League Leaders Who Led?
Bobo Newsom

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Bobo Newsom

1929–1953  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'3", 200 lb  ·  b. 1907 Hartsville, SC

Career 211–222 · 3.98 ERA · 2,082 SO · 3759.1 IP · 609 G · 253 H · 1 HR · 102 RBI · .189 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
2 best in baseball 2 league only
42 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1938 Best season

Spanning 1938–1942, peaking at 2 titles in 1938.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 490th League titles 4
  • 392nd Best in baseball 2
  • 152nd Top-5 finishes 42

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games 2 1st 2 yrs (1938–1939) 1938 31 1939 AL 24
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1938 329.2 1936 #3 1937 #3 1939 #2 1944 #3 1945 #3
Strikeouts 1 1st — 1942 AL 134 1936 #3 1937 #2 1938 #2 1939 #2 1940 #2 1941 #2 1944 #3 1945 #3
Shutouts — #3 — 1936 #3 1939 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1937 #3 1938 #2 1939 #2 1941 #2 1942 #3
Saves — #3 — 1934 #3
Wins — #2 — 1938 #2 1939 #3 1940 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1940 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1942 1 SO 134
1939 1 CG 24
1938 2 IP 329.2 CG 31

Pitching

20 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1929 BRO NL 0 3 10.61 3 2 0 9.1 15 11 0 5 6 2.14
1930 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 1 1.33
1932 CHN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00
1934 SLA AL 16 20 4.01 47 32 5 262.1 259 117 15 149 135 1.56
1935 WS1 +1 AL 11 18 4.52 35 29 3 241.0 276 121 11 97 87 1.55
1936 WS1 AL 17 15 4.32 43 38 2 285.2 294 137 13 146 156 1.54
1937 BOS +1 AL 16 14 4.81 41 37 0 275.1 269 147 18 167 166 1.58
1938 SLA AL 20 16 5.08 44 40 1 329.2 334 186 30 192 226 1.60
1939 DET +1 AL 20 11 3.58 41 37 2 291.2 272 116 19 126 192 1.37
1940 DET AL 21 5 2.83 36 34 0 264.0 235 83 19 100 164 1.27
1941 DET AL 12 20 4.60 43 36 2 250.1 265 128 15 118 175 1.53
1942 WS1 +1 AL 13 19 4.73 36 34 0 245.2 264 129 6 106 134 1.51
1943 BRO +2 NL 13 13 4.22 38 27 1 217.1 220 102 12 113 123 1.53
1944 PHA AL 13 15 2.82 37 33 1 265.0 243 83 11 82 142 1.23
1945 PHA AL 8 20 3.29 36 34 0 257.1 255 94 12 103 127 1.39
1946 WS1 +1 AL 14 13 2.93 34 31 1 236.2 224 77 7 90 114 1.33
1947 NYA +1 AL 11 11 3.34 31 28 0 199.1 208 74 10 67 82 1.38
1948 NY1 NL 0 4 4.21 11 4 0 25.2 35 12 1 13 9 1.87
1952 PHA +1 AL 4 4 3.88 24 5 3 60.1 54 26 4 32 27 1.43
1953 PHA AL 2 1 4.89 17 2 0 38.2 44 21 3 24 16 1.76
Career — — 211 222 3.98 600 483 21 3759.1 3,769 1,664 206 1,732 2,082 1.46

Batting

20 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1929 BRO NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1930 BRO NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1932 CHN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1934 SLA AL 50 93 6 17 2 0 0 8 2 10 0 .183 .200 .204 .404
1935 WS1 +1 AL 35 84 6 23 2 1 0 10 3 9 1 .274 .299 .321 .620
1936 WS1 AL 44 108 11 23 2 0 0 11 3 23 0 .213 .234 .232 .466
1937 BOS +1 AL 44 100 11 22 4 1 1 5 3 18 0 .220 .243 .310 .553
1938 SLA AL 46 124 9 31 4 0 0 16 1 21 0 .250 .256 .282 .538
1939 DET +1 AL 41 115 6 22 1 1 0 8 1 18 0 .191 .198 .217 .416
1940 DET AL 36 107 9 23 5 0 0 16 1 17 0 .215 .222 .262 .484
1941 DET AL 43 88 3 9 0 0 0 3 2 20 0 .102 .132 .102 .234
1942 WS1 +1 AL 36 86 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 30 0 .140 .140 .163 .302
1943 BRO +2 NL 38 74 4 18 0 0 0 9 0 12 0 .243 .243 .243 .486
1944 PHA AL 37 88 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 20 0 .114 .114 .136 .250
1945 PHA AL 36 86 3 14 1 0 0 2 1 21 0 .163 .172 .174 .347
1946 WS1 +1 AL 34 81 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 20 0 .148 .148 .161 .309
1947 NYA +1 AL 31 71 1 11 2 0 0 4 0 17 0 .155 .155 .183 .338
1948 NY1 NL 11 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
1952 PHA +1 AL 24 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 .118 .118 .118 .235
1953 PHA AL 17 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career — — 609 1,337 86 253 28 3 1 102 17 266 1 .189 .200 .217 .417

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 600 112 534 28 32 .958