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Bobo
Newsom		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: August 11, 1907 in Usa, SC, HARTSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1934    1936    1938    1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 ATL NL $ 300,000 84 64 70 67 55 61 58 71 77 74
1931 23 ATL NL $ 300,000 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1932 24 ATL NL $ 4,885,714 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1933 25 ATL NL $ 4,885,714 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 7
1934 26 ATL NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1935 27 ATL NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1936 28 ATL NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1937 29 NYG NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1938 30 NYG NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1939 31 NYG NL $ 7,500,000 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1940 32 NYG NL $ 7,500,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1941 33 NYG NL $ 7,500,000 7 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1942 34 SLC NL $ 7,500,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1943 35 STL NL $ 7,500,000 7 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
1944 36 BSN NL $ 510,000 7 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000 84 64 70 67 55 61 58 71 77 74
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 ATL NL $ 300,000   23 23 24 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 50 50 50
1931 23 ATL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 24 ATL NL $ 4,885,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 25 ATL NL $ 4,885,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 26 ATL NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 27 ATL NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 28 ATL NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 29 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 30 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 31 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 32 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 33 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 34 SLC NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 35 STL NL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 36 BSN NL $ 510,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   23 23 24 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 50 50 50
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 22 ATL NL 18 19 .486 44 44 23 3 0 364.3 359 147 10 101 132 3.63 .258 .308 .345 .653 26.6
1931 23 ATL NL 21 19 .525 45 45 20 4 0 366.7 377 154 14 104 125 3.78 .267 .316 .362 .679 24.0
1932 24 ATL NL 17 17 .500 42 42 18 2 0 335.0 364 139 12 81 112 3.73 .277 .319 .363 .682 23.2
1933 25 ATL NL 15 12 .556 32 32 7 1 0 246.7 268 93 9 66 94 3.39 .277 .322 .380 .702 19.1
1934 26 ATL NL 18 15 .545 39 39 8 2 0 289.7 312 128 19 103 123 3.98 .273 .332 .385 .717 16.4
1935 27 ATL NL 15 14 .517 37 37 8 1 0 262.7 291 145 24 107 104 4.97 .283 .348 .416 .764 9.9
1936 28 ATL NL 15 19 .441 44 44 11 1 0 329.0 344 142 21 131 122 3.88 .267 .334 .368 .702 19.9
1937 29 BSN NL 9 11 .450 29 29 9 1 0 213.3 248 113 16 69 83 4.77 .291 .343 .417 .761 9.7
  NYG NL 7 5 .583 14 14 4 0 0 103.3 98 43 7 37 49 3.75 .251 .316 .364 .680 6.0
  TOT   16 16 .500 43 43 13 1 0 316.7 346 156 23 106 132 4.43 .279 .335 .400 .735 15.7
1938 30 NYG NL 23 11 .676 42 42 6 0 0 314.0 326 134 14 121 137 3.84 .267 .333 .369 .701 21.1
1939 31 NYG NL 20 13 .606 41 41 8 1 0 311.3 348 150 23 103 158 4.34 .285 .339 .408 .746 16.7
1940 32 NYG NL 15 13 .536 40 40 9 4 0 305.0 307 125 20 107 144 3.69 .264 .326 .380 .706 19.3
1941 33 NYG NL 13 15 .464 44 44 9 2 0 309.7 349 172 27 117 143 5.00 .289 .350 .416 .766 11.9
1942 34 SLC NL 12 21 .364 42 42 5 1 0 286.7 288 167 32 150 121 5.24 .264 .352 .398 .750 8.2
1943 35 STL NL 8 10 .444 51 22 1 0 0 192.3 225 116 14 94 62 5.43 .298 .374 .416 .790 6.7
1944 36 AA   4 2 .667 47 0 0 0 3 48.7 46 23 4 20 25 4.25 .257 .332 .358 .689  
14 Years Sim 226 214 .514 586 557 146 23 0 4229.6 4504 1968 262 1491 1709 4.19 .274 .333 .384 .717 238.8
1 Years AA 4 2 .667 47 0 0 0 3 48.7 46 23 4 20 25 4.25 .257 .332 .358 .689  
Season Average 16 15 .516 41 39 10 1 0 302.1 321 140 18 106 122 4.19 .274 .333 .384 .717  
Career Highs 23 21 .676 51 45 23 4 0 366.7 377 172 32 150 158 5.43 .298 .374 .416 .790  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2062 890 107 600 1010   .250 .301 .349 .650
vs LH   2442 1078 155 891 699   .298 .367 .419 .786
Home 119 100 .543 294 279 68 13 0 2163.6 2245 978 119 739 860 4.07 .269 .328 .372 .700
Away 107 114 .484 292 278 78 10 0 2066.0 2259 990 143 752 849 4.31 .279 .340 .397 .737
Mar/Apr 39 34 .534 97 97 28 2 0 749.3 780 310 52 257 299 3.72 .270 .330 .387 .717
May 44 34 .564 102 102 18 1 0 747.9 816 364 53 261 304 4.38 .278 .337 .398 .736
June 36 38 .486 91 91 27 7 0 662.0 691 314 32 252 261 4.27 .269 .334 .367 .702
July 30 34 .469 98 85 18 4 0 661.0 710 320 42 233 260 4.36 .276 .336 .388 .723
August 44 33 .571 100 89 35 7 0 701.6 702 301 40 234 269 3.86 .260 .319 .368 .687
Sep/Oct 33 41 .446 98 93 23 2 0 707.6 805 359 43 254 316 4.57 .289 .348 .394 .742
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 22 ATL NL 44 123 6 17 4 0 0 11 0 1 1 19 .138 .144 .171 .315 0.3 0.0
1931 23 ATL NL 45 115 5 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 25 .139 .161 .139 .300 0.4 0.0
1932 24 ATL NL 42 108 11 16 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 15 .148 .183 .157 .340 2.3 0.0
1933 25 ATL NL 32 88 6 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 17 .159 .178 .170 .348 0.7 0.0
1934 26 ATL NL 39 100 7 13 1 1 1 7 0 1 2 18 .130 .147 .190 .337 0.4 0.0
1935 27 ATL NL 37 84 7 14 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 20 .167 .170 .167 .337 1.9 0.0
1936 28 ATL NL 44 113 7 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .159 .167 .177 .344 1.2 0.0
1937 29 BSN NL 29 74 6 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .203 .224 .203 .426 2.7 0.0
  NYG NL 14 36 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .139 .184 .139 .323 0.5 0.0
  TOT   43 110 9 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 29 .182 .211 .182 .392 3.2 0.0
1938 30 NYG NL 42 109 10 23 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 23 .211 .230 .220 .450 5.8 0.0
1939 31 NYG NL 41 114 10 28 4 0 0 13 0 0 3 26 .246 .269 .281 .550 8.5 0.5
1940 32 NYG NL 40 98 7 23 4 0 0 10 0 0 2 17 .235 .245 .276 .521 7.5 0.1
1941 33 NYG NL 44 99 9 13 2 1 2 15 0 0 2 30 .131 .147 .232 .379 3.1 0.0
1942 34 SLC NL 42 89 5 17 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 18 .191 .198 .191 .389 3.1 0.0
1943 35 STL NL 51 49 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .122 .122 .143 .265 -0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 586 1399 101 238 21 2 3 113 0 3 30 288 .170 .187 .194 .381 38.3 0.6
162 Game Average 386 27 65 5 0 0 31 0 0 8 79 .170 .187 .194 .381 10.6  
Career Highs 51 123 11 28 4 1 2 15 0 1 5 30 .246 .269 .281 .550 8.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   879 63 149 11 1 3 66 0 2 15 184 .170 .183 .195 .377 14.7
vs LH   520 38 89 10 1 0 47 0 1 15 104 .171 .193 .194 .388 10.6
Home 294 679 54 129 10 1 3 60 0 1 9 136 .190 .199 .221 .419 20.0
Away 292 720 47 109 11 1 0 53 0 2 21 152 .151 .175 .169 .345 5.3
RISP   390 0 70 6 2 0 106 0 0 13 80 .179 .200 .205 .405 11.1
Close/Late   98 11 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 22 .163 .194 .184 .378 1.9
Mar/Apr 97 250 16 41 0 0 0 13 0 0 5 52 .164 .184 .164 .348 2.1
May 102 249 17 45 3 2 2 34 0 1 3 55 .181 .188 .233 .421 7.2
June 91 216 17 31 3 0 0 9 0 0 5 44 .144 .162 .157 .320 0.1
July 98 223 19 39 7 0 0 16 0 0 4 47 .175 .188 .206 .394 4.7
August 100 234 15 39 2 0 0 15 0 1 5 51 .167 .183 .175 .358 2.6
Sep/Oct 93 227 17 43 6 0 1 26 0 1 8 39 .189 .213 .229 .442 8.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 22 ATL NL P 44 44 364.3 24 65 2 4 .978 2.20    
1931 23 ATL NL P 45 45 366.7 25 60 4 5 .955 2.09    
1932 24 ATL NL P 42 42 335.0 18 63 2 5 .976 2.18    
1933 25 ATL NL P 32 32 246.7 12 33 3 3 .938 1.64    
1934 26 ATL NL P 39 39 289.7 18 43 4 5 .938 1.90    
1935 27 ATL NL P 37 37 262.7 15 55 4 9 .946 2.40    
1936 28 ATL NL P 44 44 329.0 21 65 1 2 .989 2.35    
1937 29 BSN NL P 29 29 213.3 12 37 1 1 .980 2.07    
  NYG NL P 14 14 103.3 6 18 0 1 1.000 2.09    
  TOT   P 43 43 316.7 18 55 1 2 .986 2.07    
1938 30 NYG NL P 42 42 314.0 16 50 1 4 .985 1.89    
1939 31 NYG NL P 41 41 311.3 19 51 3 5 .959 2.02    
1940 32 NYG NL P 40 40 305.0 22 52 1 6 .987 2.18    
1941 33 NYG NL P 44 44 309.7 14 66 3 11 .964 2.33    
1942 34 SLC NL P 42 42 286.7 11 56 2 6 .971 2.10    
1943 35 STL NL P 51 22 192.3 3 31 0 1 1.000 1.59    
Career Totals   586 557 4229.6 236 745 31 68 .969 2.09    
Career Highs   51 45 366.7 25 66 4 11 1.000 2.40    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 24 ATL NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 10.3 19 13 0 4 1 11.33 .396 .442 .458 .901
1937 29 NYG NL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 26.0 34 19 3 12 10 6.58 .333 .404 .490 .894
1938 30 NYG NL 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 25.7 20 10 6 6 12 3.51 .213 .260 .436 .696
1939 31 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 18 9 1 5 7 6.95 .353 .411 .471 .881
1940 32 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 15.3 15 9 2 3 12 5.28 .250 .286 .400 .686
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 6 .400 13 13 3 0 0 89.0 106 60 12 30 42 6.07 .299 .353 .454 .807
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 24 ATL NL 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 29 NYG NL 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452
1938 30 NYG NL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
1939 31 NYG NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 32 NYG NL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 13 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .120 .274
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1932-6-3.73
1933-4-3.39
1934-8-3.98
 Wins
1931-8-21
1932-7-17
1933-10-15
1934-7-18
1938-1-23
1939-4-20
CAR-46-226
 Losses
1931-6-19
1932-4-17
1934-9-15
1936-6-19
1942-4-21
CAR-18-214
 Winning Pct
1933-10-.556
1934-10-.545
1938-3-.676
1939-7-.606
 Games Started
1930-5-44
1931-1-45
1932-1-42
1934-8-39
1936-1-44
1937-3-43
1938-7-42
1939-5-41
1940-10-40
1941-1-44
1942-4-42
CAR-26-557
 Complete Games
1930-5-23
1932-8-18
CAR-44-146
Shutouts
1930-4-3
1931-3-4
1932-2-2
1933-9-1
1934-3-2
1936-9-1
1940-2-4
1941-4-2
CAR-39-23
 Innings Pitched
1930-3-364.3
1931-3-366.7
1932-3-335.0
1934-10-289.7
1936-8-329.0
1938-10-314.0
1940-10-305.0
CAR-28-4229.6
 Hits Allowed
1931-8-377
1932-6-364
1937-8-346
1939-4-348
1940-10-307
1941-5-349
CAR-13-4504
 Homeruns Allowed
1935-2-24
1937-5-23
1939-3-23
1941-4-27
1942-2-32
 Strikeouts
1930-7-132
1934-10-123
1937-9-132
1938-10-137
1939-9-158
1940-9-144
1941-10-143
 Walks Allowed
1931-7-104
1934-8-103
1935-8-107
1936-5-131
1937-5-106
1938-5-121
1939-6-103
1940-9-107
1941-7-117
1942-2-150
CAR-22-1491
Walks per 9IP
1932-7-2.2
1933-9-2.4
 Hits per 9IP
1934-10-9.7
1942-10-9.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1939-10-4.6
 WHiP
1930-10-1.26
 OAVG
1934-9-.273
 OOBP
1932-10-.319
OSLG
1930-4-.345
1932-4-.363
1936-7-.368
1938-10-.369
 OOPS
1930-5-.653
1932-4-.682
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 130    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  5. Danny Macfayden (897)
  6. Van Mungo (878)
  7. Jerry Reuss (876)
  8. Lefty Gomez (872)
  9. Joe Dobson (872)
  10. Ike Delock (872)
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  1. Billy Pierce (987)
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  4. Larry French (978)
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  6. Curt Simmons (977)
  7. Stubby Overmire (977)
  8. Ray Herbert (977)
  9. Don Drysdale (976)
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History
Earned first career win on 4/14/1930
Had first career hit on 4/22/1930, off Lum Davenport (NYM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/28/1931, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,885,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1932, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,885,714 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1933, going 3-1, 1.30
Injured on 6/17/1933 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1933, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
10/23/1933: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $7,500,000 per year, for 7 years
Hit first career homerun on 5/31/1934, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
Injured on 6/21/1934 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Injured on 7/18/1935 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1937, going 6-1, 3.47
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1937, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (G) on 7/31/1937 (Going to NYG: P Bobo Newsom. Going to BSN: LF Babe Barna, P Bud Tinning, C Bennie Tate, 2B Carl Lind)
Injured on 5/25/1938 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1938, going 6-0, 1.51
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Injured on 8/21/1939 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/20/1940 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1940, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Injured on 6/21/1940 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
10/12/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 2/13/1942 (Going to SLC: 2B Billy Herman, C Tom Padden, P Bobo Newsom. Going to NYG: P Charlie Wagner)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $510,000 per year
 
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