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Bobo Newsom

Birthdate:

8/11/1907

Died:

12/7/1962

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 220 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Hartsville, SC, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A tireless moundstar Norman Newsom won 20 games three times en-route to a 211-222 career record. He changed uniforms 17 times during a major league career spanning 20 seasons. He had five tours of pitching for the Washington Senators, three with the St. Louis Browns and two with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Athletics.

Bobo Newsom posted resounding back-to-back seasons with Detroit in 1939-1940, chalking up 30 wins and just 15 loses, including a 21-5 record in 1940. Against the Cincinnati Reds, he was the 1940 World Series standout pitcher, winning Game 1 in a complete game 7-2 win, then pitched a complete game 8-0 shutout in Game 5 before losing in another complete game 2-1 in the final Game 7.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1929	BRO (NL)	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	15	12	11	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	10.61
1930	BRO (NL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
1932	CHC (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1934	SLB (AL)	47	32	16	20	5	15	2	262.1	259	138	117	15	149	0	135	5	1	0	4.01
1935	WSH (AL)	28	23	11	12	2	17	2	198.1	222	108	98	9	84	0	65	3	4	1	4.45
1935	SLB (AL)	7	6	0	6	1	1	0	42.2	54	29	23	2	13	0	22	2	0	0	4.85
1936	WSH (AL)	43	38	17	15	2	24	4	285.2	294	160	137	13	146	0	156	8	3	1	4.32
1937	WSH (AL)	11	10	3	4	0	3	0	67.2	76	49	44	4	48	0	39	2	3	0	5.85
1937	BOS (AL)	30	27	13	10	0	14	1	207.2	193	114	103	14	119	0	127	4	3	1	4.46
1938	SLB (AL)	44	40	20	16	1	31	0	329.2	334	205	186	30	192	0	226	3	5	1	5.08
1939	SLB (AL)	6	6	3	1	0	3	0	45.2	50	26	24	5	22	0	28	0	1	0	4.73
1939	DET (AL)	35	31	17	10	2	21	3	246.0	222	100	92	14	104	0	164	4	2	0	3.37
1940	DET (AL)	36	34	21	5	0	20	3	264.0	235	110	83	19	100	0	164	2	3	2	2.83
1941	DET (AL)	43	36	12	20	2	12	2	250.1	265	140	128	15	118	0	175	3	3	0	4.60
1942	BRO (NL)	6	5	2	2	0	2	1	32.0	28	13	12	1	14	0	21	1	1	0	3.38
1942	WSH (AL)	30	29	11	17	0	15	2	213.2	236	135	117	5	92	0	113	2	3	0	4.93
1943	BRO (NL)	22	12	9	4	1	6	1	125.0	113	51	42	4	57	0	75	3	2	0	3.02
1943	WSH (AL)	6	6	3	3	0	2	0	40.0	38	22	17	1	21	0	11	0	2	0	3.82
1943	SLB (AL)	10	9	1	6	0	0	0	52.1	69	45	43	7	35	0	37	0	1	0	7.39
1944	PHA (AL)	37	33	13	15	1	18	2	265.0	243	100	83	11	82	0	142	8	4	0	2.82
1945	PHA (AL)	36	34	8	20	0	16	3	257.1	255	111	94	12	103	0	127	2	3	0	3.29
1946	PHA (AL)	10	9	3	5	0	3	1	58.2	61	27	22	2	30	0	32	0	5	0	3.38
1946	WSH (AL)	24	22	11	8	1	14	2	178.0	163	63	55	5	60	0	82	3	2	0	2.78
1947	NYY (AL)	17	15	7	5	0	6	2	115.2	109	38	36	8	30	0	42	0	2	0	2.80
1947	WSH (AL)	14	13	4	6	0	1	0	83.2	99	44	38	2	37	0	40	1	1	1	4.09
1948	NYG (NL)	11	4	0	4	0	0	0	25.2	35	16	12	1	13	0	9	1	0	0	4.21
1952	WSH (AL)	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	12.2	16	7	7	2	9	0	5	0	0	0	4.97
1952	PHA (AL)	14	5	3	3	1	1	0	47.2	38	19	19	2	23	0	22	2	2	0	3.59
1953	PHA (AL)	17	2	2	1	0	1	0	38.2	44	24	21	3	24	0	16	0	5	0	4.89
29 years		600	483	211	222	21	246	31	3759.1	3769	1908	1664	206	1732	0	2082	60	61	7	3.98

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1929	BRO (NL)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1930	BRO (NL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1932	CHC (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1934	SLB (AL)	50	93	6	17	2	0	0	8	2	10	0	1	0	0	3	0	.183	.200	SLG
1935	SLB (AL)	7	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.91	.91	SLG
1935	WSH (AL)	28	73	6	22	2	1	0	10	3	9	1	0	0	0	4	0	.301	.329	SLG
1936	WSH (AL)	44	108	11	23	2	0	0	11	3	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	.213	.234	SLG
1937	WSH (AL)	13	25	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.154	SLG
1937	BOS (AL)	31	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	2	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	.253	.273	SLG
1938	SLB (AL)	46	124	9	31	4	0	0	16	1	21	0	0	0	0	14	0	.250	.256	SLG
1939	SLB (AL)	6	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	SLG
1939	DET (AL)	35	97	6	18	0	1	0	7	1	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	.186	.194	SLG
1940	DET (AL)	36	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	1	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	.215	.222	SLG
1941	DET (AL)	43	88	3	9	0	0	0	3	2	20	0	0	0	1	5	0	.102	.132	SLG
1942	WSH (AL)	30	75	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	25	0	0	0	0	4	0	.160	.160	SLG
1942	BRO (NL)	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1943	BRO (NL)	22	44	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	.250	.250	SLG
1943	WSH (AL)	6	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	SLG
1943	SLB (AL)	10	15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.333	SLG
1944	PHA (AL)	37	88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	9	0	.114	.114	SLG
1945	PHA (AL)	36	86	3	14	1	0	0	2	1	21	0	0	0	0	7	0	.163	.172	SLG
1946	PHA (AL)	10	19	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	.105	.105	SLG
1946	WSH (AL)	24	62	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	7	0	.161	.161	SLG
1947	NYY (AL)	17	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.95	.95	SLG
1947	WSH (AL)	14	29	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.241	.241	SLG
1948	NYG (NL)	11	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.429	.429	SLG
1952	WSH (AL)	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1952	PHA (AL)	14	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.133	SLG
1953	PHA (AL)	17	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	SLG
29 years		609	1337	86	253	28	3	1	102	17	266	1	1	0	1	86	0	.189	.200	.SLG

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