Skeeter Newsome Stats

Skeeter Newsome was born on Tuesday, October 18, 1910, in Phenix City, Alabama. Newsome was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1935, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Skeeter Newsome baseball stats page.

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Skeeter Newsome

Skeeter Newsome Autograph on a 1939 Play Ball (#84)

Skeeter Newsome Autograph on a 1939 Play Ball (#84)
 

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Birth Name:   Lamar Ashby Newsome
Nickname:   Skeeter
Born On:   10-18-1910
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Phenix City, Alabama
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-31-1989
Place of Death Data Died In:   Columbus, Georgia
Cemetery:   Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-19-1935 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-17-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Skeeter Newsome

Skeeter Newsome Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Skeeter Newsome

Skeeter Newsome Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1935 Athletics 59 145 18 30 7 1 1 0 10 5 - 9 1 - 0 - .207 .233 .290
1936 Athletics 127 471 41 106 15 2 0 0 46 25 - 27 11 - 1 - .225 .266 .265
1937 Athletics 122 438 53 111 22 1 1 0 30 37 - 22 14 - 0 - .253 .312 .315
1938 Athletics 17 48 7 13 4 0 0 0 7 1 - 4 2 - 0 - .271 .286 .354
1939 Athletics 99 248 22 55 9 1 0 0 17 19 - 12 15 - 0 8 .222 .277 .266
1941 Red Sox 93 227 28 51 6 0 2 0 17 22 - 11 13 - 1 5 .225 .296 .278
1942 Red Sox 29 95 7 26 6 0 0 0 9 9 - 5 1 - 0 2 .274 .337 .337
1943 Red Sox 114 449 48 119 21 2 1 0 22 21 - 21 8 - 2 10 .265 .301 .327
1944 Red Sox 136 472 41 114 26 3 0 0 41 33 - 21 19 - 0 11 .242 .291 .309
1945 Red Sox 125 438 45 127 30 1 1 0 48 20 - 15 17 - 1 13 .290 .322 .370
1946 Phillies 112 375 35 87 10 2 1 0 23 30 - 23 17 - 0 3 .232 .289 .277
1947 Phillies 95 310 36 71 8 2 2 1 22 24 - 24 2 - 0 5 .229 .284 .287
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 1,128 3,716 381 910 164 15 9 1 292 246 - 194 120 - 5 57 .245 .293 .304
Skeeter Newsome

Skeeter Newsome Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1935 Athletics 2B 13 - - 48 3.7 45 16 29 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00 -
1935 Athletics 3B 4 - - 11 2.8 11 5 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1935 Athletics RF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1935 Athletics SS 24 - - 137 5.7 131 56 75 6 20 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1936 Athletics 2B 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1936 Athletics 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1936 Athletics LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1936 Athletics SS 123 - - 721 5.9 690 273 417 31 87 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1937 Athletics SS 122 - - 696 5.7 664 256 408 32 76 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1938 Athletics SS 15 - - 69 4.6 67 24 43 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1939 Athletics 2B 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1939 Athletics SS 93 - - 418 4.5 397 176 221 21 44 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1941 Red Sox 2B 23 - - 120 5.2 117 46 71 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1941 Red Sox SS 69 - - 238 3.4 228 95 133 10 28 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1942 Red Sox 2B 10 - - 60 6.0 58 32 26 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1942 Red Sox 3B 12 - - 40 3.3 37 10 27 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00 -
1942 Red Sox SS 7 - - 30 4.3 28 14 14 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1943 Red Sox 3B 15 - - 59 3.9 59 23 36 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1943 Red Sox SS 98 - - 553 5.6 532 222 310 21 69 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1944 Red Sox 2B 8 - - 50 6.3 47 21 26 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1944 Red Sox 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1944 Red Sox SS 126 - - 696 5.5 670 249 421 26 79 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1945 Red Sox 2B 82 - - 454 5.5 437 206 231 17 54 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1945 Red Sox 3B 11 - - 41 3.7 40 9 31 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1945 Red Sox SS 33 - - 179 5.4 175 61 114 4 21 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1946 Phillies 2B 3 - - 13 4.3 12 1 11 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1946 Phillies 3B 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1946 Phillies SS 107 - - 512 4.8 489 179 310 23 53 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1947 Phillies 2B 6 - - 8 1.3 8 5 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 Phillies 3B 3 - - 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 Phillies SS 85 - - 390 4.6 378 131 247 12 60 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
SS Totals 902 0 0 4,639 5.1 4,449 1,736 2,713 190 548 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 --
2B Totals 149 0 0 756 5.1 727 330 397 29 80 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 --
3B Totals 49 0 0 156 3.2 151 48 103 5 9 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 --
LF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
12 Years 1,102 - - 5,553 5.0 5,329 2,116 3,213 224 637 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 --
Skeeter Newsome

Skeeter Newsome Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1935 Athletics 2 1 .667 - - n/a 145.0 16.1 14.5 - - -
1936 Athletics 13 4 .765 - - n/a 0.0 17.4 10.2 - - -
1937 Athletics 11 5 .688 - - n/a 438.0 19.9 14.6 - - -
1938 Athletics 1 1 .500 - - n/a 0.0 12.0 6.9 - - -
1939 Athletics 5 7 .417 - - n/a 0.0 20.7 14.6 - - -
1941 Red Sox 10 4 .714 - - n/a 113.5 20.6 13.4 - - -
1942 Red Sox 2 1 .667 - - n/a 0.0 19.0 10.6 - - -
1943 Red Sox 5 6 .455 - - n/a 449.0 21.4 20.4 - - -
1944 Red Sox 4 3 .571 - - n/a 0.0 22.5 11.5 - - -
1945 Red Sox 6 3 .667 - - n/a 438.0 29.2 9.1 - - -
1946 Phillies 4 - - - - n/a 375.0 16.3 16.3 - - -
1947 Phillies 4 - - - - n/a 155.0 12.9 14.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 67 35 .657 - - n/a 412.9 19.2 12.7 - - -
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Skeeter Newsome Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1935 Philadelphia Athletics 28 Undetermined - -
1936 Philadelphia Athletics 6 Undetermined - -
1937 Philadelphia Athletics 6 Undetermined - -
1938 Philadelphia Athletics 2 Undetermined - -
1939 Philadelphia Athletics 2 Undetermined - -
1941 Boston Red Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1942 Boston Red Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1943 Boston Red Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1944 Boston Red Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1945 Boston Red Sox 6 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Philadelphia Phillies 29 Undetermined - -
1947 Philadelphia Phillies 6 Undetermined - -


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