Dick Newsome

Heber Hampton Newsome was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston [Red Sox] between the and seasons. Listed at, 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 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 MLB [Most Valuable Player Award|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 United [States Army|Army] during 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 earned [run average|ERA] in 526.0 innings pitched.
Newsome died in an automobile accident in Ahoskie, North Carolina, just two days after he turned 56 years old.