250	.286	.536	9	.46	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
34	213	110 (3)	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	1				0	0	.253	.253	.287	.540	9						P
35	214	113 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG(13)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.247	.247	.280	.527	9	1.78	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
36	215	119 (5)	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.240	.271	.510	9	1.48	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.23	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	216	123 (3)	Sep 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.260	.300	.560	9	1.00	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.44	P
38	217	128 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.255	.294	.549	9	1.26	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
39	218	130 (1)	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.257	.257	.295	.552	9	.93	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
40	219	133 (2)	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.259	.290	.549	9	1.20	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
41	220	137 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.252	.282	.534	9	1.61	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
42	221	142 (4)	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.261	.289	.550	9	1.27	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
43	222	144 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.261	.289	.550	9						PR
44	223	145	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.252	.280	.532	9	.29	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
45	224	150 (4)	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.242	.248	.275	.523	9	.89	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.14	P
46	225	155 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.256	.282	.538	9	1.17	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							22-24		139	124	9	31	4	0	0	16	1	0	21	0	14		2		0	0	.250	.256	.282	.538		1.07	-1.174	.41	0.23%	-14.88

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