Bobo Newsom played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1953, appearing in 600 games over 20 seasons. He recorded a total of 211 W and 222 L, an ERA of 3.98, 2,082 SO, a WHIP of 1.463, and a WAR of 51.1.
🧾 Basic Profile
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| Name | Bobo Newsom |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1907 |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Position | Pitcher |
| Throws | Right |
| Bats | Right |
| MLB Debut | 1929 |
Bobo Newsom Yearly Pitching Stats
This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Bobo Newsom.
📊 Career Summary
Bobo Newsom appeared in 600 games over 20 MLB seasons from 1929 to 1953. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:
| GS | 483 (MLB Rank: 62) |
| GF | 71 (MLB Rank: 1,164) |
| W | 211 (MLB Rank: 98) |
| L | 222 (MLB Rank: 26) |
| SV | 21 (MLB Rank: 727) |
| ERA | 3.98 (MLB Rank: 4,076) |
| IP | 3759.1 (MLB Rank: 55) |
| SHO | 31 (MLB Rank: 103) |
| CG | 246 (MLB Rank: 84) |
| SO | 2,082 (MLB Rank: 76) |
| BB | 1732 (MLB Rank: 6) |
| H | 3,769 (MLB Rank: 49) |
| HR | 206 (MLB Rank: 238) |
| SO9 | 4.98 (MLB Rank: 5,505) |
| BB9 | 4.15 (MLB Rank: 4,633) |
| H9 | 9.02 (MLB Rank: 7,028) |
| HR9 | 0.49 (MLB Rank: 7,330) |
| WHIP | 1.463 (MLB Rank: 6,178) |
| WAR | 51.1 (MLB Rank: 98) |
📊 Last Season Summary (1953)
In his final season (1953), Bobo Newsom recorded the following stats:
| GS | 2 |
| GF | 9 |
| W | 2 |
| L | 1 |
| ERA | 4.89 |
| IP | 38.2 |
| CG | 1 |
| SO | 16 |
| BB | 24 |
| H | 44 |
| HR | 3 |
| SO9 | 3.72 |
| BB9 | 5.59 |
| H9 | 10.24 |
| HR9 | 0.7 |
| WHIP | 1.759 |
| WAR | 0.1 |
📈 Seasonal Highlights
- Most Wins: 1940, 21 W
- Most SO: 1938, 226 SO
- Most IP: 1938, 329.2 IP
- Best WAR: 1939, 8.2 WAR
- Best ERA: 1930, 0 ERA
🎯 Postseason Performance
Bobo Newsom appeared in 3 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 1.38, pitched 26 IP, struck out 17 batters, with 2 W and 1 L.
Bobo Newsom Career Pitching Stats Overview
| season | W | L | ERA | W-L% | SV | SO | IP | WAR | WHIP | HR | H | BB | R | ER | ERA+ | FIP | SO9 | SO/BB | GS | G | GF | CG | SHO | HR9 | H9 | BB9 | BK | HBP | IBB | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | 0 | 3 | 10.61 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.1 | -0.4 | 2.143 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 3.12 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.333 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1934 | 16 | 20 | 4.01 | 0.444 | 5 | 135 | 262.1 | 6.1 | 1.555 | 15 | 259 | 149 | 138 | 117 | 123 | 4.61 | 4.6 | 0.91 | 32 | 47 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1159 |
1935 | 11 | 18 | 4.52 | 0.379 | 3 | 87 | 241 | 2.5 | 1.548 | 11 | 276 | 97 | 137 | 121 | 98 | 4.31 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 29 | 35 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1064 |
1936 | 17 | 15 | 4.32 | 0.531 | 2 | 156 | 285.2 | 3 | 1.54 | 13 | 294 | 146 | 160 | 137 | 110 | 4.38 | 4.9 | 1.07 | 38 | 43 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1258 |
1937 | 16 | 14 | 4.81 | 0.533 | 0 | 166 | 275.1 | 3.2 | 1.584 | 18 | 269 | 167 | 163 | 147 | 98 | 4.73 | 5.4 | 0.99 | 37 | 41 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1247 |
1938 | 20 | 16 | 5.08 | 0.556 | 1 | 226 | 329.2 | 4.8 | 1.596 | 30 | 334 | 192 | 205 | 186 | 98 | 4.66 | 6.2 | 1.18 | 40 | 44 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1475 |
1939 | 20 | 11 | 3.58 | 0.645 | 2 | 192 | 291.2 | 8.2 | 1.365 | 19 | 272 | 126 | 126 | 116 | 136 | 3.45 | 5.9 | 1.52 | 37 | 41 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1261 |
1940 | 21 | 5 | 2.83 | 0.808 | 0 | 164 | 264 | 7.4 | 1.269 | 19 | 235 | 100 | 110 | 83 | 168 | 3.86 | 5.6 | 1.64 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0.6 | 8 | 3.4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1101 |
1941 | 12 | 20 | 4.6 | 0.375 | 2 | 175 | 250.1 | 3.1 | 1.53 | 15 | 265 | 118 | 140 | 128 | 98 | 3.61 | 6.3 | 1.48 | 36 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1130 |
1942 | 13 | 19 | 4.73 | 0.406 | 0 | 134 | 245.2 | -0.7 | 1.506 | 6 | 264 | 106 | 148 | 129 | 77 | 2.64 | 4.9 | 1.26 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0.2 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1092 |
1943 | 13 | 13 | 4.22 | 0.5 | 1 | 123 | 217.1 | -0.4 | 1.532 | 12 | 220 | 113 | 118 | 102 | 79 | 3.87 | 5.1 | 1.09 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 964 |
1944 | 13 | 15 | 2.82 | 0.464 | 1 | 142 | 265 | 4.5 | 1.226 | 11 | 243 | 82 | 100 | 83 | 122 | 3.12 | 4.8 | 1.73 | 33 | 37 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1095 |
1945 | 8 | 20 | 3.29 | 0.286 | 0 | 127 | 257.1 | 2.4 | 1.391 | 12 | 255 | 103 | 111 | 94 | 103 | 3.55 | 4.4 | 1.23 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1116 |
1946 | 14 | 13 | 2.93 | 0.519 | 1 | 114 | 236.2 | 4.1 | 1.327 | 7 | 224 | 90 | 90 | 77 | 116 | 3.23 | 4.3 | 1.27 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1011 |
1947 | 11 | 11 | 3.34 | 0.5 | 0 | 82 | 199.1 | 2.6 | 1.38 | 10 | 208 | 67 | 82 | 74 | 108 | 3.56 | 3.7 | 1.22 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 856 |
1948 | 0 | 4 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25.2 | -0.1 | 1.87 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 95 | 4.08 | 3.2 | 0.69 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 123 |
1952 | 4 | 4 | 3.88 | 0.5 | 3 | 27 | 60.1 | 0.7 | 1.425 | 4 | 54 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 101 | 4.05 | 4 | 0.84 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 264 |
1953 | 2 | 1 | 4.89 | 0.667 | 0 | 16 | 38.2 | 0.1 | 1.759 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 88 | 5.02 | 3.7 | 0.67 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 187 |
