Bobo Newsom vs. Thad Weber — Career Comparison

Bobo Newsom
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Thad Weber
MillenialNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bobo Newsom built a career as a starting pitcher and Thad Weber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Thad Weber posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.684 compared to 3.98 and 1.463 for Bobo Newsom. By the career numbers, Thad Weber had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobo Newsom and Thad Weber

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
1.44
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.74
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.16
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.51
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.53
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.5
80.5
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
0.59
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.07
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
3.98
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.79
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11278
27
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3759.1
9
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3769
9.02
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
10.42
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.02
9.02
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1732
4.15
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.74
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2082
4.98
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.21
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.015
1.015
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.14
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.15
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16467
39.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
40.26
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.17
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.84
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1908
4.57
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.26
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14674
35.13
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
34.58
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.42
39.42
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.26
40.26

Fielding Stats for Bobo Newsom and Thad Weber

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.74
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
27
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
9
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.32
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.84
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.85
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobo Newsom and Thad Weber

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
609
253.57
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1441
600
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1337
556.7
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
105.34
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
92.02
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.66
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.25
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.32
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.22
20.91
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
120.75
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
112.84
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
42.47
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
77.86
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.48
17.69
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
7.08
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
266
110.76
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.42
5.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
12.49
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.83
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA