Bobo Newsom

Louis Norman Newsom
Born: August 11, 1907
Hartsville, SC USA
Deceased: 1962
Orlando, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200
Career: 1929-1953
Minor League Statistics

Bobo Newsom compiled a career record of 211 wins and 222 losses in his 609-game career with 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. He began playing during the 1929 season and last took the field during the 1953 campaign.

Brooklyn Robins	Chicago Cubs	St. Louis Browns	Washington Senators	Boston Red Sox	Detroit Tigers
Brooklyn Dodgers	Philadelphia Athletics	New York Yankees	New York Giants

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1929	NL	Brooklyn Robins	0	3	.000	10.61	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.3	15	12	11	0	5	6	0	0	0	47
1930	NL	Brooklyn Robins	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	14
1932	NL	Chicago Cubs	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1934	AL	St. Louis Browns	16	20	.444	4.01	47	32	9	15	2	5	262.3	259	138	117	15	149	135	1	0	5	1159
1935	AL	St. Louis Browns	0	6	.000	4.85	7	6	1	1	0	1	42.7	54	29	23	2	13	22	0	0	2	193
1935	AL	Washington Senators	11	12	.478	4.45	28	23	4	17	2	2	198.3	222	108	98	9	84	65	4	1	3	871
1936	AL	Washington Senators	17	15	.531	4.32	43	38	3	24	4	2	285.7	294	160	137	13	146	156	3	1	8	1258
1937	AL	Washington Senators	3	4	.429	5.85	11	10	0	3	0	0	67.7	76	49	44	4	48	39	3	0	2	321
1937	AL	Boston Red Sox	13	10	.565	4.46	30	27	2	14	1	0	207.7	193	114	103	14	119	127	3	1	4	926
1938	AL	St. Louis Browns	20	16	.556	5.08	44	40	3	31	0	1	329.7	334	205	186	30	192	226	5	1	3	1475
1939	AL	St. Louis Browns	3	1	.750	4.73	6	6	0	3	0	0	45.7	50	26	24	5	22	28	1	0	0	211
1939	AL	Detroit Tigers	17	10	.630	3.37	35	31	4	21	3	2	246.0	222	100	92	14	104	164	2	0	4	1050
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	21	5	.808	2.83	36	34	1	20	3	0	264.0	235	110	83	19	100	164	3	2	2	1101
1941	AL	Detroit Tigers	12	20	.375	4.60	43	36	5	12	2	2	250.3	265	140	128	15	118	175	3	0	3	1130
1942	AL	Washington Senators	11	17	.393	4.93	30	29	1	15	2	0	213.7	236	135	117	5	92	113	3	0	2	957
1942	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	2	2	.500	3.38	6	5	0	2	1	0	32.0	28	13	12	1	14	21	1	0	1	135
1943	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	9	4	.692	3.02	22	12	7	6	1	1	125.0	113	51	42	4	57	75	2	0	3	528
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	1	6	.143	7.39	10	9	1	0	0	0	52.3	69	45	43	7	35	37	1	0	0	257
1943	AL	Washington Senators	3	3	.500	3.83	6	6	0	2	0	0	40.0	38	22	17	1	21	11	2	0	0	179
1944	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	13	15	.464	2.82	37	33	3	18	2	1	265.0	243	100	83	11	82	142	4	0	8	1095
1945	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	8	20	.286	3.29	36	34	1	16	3	0	257.3	255	111	94	12	103	127	3	0	2	1116
1946	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3	5	.375	3.38	10	9	0	3	1	0	58.7	61	27	22	2	30	32	5	0	0	267
1946	AL	Washington Senators	11	8	.579	2.78	24	22	1	14	2	1	178.0	163	63	55	5	60	82	2	0	3	744
1947	AL	Washington Senators	4	6	.400	4.09	14	13	0	1	0	0	83.7	99	44	38	2	37	40	1	1	1	381
1947	AL	New York Yankees	7	5	.583	2.80	17	15	1	6	2	0	115.7	109	38	36	8	30	42	2	0	0	475
1948	NL	New York Giants	0	4	.000	4.21	11	4	1	0	0	0	25.7	35	16	12	1	13	9	0	0	1	123
1952	AL	Washington Senators	1	1	.500	4.97	10	0	8	0	0	2	12.7	16	7	7	2	9	5	0	0	0	63
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3	3	.500	3.59	14	5	3	1	0	1	47.7	38	19	19	2	23	22	2	0	2	201
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	2	1	.667	4.89	17	2	9	1	0	0	38.7	44	24	21	3	24	16	5	0	0	187
Totals			211	222	.487	3.98	600	483	71	246	31	21	3759.3	3769	1908	1664	206	1732	2082	61	7	60	16467

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1929	NL	Brooklyn Robins	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1930	NL	Brooklyn Robins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1932	NL	Chicago Cubs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1934	AL	St. Louis Browns	50	98	93	6	17	2	0	0	8	0	1	2	10	.183	.200	.204	.404	19	0	0	3
1935	AL	St. Louis Browns	7	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	2
1935	AL	Washington Senators	28	80	73	6	22	2	1	0	10	1	0	3	9	.301	.329	.356	.685	26	0	0	4
1936	AL	Washington Senators	44	115	108	11	23	2	0	0	11	0	0	3	23	.213	.234	.231	.466	25	0	0	4
1937	AL	Washington Senators	13	26	25	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.120	.154	.240	.394	6	0	0	0
1937	AL	Boston Red Sox	31	81	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.253	.273	.333	.606	25	0	0	4
1938	AL	St. Louis Browns	46	139	124	9	31	4	0	0	16	0	0	1	21	.250	.256	.282	.538	35	0	0	14
1939	AL	St. Louis Browns	6	18	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	0	0	0
1939	AL	Detroit Tigers	35	102	97	6	18	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	16	.186	.194	.206	.400	20	6	0	4
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	36	112	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	.215	.222	.262	.484	28	4	0	4
1941	AL	Detroit Tigers	43	96	88	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	20	.102	.132	.102	.234	9	3	1	5
1942	AL	Washington Senators	30	79	75	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	.160	.160	.187	.347	14	5	0	4
1942	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	6	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1
1943	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	22	47	44	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	.250	.250	.250	.500	11	1	0	3
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	10	16	15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	5	0	0	1
1943	AL	Washington Senators	6	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	1	0	0
1944	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	37	97	88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	.114	.114	.136	.250	12	3	0	9
1945	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	36	94	86	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	21	.163	.172	.174	.347	15	0	0	7
1946	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	10	23	19	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.158	.263	3	0	0	4
1946	AL	Washington Senators	24	69	62	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.161	.161	.161	.323	10	2	0	7
1947	AL	Washington Senators	14	31	29	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.241	.241	.310	.552	9	1	0	2
1947	AL	New York Yankees	17	43	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.095	.190	4	1	0	1
1948	NL	New York Giants	11	8	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	1
1952	AL	Washington Senators	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	14	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	2	0	1
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	17	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1
Totals			609	1441	1337	86	253	28	3	1	102	1	1	17	266	.189	.200	.217	.417	290	30	1	86

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1929	NL	Brooklyn Robins	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
1930	NL	Brooklyn Robins	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
1932	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
1934	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	47	13	49	2	1	.969	1.319
1935	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	7	0	10	0	0	1.000	1.429
1935	AL	Washington Senators	P	28	6	27	2	4	.943	1.179
1936	AL	Washington Senators	P	43	11	50	1	5	.984	1.419
1937	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	30	8	29	3	0	.925	1.233
1937	AL	Washington Senators	P	11	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.364
1938	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	44	11	38	2	1	.961	1.114
1939	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	6	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.667
1939	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	35	8	33	3	1	.932	1.171
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	36	3	32	3	3	.921	.972
1941	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	43	5	36	2	2	.953	.953
1942	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	.667
1942	AL	Washington Senators	P	30	5	31	5	3	.878	1.200
1943	NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	22	2	25	0	4	1.000	1.227
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600
1943	AL	Washington Senators	P	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
1944	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	37	3	45	0	0	1.000	1.297
1945	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	36	12	28	2	1	.952	1.111
1946	AL	Washington Senators	P	24	3	18	0	0	1.000	.875
1946	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	10	1	7	0	1	1.000	.800
1947	AL	Washington Senators	P	14	2	6	2	0	.800	.571
1947	AL	New York Yankees	P	17	3	12	0	1	1.000	.882
1948	NL	New York Giants	P	11	1	4	1	0	.833	.455
1952	AL	Washington Senators	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	14	2	10	0	1	1.000	.857
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	17	1	7	0	1	1.000	.471
Totals				600	112	534	28	32	.958	1.077

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BF
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	2	1	.667	1.38	3	3	3	1	26.0	18	4	4	4	1	17	97
1947	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	1	.000	19.29	2	1	0	0	2.3	6	5	5	2	0	0	13
Totals				2	2	.500	2.86	5	4	3	1	28.3	24	9	9	6	1	17	110

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	3	12	10	1	1	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	2
1947	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals				5	12	10	1	1	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	P	3	3	26.0	2	0	1.000	.692	.667
1947	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	1	2.3	0	1	1.000	3.857	.500
Totals					5	4	28.3	2	1	1.000	.953	.600

Awards

1938 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P5
1940 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2

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