Dick Newsome
1941–1943 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox
87G
.215AVG
.249OBP
.243SLG
More career statistics
39H
0HR
15RBI
0SB
35–33W–L
526.0IP
138K
4.50ERA
74GS
2Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · p er | 263 | 262 |
| Pitching · p hr | 32 | 33 |
| Pitching · p k | 138 | 137 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 203 | 181 | 8 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | .215 | .249 | .243 | .492 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526.0 | 85 | 74 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 575 | 296 | 263 | 32 | 214 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.500 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1941-08-17 to 1941-09-09
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1942-07-05 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1942-05-23 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1941-09-28 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 46 | 105 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | .213 | .219 | .234 |
| Away | 41 | 98 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .218 | .245 | .253 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .222 | .200 |
| May | 18 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .087 | .077 | .087 |
| June | 15 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .219 | .229 | .281 |
| July | 17 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .270 | .233 | .270 |
| August | 18 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | .273 | .327 | .318 |
| September | 14 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .167 | .219 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .211 | .233 | .263 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 15 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .296 | .333 | .296 |
| detroit-tigers | 15 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .281 | .297 | .312 |
| cleveland-guardians | 11 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .200 | .242 |
| new-york-yankees | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .130 | .160 | .130 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .048 | .080 | .095 |
| st-louis-browns | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .375 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Boston Red Sox | 36 | 78 | 19 | – | 8 | – | .244 | 213 | 58 |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 55 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .236 | 158 | 40 |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox | 27 | 48 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .146 | 154 | 39 |