Bobo Newsom
1929–1953 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASF, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, MLS, New York Giants
609G
.189AVG
.200OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
253H
1HR
102RBI
1SB
211–222W–L
3,759.1IP
2,082K
3.98ERA
483GS
21SV
21Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 609 | 611 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,337 | 1,345 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 266 | 267 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,441 | 1,449 |
| Batting · Runs | 86 | 88 |
| Batting · RBI | 102 | 103 |
| Pitching · Games | 600 | 602 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 16,467 | 16,569 |
| Pitching · p cg | 246 | 248 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,664 | 1,674 |
| Pitching · p gs | 483 | 485 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,769 | 3,795 |
| Pitching · p hr | 206 | 210 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 11,278 | 11,329 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,082 | 2,095 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,908 | 1,927 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,732 | 1,745 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 609 | 1,441 | 1,337 | 86 | 253 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 17 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 290 | .189 | .200 | .217 | .417 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,759.3 | 600 | 483 | 246 | 211 | 222 | 21 | 3,769 | 1,908 | 1,664 | 206 | 1,732 | 2,082 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 1.463 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1936-06-12 to 1936-07-01
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1934-05-27 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1946-04-17 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1934-08-09 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 333 | 774 | 142 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 145 | .198 | .196 | .228 |
| Away | 278 | 675 | 111 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 122 | .176 | .175 | .202 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | .183 | .179 | .192 |
| May | 110 | 232 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 40 | .182 | .177 | .234 |
| June | 110 | 237 | 46 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 42 | .207 | .198 | .230 |
| July | 110 | 283 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 54 | .216 | .212 | .243 |
| August | 117 | 290 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 52 | .177 | .179 | .211 |
| September | 110 | 275 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 54 | .160 | .167 | .176 |
| October | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .188 |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 178 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 30 | .201 | .202 | .238 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 172 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 28 | .189 | .192 | .226 |
| chicago-white-sox | 75 | 189 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | .202 | .190 | .219 |
| new-york-yankees | 75 | 183 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 39 | .183 | .175 | .183 |
| detroit-tigers | 73 | 169 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 39 | .206 | .195 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 63 | 167 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 31 | .158 | .162 | .164 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 60 | 138 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 | .145 | .138 | .191 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 60 | 176 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 25 | .200 | .222 | .250 |
