1940 St. Louis Cardinals PITCHER Bobo Newsom Type 1 Photo 5X7
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:5932572 | Size: 5X7 |
| Year: 1940 | Player: Bobo Newsom |
| Sport: Baseball | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Team: St. Louis Cardinals | UPC: Does not apply |
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 poun...ds (91 kg).In a 20-season career, Newsom posted a 211–222 record with 2082 strikeouts and a 3.98 ERA in 3759.3 innings pitched. He also made the American League All-Star team from 1938–1940 and in 1944. With 211 wins, he is one of the 100 winningest pitchers of all time. His 222 losses also make him one of only two major league pitchers to win 200 games and still have a sub .500 career winning percentage, the other being Jack Powell. Upon his retirement in 1953, he was the last major leaguer to have played in the 1920s to still be active. Newsom is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in Major League games in four decades.Al Benton is the only major-league pitcher to have faced both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. Newsom was the only other pitcher whose career spanned that of both hitters. He did face Ruth in 1934; however, in 1951, Mantle's first year, Newsom was out of the majors, and in 1952, Newsom never faced the Yankees—and the one time he faced them in 1953, Mantle was out of the lineup with an injury.Newsom died in Orlando, Florida at age 55 from cirrhosis of the liver and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in his home town of Hartsville, which also has a street named in his honor.Newsom is mentioned in the poem "Line-Up for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash, where he is the only player mentioned still not in the Hall of Fame as of 2019:Line-Up for YesterdayN is for Newsom,
Bobo's favorite kin.
You ask how he's here,
He talked himself in.— Ogden Nash, Sport magazine(January 1949)TeamsBrooklyn Robins / Dodgers (1929–1930)Chicago Cubs (1932)St. Louis Browns (1934–1935)Washington Senators (1935–1937)Boston Red Sox (1937)St. Louis Browns (1938–1939)Detroit Tigers (1939–1941)Washington Senators (1942)Brooklyn Dodgers (1942–1943)St. Louis Browns (1943)Washington Senators (1943)Philadelphia Athletics (1944–1946)Washington Senators (1946–1947)New York Yankees (1947)New York Giants (1948)Washington Senators (1952)Philadelphia Athletics (1952–1953)Career highlights and awards4× All-Star (1938–1940, 1944)World Series champion (1947)AL strikeout leader (1942)
