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Historical player · 1929–1953

Bobo Newsom

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 200 · Born 8/11/1907 · From Hartsville, SC USA · Debut 1929-09-11 · Final 1953-09-17

Career · batting

609

1,337

253

RBI

102

AVG/OPS

0.189 · 0.417

Career · pitching

600

483

3,759.3

W-L

211-222

2,082

ERA

3.98

WHIP

1.46

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Washington Senators · 1935–1952

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#494 on the Senators

↑ 1 E. Ainsmith

Hits

#407 on the Senators

↑ 1 T. Herr

↓ 1 M. Taylor

RBI

#427 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Boken

↓ 1 L. Webster

#496 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

Runs

#460 on the Senators

↑ 1 H. Bader

↓ 1 M. Berg

#683 on the Senators

↑ 1 D. Ardoin

↓ 1 D. Boswell

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1934–1943

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Hits

#472 on the Browns

↑ 1 J. Fridley

↓ 1 E. Wingard

RBI

#448 on the Browns

↑ 1 C. Carrasquel

↓ 1 P. Stanicek

Runs

#630 on the Browns

↑ 1 D. Beavers

↓ 1 I. Andrews

#913 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Aiton

↓ 1 F. Zupo

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1939–1941

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Hits

#488 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Leonard

↓ 1 D. Philley

RBI

#451 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Collins

↓ 1 D. Mossi

Runs

#548 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Cedeno

↓ 1 M. Aviles

#745 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Aber

↓ 1 A. Bashang

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1944–1953

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Hits

#671 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 I. Molina

RBI

#794 on the Athletics

↑ 1 S. Baumgartner

↓ 1 R. York

Runs

#780 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 A. Alvarez

#1,087 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Adams

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1937–1937

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Hits

#744 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 Y. Chang

↓ 1 B. Weiland

RBI

#843 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 J. Wilson

Runs

#738 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 E. Chaplin

↓ 1 F. Arellanes

#941 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 N. Altrock

Career with the Brooklyn Dodgers · 1929–1943

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Hits

#968 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 D. Ardoin

↓ 1 Z. Wrigley

RBI

#872 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 P. Astacio

↓ 1 E. Wheeler

Runs

#1,004 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 L. Alcaraz

↓ 1 D. Alexander

Career with the New York Yankees · 1947–1947

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Hits

#945 on the Yankees

↑ 1 J. Beggs

↓ 1 E. Wilkinson

RBI

#961 on the Yankees

↑ 1 F. Barnes

Career with the New York Giants · 1948–1948

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Hits

#1,181 on the Giants

↑ 1 A. Allanson

↓ 1 J. Wisner

Runs

#1,099 on the Giants

↑ 1 A. Allanson

↓ 1 K. Ainsworth

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1932–1932

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

253

#4,175 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Birchall

↓ 1 K. Williams

RBI

102

#4,312 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Aven

↓ 1 J. Williams

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1929	Robins	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	—	0.000
1930	Robins	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1932	Cubs	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1934	Browns	AL	50	93	6	17	2	0	0	8	0	2	10	0.183	—	0.204
1935	Browns	AL	7	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.091	—	0.091
1935	Senators	AL	28	73	6	22	2	1	0	10	1	3	9	0.301	—	0.356
1936	Senators	AL	44	108	11	23	2	0	0	11	0	3	23	0.213	—	0.231
1937	Senators	AL	13	25	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	0.120	—	0.240
1937	Red Sox	AL	31	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	2	14	0.253	—	0.333
1938	Browns	AL	46	124	9	31	4	0	0	16	0	1	21	0.250	—	0.282
1939	Browns	AL	6	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.222	—	0.278
1939	Tigers	AL	35	97	6	18	0	1	0	7	0	1	16	0.186	—	0.206
1940	Tigers	AL	36	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	1	17	0.215	—	0.262
1941	Tigers	AL	43	88	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	2	20	0.102	—	0.102
1942	Senators	AL	30	75	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	25	0.160	—	0.187
1942	Dodgers	NL	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	—	0.000
1943	Dodgers	NL	22	44	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	11	0.250	—	0.250
1943	Browns	AL	10	15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.333	—	0.333
1943	Senators	AL	6	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.133	—	0.133
1944	Athletics	AL	37	88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	20	0.114	—	0.136
1945	Athletics	AL	36	86	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	0.163	—	0.174
1946	Athletics	AL	10	19	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.105	—	0.158
1946	Senators	AL	24	62	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	0.161	—	0.161
1947	Senators	AL	14	29	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	0.241	—	0.310
1947	Yankees	AL	17	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0.095	—	0.095
1948	Giants	NL	11	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.429	—	0.429
1952	Senators	AL	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	—	0.000
1952	Athletics	AL	14	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.133	—	0.133
1953	Athletics	AL	17	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.167	—	0.167
Career			609	1,337	86	253	28	3	1	102	1	17	266	0.189	0.200	0.217

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1929	Robins	NL	0	3	3	2	0	9.3	15	11	5	6	10.61	2.14
1930	Robins	NL	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	2	0	2	1	0.00	1.33
1932	Cubs	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.00
1934	Browns	AL	16	20	47	32	5	262.3	259	117	149	135	4.01	1.56
1935	Browns	AL	0	6	7	6	1	42.7	54	23	13	22	4.85	1.57
1935	Senators	AL	11	12	28	23	2	198.3	222	98	84	65	4.45	1.54
1936	Senators	AL	17	15	43	38	2	285.7	294	137	146	156	4.32	1.54
1937	Senators	AL	3	4	11	10	0	67.7	76	44	48	39	5.85	1.83
1937	Red Sox	AL	13	10	30	27	0	207.7	193	103	119	127	4.46	1.50
1938	Browns	AL	20	16	44	40	1	329.7	334	186	192	226	5.08	1.60
1939	Browns	AL	3	1	6	6	0	45.7	50	24	22	28	4.73	1.58
1939	Tigers	AL	17	10	35	31	2	246.0	222	92	104	164	3.37	1.33
1940	Tigers	AL	21	5	36	34	0	264.0	235	83	100	164	2.83	1.27
1941	Tigers	AL	12	20	43	36	2	250.3	265	128	118	175	4.60	1.53
1942	Senators	AL	11	17	30	29	0	213.7	236	117	92	113	4.93	1.54
1942	Dodgers	NL	2	2	6	5	0	32.0	28	12	14	21	3.38	1.31
1943	Dodgers	NL	9	4	22	12	1	125.0	113	42	57	75	3.02	1.36
1943	Browns	AL	1	6	10	9	0	52.3	69	43	35	37	7.39	1.99
1943	Senators	AL	3	3	6	6	0	40.0	38	17	21	11	3.83	1.48
1944	Athletics	AL	13	15	37	33	1	265.0	243	83	82	142	2.82	1.23
1945	Athletics	AL	8	20	36	34	0	257.3	255	94	103	127	3.29	1.39
1946	Athletics	AL	3	5	10	9	0	58.7	61	22	30	32	3.38	1.55
1946	Senators	AL	11	8	24	22	1	178.0	163	55	60	82	2.78	1.25
1947	Senators	AL	4	6	14	13	0	83.7	99	38	37	40	4.09	1.63
1947	Yankees	AL	7	5	17	15	0	115.7	109	36	30	42	2.80	1.20
1948	Giants	NL	0	4	11	4	0	25.7	35	12	13	9	4.21	1.87
1952	Senators	AL	1	1	10	0	2	12.7	16	7	9	5	4.97	1.97
1952	Athletics	AL	3	3	14	5	1	47.7	38	19	23	22	3.59	1.28
1953	Athletics	AL	2	1	17	2	0	38.7	44	21	24	16	4.89	1.76
Career			211	222	600	483	21	3,759.3	3,769	1,664	1,732	2,082	3.98	1.46

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	600	0	0.0	112	534	28	32

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1981	Veterans			Ballot
1973	BBWAA	33	285	Ballot
1972	BBWAA	31	297	Ballot
1971	BBWAA	17	270	Ballot
1970	BBWAA	12	225	Ballot
1969	BBWAA	32	255	Ballot
1968	BBWAA	22	213	Ballot
1967	BBWAA	19	219	Ballot
1967	Run Off	6		Ballot
1966	BBWAA	25	227	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	17	151	Ballot
1964	Run Off	1		Ballot
1962	BBWAA	3	120	Ballot
1960	BBWAA	6	202	Ballot