Dick Newsome

Dick Newsome
Pitcher
Born: December 13, 1909(1909-12-13) Ahoskie, North Carolina
Died: December 15, 1965(1965-12-15) (aged 56) Ahoskie, North Carolina
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 25, 1941 for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1943 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Win-loss record	35-33
Earned run average	4.50
Strikeouts	138
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1941-1943)

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 1941 and 1943 seasons. Listed at 6' 0", 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 the 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 his 56th birthday.

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Baseball Historian
• Baseball Library

Persondata
Name	Newsome, Dick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 13, 1909
Place of birth	Ahoskie, North Carolina
Date of death	December 15, 1965
Place of death	Ahoskie, North Carolina