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Name Team Age
Luis Newsome Retired (1970, Age 37) Died (2012, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8
(1953)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League 0 11 years (68 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
67 73 21
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
7 10 34
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
1 12 50
Endurance Velocity Control
49 67 67
Leadership   Mentor Value  
45 68
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
61 0 10/18/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1957 BOS 1 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 32.0 34 17 14 0 10 19 1.38 3.94
1958 BOS 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 3 4 1.50 4.05
1959 BOS 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 0 6 3 2.14 9.00
1960 BOS 6 17 30 30 0 0 0 0 138.1 149 90 81 3 57 118 1.49 5.27
1961 BOS 4 11 23 23 0 0 0 0 93.2 108 60 60 1 30 76 1.47 5.77
1962 BOS 3 7 19 18 1 0 0 0 98.1 96 56 49 1 26 85 1.24 4.48
1963 BOS 9 11 35 35 0 0 0 0 164.0 180 95 86 0 51 141 1.41 4.72
1964 BOS 2 6 34 34 1 1 0 0 92.2 81 39 36 2 31 66 1.21 3.50
1965 BOS 3 13 38 38 0 0 0 0 92.2 98 46 44 2 26 73 1.34 4.27
1966 BOS 5 11 42 42 0 0 0 0 111.0 97 47 44 1 45 86 1.28 3.57
1967 BOS 2 19 40 40 0 0 0 0 83.1 86 59 56 0 26 71 1.34 6.05
1968 BOS 1 14 34 34 0 0 0 0 75.0 78 48 44 2 24 58 1.36 5.28
1969 BOS 7 11 79 0 0 0 7 8 152.2 149 80 65 2 66 107 1.41 3.83
1970 BOS 2 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 45.2 56 32 28 1 17 34 1.60 5.52
2331 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 45 127 421 301 2 1 8 8 1193.0 1228 679 617 15 418 941 1.38 4.65
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Luis Newsome has retired from the Boston Braves
1967-04-23Luis Newsome of the Boston Braves is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1964-04-20Luis Newsome of the Boston Braves is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1962-05-16Luis Newsome of the Boston Braves is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1959-09-19The Boston Braves have promoted Reid Henderson to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted Ron Stahl to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted Luis Newsome to the major league team.
1958-05-03The Boston Braves have sent Luis Newsome down to the minors.
1957-10-13The Boston Braves have promoted Reid Henderson to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted Luis Newsome to the major league team. The Boston Braves have designated Duff Gardner for assignment. The Boston Braves have designated Hal Swisher for assignment. The Boston Braves have designated Lesli Camp for assignment.
1957-10-03The Boston Braves have sent John Stowers to the minors. The Boston Braves have sent Luis Newsome to the minors. The Boston Braves have sent Reid Henderson to the minors.
1957-09-02The Boston Braves have promoted Reid Henderson to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted John Stowers to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted Luis Newsome to the major league team.
1955-05-22The Boston Braves have acquired Luis Newsome from the waiver wire. The Boston Braves have waived Connie Carr.
1955-04-05The Texas Stars have waived Luis Newsome.
1952-05-22A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Perfectos and the Texas Stars. The Texas Stars receive Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 BRO (Dave Costello), Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 STL (Luis Newsome) from the St. Louis Perfectos in exchange for Lefty Ghelfi, Buster Suter.