make him one of only two major league pitchers to win 200 games and still have a sub .500 career winning percentage, the other being Jack Powell. Upon his retirement in 1953, he was the last major leaguer to have played in the 1920s to still be active. Newsom is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in Major League games in four decades. Al Benton is the only major-league pitcher to have faced both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. Newsom was the only other pitcher whose career spanned that of both hitters. He did face Ruth in 1934; however, in 1951, Mantle's first year, Newsom was out of the majors, and in 1952, Newsom never faced the Yankees—and the one time he faced them in 1953, Mantle was out of the lineup with an injury. Newsom died in Orlando, Florida at age 55 from cirrhosis of the liver and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in his home town of Hartsville, which also has a street named in his honor. Newsom is mentioned in the 1949 poem "Line-Up for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash, where he is the only player mentioned still not in the Hall of Fame as of 2021: See also Best pitching seasons by a Detroit Tiger List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders Major League Baseball titles leaders Books Bobo Newsom, Baseball's Traveling Man by Jim McConnell (McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2016) References External links Bobo Newsom The Deadball Era 1907 births 1962 deaths Albany Senators players American League All-Stars American League strikeout champions Baseball players from South Carolina Birmingham Barons players Boston Red Sox players Brooklyn Dodgers players Brooklyn Robins players Burials in South Carolina Chattanooga Lookouts players Chicago Cubs players Alcohol-related deaths in Florida Detroit Tigers players Greenville Tobacconists players Jersey City Skeeters players Little Rock Travelers players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Macon Peaches players Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (NL) players New York Yankees players Pacific Coast League MVP award winners People from Hartsville, South Carolina Philadelphia Athletics players Raleigh Capitals players Reading Keystones players St. Louis Browns players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players