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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-15 / in Starts: 23-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	217	1	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	4	10	0	0	1.00	1.70	39	12	8	0	1	5	75			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.382	2.21	0.53%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	218	5	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-9		3	9.0	10	6	6	1	5	4	0	3.50	4.65	38	19	3	0	1	10	47			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.059	3.53	-0.09%	-0.33	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
3	219	9	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS-	L(1-1)	3	2.1	4	5	5	5	1	1	1	5.31	5.84	15						25						9					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	220	11	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	GS-		2	7.1	14	8	7	4	3	0	0	6.18	5.20	42						19						38					0
5	221	15	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	5.40	4.47	38	15	7	1	1	7	64			1	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	.96	0.345	1.91	0.42%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	222	20	May 13	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	8	3	3	5	3	0	0	4.93	4.30	39	11	12	1	2	8	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.372	1.66	0.31%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
7	223	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-2)	3	8.0	7	4	1	1	7	0	0	4.36	3.84	33	13	6	0	1	6	64			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	3	.54	-0.164	.55	-0.10%	0.34	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	224	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	11	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.02	3.68	40	16	7	1	0	10	58			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.204	.51	0.06%	3.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
9	225	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.77	3.58	37						66						32	0	1			0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	226	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	6.2	11	9	9	2	6	0	0	4.48	3.42	33	7	9	1	2	9	20			0	0	0	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.506	.68	-0.16%	-3.97	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
11	227	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	2	1	2	7	0	1	4.12	3.28	34	9	11	1	2	4	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.201	.42	0.06%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	228	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	10	3	3	5	5	1	0	4.02	3.40	39						55						34	2	0			0
13	229	51	Jun 14(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.94	3.37	6	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.146	.38	0.05%	1.63	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
14	230	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(7-4)	2	8.1	7	1	1	6	3	0	0	3.71	3.42	39	7	16	0	3	7	62			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.72	0.244	2.02	0.17%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out d1
15	231	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.2	12	5	5	4	4	1	1	3.86	3.54	41	11	11	1	2	10	35			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.99	-0.238	1.05	-0.08%	-0.90	1b start a 3	8b 12- 2 out tie
16	232	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-2	L(7-5)	4	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.10	3.53	12	2	3	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.242	.49	-0.08%	-2.86	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
17	233	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(8-5)	2	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.88	3.48	39	17	5	1	0	8	68			1	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.550	.49	0.12%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	234	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.62	3.42	35	10	12	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	1	.98	0.519	.28	0.09%	5.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	235	73	Jul 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	L(9-6)	4	8.1	4	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.60	3.43	34	10	14	1	0	4	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.085	.69	-0.02%	1.70	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
20	236	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	7	5	0	0	3.61	3.46	32	5	10	0	0	5	53			1	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	0.058	.78	0.02%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	237	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	10	6	6	6	7	1	0	3.74	3.52	41	7	11	0	0	10	44			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	.50	0.036	.02	0.00%	-0.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
22	238	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	8-GF		2	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.77	3.58	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.310	.02	0.00%	-1.00	8t -2- 2 out tie	9t end d 2
23	239	85	Jul 22(1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	L(10-7)	1	9.0	16	4	4	3	12	1	0	3.78	3.52	45	5	9	0	1	16	48			0	0	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.040	.01	0.00%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	240	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.64	3.45	33	18	3	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.546	.01	0.00%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	241	93	Jul 30(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	SHO	W(12-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.47	3.34	31	9	8	1	0	5	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.206	.00	0.00%	5.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	242	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS-5	L(12-8)	3	4.1	8	8	8	5	1	2	0	3.76	3.52	24	5	5	0	0	8	11			0	1	0	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	.71	-0.297	.03	-0.01%	-4.58	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d5
27	243	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS-3	L(12-9)	4	3.0	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	3.89	3.50	15	6	3	1	1	5	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.247	.02	0.00%	-3.11	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
28	244	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(13-9)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	11	1	0	3.85	3.46	35	8	8	1	2	5	67			0	4	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.415	.01	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	245	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	3	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.81	3.50	30	7	15	4	0	3	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.278	.00	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
30	246	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(14-10)	4	8.0	9	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.92	3.51	36	22	3	1	1	7	42			1	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d5
31	247	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	4	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.85	3.51	35						69						30	0	0			0
32	248	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-9		3	8.2	11	6	5	5	8	1	0	3.89	3.53	41	8	9	2	0	11	43			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.10	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out tie
33	249	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6		S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.89	3.52	1												1					0
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	250	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(15-11)	2	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.84	3.51	31	9	13	1	2	3	66			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	1	.74	0.130	.00	0.00%	2.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
35	251	129	Sep 4(2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.82	3.51	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.122	.00	0.00%	0.63	8t --- 0 out tie	8t end tie
36	252	133	Sep 10(1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(16-11)	5	9.0	6	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.72	3.51	40	15	7	0	3	6	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.379	.00	0.00%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	253	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.63	3.47	37	10	10	0	0	6	74			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.232	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
38	254	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-7		4	6.1	5	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.68	3.48	27	6	11	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.12	-0.306	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out d1
39	255	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	7	3	2	5	7	0	0	3.62	3.45	38						65						33	3	0			0
40	256	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS-6	W(19-11)	3	6.0	6	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.67	3.47	28	13	1	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
41	257	155	Oct 1(2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(5)	W(20-11)	3	5.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.61	3.45	18	10	0	0	0	3	62			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.309	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							25-15		W-L:20-11,Sv:2	3.1	291.2	272	126	117	126	192	19	3	3.61	3.45	1261	1.31		3%	4%	208	55	2	50%	6	10	0	1120	54	7	3	11	6	19	1.09	2.997	.61	1.30%	46.47

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