Dick Newsome vs. Bob Ross — Career Comparison

Dick Newsome
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Ross
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Newsome built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Ross as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Newsome posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 7.17 and 1.951 for Bob Ross. By the career numbers, Dick Newsome had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Newsome and Bob Ross

Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.45
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.27
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.6
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.56
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.47
51.47
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.06
87.06
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.62
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.5
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
7.17
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
9.84
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.38
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.66
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
7.17
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.36
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.48
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.669
0.669
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.76
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
39.94
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
43.8
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.32
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
5.06
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
7.55
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108
36.07
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
36.63
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.94
39.94
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.8
43.8

Fielding Stats for Dick Newsome and Bob Ross

Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
54
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
27
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
21.6
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
24.3
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
21.6
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.6
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.788
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Newsome and Bob Ross

Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
257.14
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
923.08
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
600
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
534.98
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
115.27
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
100.49
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.78
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.78
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
29.99
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
10.5
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
130.05
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
138.92
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.65
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
44.33
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
67.98
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.36
33.57
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-20.48
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
23.65
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
43
127.09
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
4.72
4.72
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.38
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.87
Bob Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Ross
Career
Per 600 PA