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Skeeter
Newsome		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 18, 1910 in Usa, AL, PHENIX CITY
 
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
1935 24 CIN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1936 25 CIN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1937 26 CIN NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1938 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1939 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1940 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1941 30 SLC NL $ 1,160,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1942 31 SLC NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1943 32 STL NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1944 33 STL NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1945 34 STL NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1946 35 STL NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1947 36 STL NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1948 37 STL NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,892,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
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
1935 24 A   136 512 50 151 32 2 5 37 8 1 72 25 .295 .382 .395 .776 79.3  
1936 25 AA   137 546 61 139 26 3 6 53 6 6 50 25 .255 .317 .346 .663 59.6  
1937 26 AAA   111 436 48 123 26 2 3 45 8 4 43 17 .282 .347 .372 .718 55.9  
    AA   25 98 13 37 5 0 1 11 2 2 14 3 .378 .455 .459 .915 19.2  
1938 27 CIN NL 155 549 77 167 26 4 6 77 0 0 25 19 .304 .333 .399 .732 65.2 10.9
1939 28 CIN NL 157 613 63 169 15 5 3 40 0 0 27 43 .276 .305 .331 .636 52.8 3.8
1940 29 NYA AL 95 295 25 82 19 1 1 38 0 0 15 21 .278 .312 .359 .671 29.3 3.7
1941 30 NYA AL 25 94 8 25 6 1 0 12 1 0 4 9 .266 .296 .351 .647 8.1 0.6
  SLC NL 128 487 51 147 29 1 6 53 3 0 17 37 .302 .326 .402 .729 53.8 8.0
  TOT   153 581 59 172 35 2 6 65 4 0 21 46 .296 .321 .394 .715 61.9 8.5
1942 31 SLC NL 151 502 47 140 24 3 0 51 4 1 24 31 .279 .311 .339 .649 49.3 7.1
1943 32 STL NL 153 513 41 136 27 3 1 54 0 0 18 29 .265 .290 .335 .625 42.9 3.5
1944 33 STL NL 154 520 53 139 21 3 0 48 3 0 29 41 .267 .306 .319 .626 50.3 3.2
1945 34 STL NL 153 548 51 139 23 0 1 48 1 1 27 36 .254 .288 .301 .590 44.1 3.8
1946 35 STL NL 153 548 61 145 23 0 4 39 2 0 38 52 .265 .313 .328 .642 52.2 5.2
1947 36 STL NL 71 161 10 34 7 0 0 14 1 0 9 22 .211 .251 .255 .506 8.3 0.0
1948 37 A   137 514 66 136 24 0 2 56 2 3 86 76 .265 .370 .323 .693 67.5  
10 Years Sim 1395 4830 487 1323 220 21 22 474 15 2 233 340 .274 .307 .342 .649 456.4 49.7
1 Years AAA 111 436 48 123 26 2 3 45 8 4 43 17 .282 .346 .372 .718 55.9  
2 Years AA 162 644 74 176 31 3 7 64 8 8 64 28 .273 .338 .363 .701 78.7  
2 Years A 273 1026 116 287 56 2 7 93 10 4 158 101 .280 .375 .359 .734 146.8  
5 Years Minors 546 2106 238 586 113 7 17 202 26 16 265 146 .278 .358 .363 .721 281.4  
162 Game Average 560 56 153 25 2 2 55 1 0 27 39 .274 .307 .342 .649 53.0  
Career Highs 157 613 77 172 35 5 6 77 4 1 38 52 .304 .333 .399 .732 65.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3074 288 833 136 14 11 328 9 1 151 217 .271 .305 .335 .640 301.8
vs LH   1756 199 490 84 7 11 146 6 1 82 123 .279 .311 .354 .665 184.7
Home 705 2440 223 673 120 13 13 245 4 1 114 174 .276 .307 .352 .659 251.7
Away 690 2390 264 650 100 8 9 229 11 1 119 166 .272 .307 .332 .639 234.9
RISP   1082 0 308 59 5 4 412 0 0 59 74 .285 .318 .360 .678 119.2
Pinch Hitting   33 1 11 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 1 .333 .371 .424 .796 4.7
Close/Late   419 35 133 25 1 2 26 0 0 11 22 .317 .335 .396 .731 50.7
Mar/Apr 231 816 76 219 35 2 4 81 6 1 35 62 .268 .298 .331 .629 77.4
May 231 791 81 216 37 2 8 74 3 0 38 50 .273 .306 .355 .661 83.0
June 232 798 80 214 37 5 1 77 1 0 36 60 .268 .299 .331 .630 75.1
July 215 737 67 197 26 4 4 68 2 0 36 50 .267 .300 .330 .630 70.9
August 250 849 81 232 40 4 1 86 2 0 44 52 .273 .310 .333 .643 84.0
Sep/Oct 236 839 102 245 45 4 4 88 1 1 44 66 .292 .327 .369 .697 96.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 27 CIN NL SS 153 149 1236.7 191 572 32 92 .960 5.55   7.9
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1939 28 CIN NL 3B 102 98 882.3 80 249 5 23 .985 3.36   5.2
    SS 52 50 435.3 68 203 4 34 .985 5.60   2.6
    2B 3 0 6.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 8.11   0.0
1940 29 NYA AL SS 77 75 636.0 90 295 13 62 .967 5.45   2.6
    3B 8 2 28.0 6 6 1 0 .923 3.86   0.1
    2B 3 2 18.3 5 8 0 3 1.000 6.38   0.1
1941 30 NYA AL SS 21 20 172.9 26 78 4 14 .963 5.41   0.2
    3B 2 2 19.9 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.71   0.0
    2B 2 2 14.1 5 5 0 1 1.000 6.38   0.1
  SLC NL SS 105 105 896.1 137 405 20 72 .964 5.44   1.7
    3B 13 13 103.1 3 27 2 1 .938 2.62   0.4
    2B 10 8 72.9 23 29 1 8 .981 6.42   0.2
  TOT   SS 126 125 1069.0 163 483 24 86 .964 5.44   1.9
      3B 15 15 123.0 4 32 2 1 .947 2.63   0.4
      2B 12 10 87.0 28 34 1 9 .984 6.41   0.2
1942 31 SLC NL SS 148 144 1208.3 206 571 29 108 .964 5.79   5.0
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 32 STL NL SS 150 146 1204.7 210 576 36 109 .956 5.87   4.9
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 33 STL NL SS 151 150 1238.0 206 589 45 97 .946 5.78   5.7
1945 34 STL NL SS 151 147 1212.0 205 536 24 103 .969 5.50   5.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1946 35 STL NL SS 117 111 923.3 159 455 22 90 .965 5.98   5.4
    3B 34 33 278.0 27 78 5 8 .955 3.40   0.9
1947 36 STL NL SS 50 34 309.0 54 140 13 25 .937 5.65   1.7
    3B 13 6 60.0 3 11 1 0 .933 2.10   0.1
    2B 6 4 39.3 10 18 0 4 1.000 6.41   0.2
  SS 1175 1131 9472.3 1552 4420 242 806 .961 5.67   43.1
  3B 175 154 1376.0 120 377 14 32 .973 3.25   6.7
  2B 28 16 156.3 45 69 1 16 .991 6.56   0.6
Career Totals   1378 1301 11004.6 1717 4866 257 854 .962 5.38   50.4
Career Highs   157 150 1324.3 210 589 45 109 .985 5.88    
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
1938 27 CIN NL 11 37 4 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .405 .405 .486 .892
Career Post-Season Batting 11 37 4 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .405 .405 .486 .892
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1939-1-157
1946-10-153
 At-Bats
1939-1-613
 Hits
1939-8-169
 Singles
1939-2-146
1946-9-118
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1935
Injured on 8/18/1935 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/10/1936 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/2/1938, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1938, off Red Peery (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1938, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (A) on 2/1/1940 (Going to CIN: P Red Evans. Going to NYA: 3B Skeeter Newsome)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to St. Louis on 5/1/1941 (Going to NYA: P Elden Auker. Going to SLC: 3B Skeeter Newsome)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
9/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $500,000 per year, for 5 years
 
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