Bobo Newsom
American baseball player (1907-1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (August 11, 1907 – December 7, 1962) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom played for nine of the 16 then-existing big-league teams from 1929 through 1953 over all or parts of 20 seasons, appearing in an even 600 games pitched and 3,7591⁄3 innings pitched. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
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Bobo Newsom | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1907-08-11)August 11, 1907 Hartsville, South Carolina, U.S. | |
Died: December 7, 1962(1962-12-07) (aged 55) Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 11, 1929, for the Brooklyn Robins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 17, 1953, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 211–222 |
Earned run average | 3.98 |
Strikeouts | 2,082 |
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