Dick Newsome Explained

Dick Newsome
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:13 December 1909
Birth Place:Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 25
Debutyear:1941
Debutteam:Boston Red Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 27
Finalyear:1943
Finalteam:Boston Red Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:35–33
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.50
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:138
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Heber Hampton Newsome (December 13, 1909 – December 15, 1965) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox between the and seasons. Listed at, 185 lb., Newsome batted and threw right-handed. A native of Ahoskie, North Carolina, he graduated from Wake Forest University.

In his rookie year, Newsome won 19 games (third in the American League) and compiled 10 shutouts, leading a Red Sox pitching rotation that included Charlie Wagner, Mickey Harris, Joe Dobson and Lefty Grove. He was considered for the MVP Award, ending ninth in the ballot.

But Newsome slumped badly the next two years, winning only eight games in each of them. After the 1943 season, he served in the Army during World War II, and then returned to his farm.

In a three-season career, Newsome posted a 35–33 record with 138 strikeouts and a 4.50 ERA in 526.0 innings pitched.

Newsome died in an automobile accident in Ahoskie, North Carolina, just two days after he turned 56 years old.

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