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Bobo Newsom played 20 major-league seasons (1929-1953) as a P (600). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 22 | BRO | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1934 | 27 | SLA | 50 | 93 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .183 | .404 | 8 |
| 1935 | 28 | SLA|WS1 | 35 | 84 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .274 | .620 | 65 |
| 1936 | 29 | WS1 | 44 | 108 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .213 | .466 | 20 |
| 1937 | 30 | WS1|BOS | 44 | 100 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .220 | .553 | 43 |
| 1938 | 31 | SLA | 46 | 124 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .250 | .538 | 40 |
| 1939 | 32 | SLA|DET | 41 | 115 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .191 | .416 | 10 |
| 1940 | 33 | DET | 36 | 107 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .215 | .484 | 29 |
| 1941 | 34 | DET | 43 | 88 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .102 | .234 | -35 |
| 1942 | 35 | WS1 | 30 | 75 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .160 | .347 | 1 |
| 1942 | 35 | BRO | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1943 | 36 | SLA|WS1 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .467 | 41 |
| 1943 | 36 | BRO | 22 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .250 | .500 | 49 |
| 1944 | 37 | PHA | 37 | 88 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .114 | .250 | -26 |
| 1945 | 38 | PHA | 36 | 86 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .163 | .347 | 4 |
| 1946 | 39 | PHA|WS1 | 34 | 81 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .148 | .309 | -11 |
| 1947 | 40 | WS1|NYA | 31 | 71 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .155 | .338 | -3 |
| 1948 | 41 | NY1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .857 | 141 |
| 1952 | 45 | WS1|PHA | 24 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .118 | .235 | -32 |
| 1953 | 46 | PHA | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .333 | -7 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 22 | BRO | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.1 | 6 | 5 | 10.61 | 44 |
| 1930 | 23 | BRO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| 1932 | 25 | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1934 | 27 | SLA | 47 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 262.1 | 135 | 149 | 4.01 | 112 |
| 1935 | 28 | SLA|WS1 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 241 | 87 | 97 | 4.52 | 99 |
| 1936 | 29 | WS1 | 43 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 285.2 | 156 | 146 | 4.32 | 117 |
| 1937 | 30 | WS1|BOS | 41 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 275.1 | 166 | 167 | 4.81 | 96 |
| 1938 | 31 | SLA | 44 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 329.2 | 226 | 192 | 5.08 | 94 |
| 1939 | 32 | SLA|DET | 41 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 291.2 | 192 | 126 | 3.58 | 129 |
| 1940 | 33 | DET | 36 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 264 | 164 | 100 | 2.83 | 155 |
| 1941 | 34 | DET | 43 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 250.1 | 175 | 118 | 4.60 | 90 |
| 1942 | 35 | WS1 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 213.2 | 113 | 92 | 4.93 | 74 |
| 1942 | 35 | BRO | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 3.38 | 98 |
| 1943 | 36 | SLA|WS1 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 92.1 | 48 | 56 | 5.85 | 56 |
| 1943 | 36 | BRO | 22 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 125 | 75 | 57 | 3.02 | 112 |
| 1944 | 37 | PHA | 37 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 265 | 142 | 82 | 2.82 | 122 |
| 1945 | 38 | PHA | 36 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 257.1 | 127 | 103 | 3.29 | 102 |
| 1946 | 39 | PHA|WS1 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 236.2 | 114 | 90 | 2.93 | 120 |
| 1947 | 40 | WS1|NYA | 31 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 199.1 | 82 | 67 | 3.34 | 111 |
| 1948 | 41 | NY1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25.2 | 9 | 13 | 4.21 | 94 |
| 1952 | 45 | WS1|PHA | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 60.1 | 27 | 32 | 3.88 | 95 |
| 1953 | 46 | PHA | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38.2 | 16 | 24 | 4.89 | 82 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1930 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1934 | P | 47 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 1 |
| 1935 | P | 35 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 4 |
| 1936 | P | 43 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 1 | 5 |
| 1937 | P | 41 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 1 |
| 1938 | P | 44 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
| 1939 | P | 41 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
| 1940 | P | 36 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 1941 | P | 43 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 2 |
| 1942 | P | 36 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 3 |
| 1943 | P | 38 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 4 |
| 1944 | P | 37 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | P | 36 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 1946 | P | 34 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | P | 31 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 1948 | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1952 | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 1953 | P | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bobo Newsom won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1946, 1940, 1939, 1938.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 111 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 120 / 336 | 1 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.