The Legend of Bobo Newsom

Hawk Dawson · 05-08-2002, 07:58 AM

I've recently imported the 1946 season from Lahman, and the only anomaly, and a huge one at that, is the fact that Bobo Newsom's individual season-by-season pitching statistics are WAY OFF. i.e. when I pull up dear old Bobo's pitching stats, his 1943 season reads like this :

G W L S CG Sho IP HA ER BB K ERA
92 30 35 2 18 2 526 547 8 26 294 0.14

Something smells rotten in Denmark here. Bobo was an ok pitcher, more of a carpetbagger, but he wasn't *this* good ...

Any ideas ?

Hawk.

SSG Troyer · 05-08-2002, 08:42 AM

At <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newsobo01.shtml" target="_blank">Baseball-Reference.com</a> , his 1943 total-stat line was:
W____L____G___GS___CG__S__SO_IP____HA___ER___HR__B B___K____ERA
13___13___38__27___8___1__1__217.3__220__102__12__ 113__123__4.22

but it shows he pitched for 3 teams that year. I dunno how Lahman came up with those numbers...

Tiger Fan · 05-08-2002, 09:16 AM

It is an issue with the Lahman DB being read by the game. ScottVib has compiled a modified database that will correct the problem. It is available here <a href="http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm</a>

05-08-2002, 07:58 AM	#1
Hawk Dawson Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 63	The Legend of Bobo Newsom I've recently imported the 1946 season from Lahman, and the only anomaly, and a huge one at that, is the fact that Bobo Newsom's individual season-by-season pitching statistics are WAY OFF. i.e. when I pull up dear old Bobo's pitching stats, his 1943 season reads like this : G W L S CG Sho IP HA ER BB K ERA 92 30 35 2 18 2 526 547 8 26 294 0.14 Something smells rotten in Denmark here. Bobo was an ok pitcher, more of a carpetbagger, but he wasn't this good ... Any ideas ? Hawk.

05-08-2002, 08:42 AM	#2
SSG Troyer All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere to the left of 2nd base Posts: 1,598	At <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newsobo01.shtml" target="_blank">Baseball-Reference.com</a> , his 1943 total-stat line was: W____L____G___GS___CG__S__SO_IP____HA___ER___HR__B B___K____ERA 13___13___38__27___8___1__1__217.3__220__102__12__ 113__123__4.22 but it shows he pitched for 3 teams that year. I dunno how Lahman came up with those numbers... __________________ MWT Did Tennesee Delaware Mississppi's New Jersey? Idaho ... Alaska!

05-08-2002, 09:16 AM	#3
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	It is an issue with the Lahman DB being read by the game. ScottVib has compiled a modified database that will correct the problem. It is available here <a href="http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm</a> __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles