Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Bobo Newsom's Battery Mates


Bobo Newsom pitched for Brooklyn (NL) 1929-1930, 1942-1943; Chicago (NL) 1932; St. Louis (AL) 1934-1935, 1938-1939, 1943; Washington (AL) 1935-1937, 1946-1947, 1952; Boston (AL) 1937; Detroit (AL) 1939-1941; Philadelphia (AL) 1944-1946, 1952-1953; New York (AL) 1947; and New York (NL) 1948. He pitched in 600 games, made 483 starts, had 246 complete games and pitched 31 shutouts. One of Newsom's shutouts was with more than one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT NEWSOM'S STARTS
Billy Sullivan Jr. 72   Rudy York 5
Birdie Tebbetts 51   Ray Murray 4
Frankie Hayes 41   Bill Starr 3
Cliff Bolton 39   Joe Astroth 2
Al Evans 35   Walker Cooper 2
Jake Early 30   Hank DeBerry 2
Buddy Rosar 29   Tony Giuliani 2
Rollie Hemsley @28   Mickey Livingston 2
Gene Desautels 25   Dee Moore 2
Tommy Heath 20   Johnny Peacock 2
Wally Millies 13   Johnny Riddle 2
Mickey Owen 13   Moe Berg 1
Frank Grube 10   Bobby Bragan 1
Yogi Berra 8   Mickey Grasso 1
Greek George 8   Milt Gray 1
Rick Ferrell 7   Mike Guerra 1
Shanty Hogan 7   Ralph Houk 1
Sammy Holbrook 6   Frank Mancuso 1
Aaron Robinson 6      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT NEWSOM'S SHUTOUTS
Cliff Bolton 6   Frankie Hayes 2
Billy Sullivan Jr. 4   Yogi Berra 1
Birdie Tebbetts 4   Gene Desautels 1
Buddy Rosar 3   Dee Moore 1
Jake Early 2   Mickey Owen 1
Al Evans 2   Aaron Robinson 1
Frank Grube 2  

multiple catchers

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HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED

@ Hemsley caught Newsom's near NO-HITTER on 9/18/1934 (SLA @ BOS) - a single in the 10th by BOS.



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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