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	16-15 / in Starts: 16-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	39 (23-11-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In
J Priddy	1
J Grace	1
P Rizzuto	1
M Christman	1

Most Driven In By
B Lewis	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	527	3 (2)	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	0.014	.99	0.02%	0.12	P
2	528	7 (3)	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	3-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.56	0.018	1.49	0.03%	0.12	P
3	529	9 (1)	Apr 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.75	-0.037	2.10	-0.06%	-0.30	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
4	530	16 (6)	May 12	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.63	0.013	1.79	0.02%	0.15	P
5	531	21 (4)	May 17	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9	.69	0.036	1.36	0.04%	0.31	P
6	532	26 (4)	May 21	WSH		SLB	W,7-3	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9						P
7	533	31 (4)	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.39	-0.063	2.63	-0.07%	-0.61	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
8	534	36 (4)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	9	1.95	-0.065	3.19	-0.06%	-0.56	P
9	535	43 (6)	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	.84	0.019	1.20	0.02%	0.10	P
10	536	48 (4)	Jun 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	9	1.16	-0.055	1.98	-0.06%	-0.42	P
11	537	53 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.273	.500	9	.55	-0.026	.83	-0.02%	-0.49	P
12	538	57 (3)	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.360	.640	9	1.80	0.379	2.13	0.27%	2.01	P
13	539	62 (4)	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.259	.259	.333	.593	9	1.58	-0.037	1.65	-0.02%	-0.65	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
14	540	67 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	9						P
				Player went from Washington Nationals to New York Yankees
15	541	79	Jul 13 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.273	.485	9	.48	-0.039	1.58	-0.08%	-1.08	P
16	542	84 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.250	.444	9	.57	-0.042	.91	-0.04%	-0.64	P
17	543	88 (3)	Jul 20 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.250	.444	9						P
18	544	90 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9	.71	-0.073	1.36	-0.08%	0.01	P
19	545	95 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.262	.476	9	.61	-0.003	1.00	0.00%	-0.37	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
20	546	100 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.244	.444	9	.59	-0.044	.63	-0.03%	-0.34	P
21	547	105 (4)	Aug 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.191	.234	.426	9	1.34	-0.065	.65	-0.02%	-0.50	P
22	548	109 (3)	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.229	.417	9	1.85	-0.042	1.38	-0.02%	-0.34	P
23	549	113 (3)	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.216	.392	9	1.34	-0.096	1.10	-0.05%	-0.66	P
24	550	116 (2)	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,14-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.173	.212	.385	9	.53	-0.013	.49	-0.01%	-0.23	P
25	551	121 (4)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.204	.370	9	1.30	-0.066	.32	-0.01%	-0.61	P
26	552	126 (4)	Aug 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.161	.161	.196	.357	9	1.28	-0.094	.27	-0.01%	-0.70	P
Sept		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	553	132 (5)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.180	.328	9	.71	-0.089	.19	-0.01%	-1.98	P
28	554	138 (5)	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.141	.172	.313	9	1.00	-0.077	.01	0.00%	-0.67	P
29	555	143 (4)	Sep 13	NYY		DET	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.149	.179	.328	9	.73	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
30	556	149 (5)	Sep 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.171	.314	9	.72	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
31	557	153 (3)	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	4-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.155	.183	.338	9	.51	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
							16-15		74	71	1	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	17	0	3		1	2	0	0	.155	.155	.183	.338		.97	-0.619	1.17	-0.26%	-9.26

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