Hal Newhouser | Major Leaguer 1939-1955

Full Name: Harold Newhouser
Born: May 20,1921 in Detroit, Michigan
Death: November 10,1998
Height: 6-2 Weight: 192 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1939] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers. [Jul 27,1953] - Released by Tigers. [Apr 12,1954] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [May 16,1955] - Released by Indians.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1939	Detroit	AL	18	Det	MLB	0	1	5.40	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	4	3	0	5.40	0.00	7.20	7.20	1.40	--
1940	Detroit	AL	19	Det	MLB	9	9	4.86	28	20	7	0	3	0	133.1	149	81	72	12	76	89	1	1	10.06	0.81	5.13	6.01	1.69	--
1941	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	9	11	4.79	33	27	5	1	5	0	173.0	166	109	92	6	137	106	5	0	8.64	0.31	7.13	5.51	1.75	--
1942	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	8	14	2.45	38	23	11	1	14	5	183.2	137	73	50	4	114	103	2	0	6.71	0.20	5.59	5.05	1.37	--
1943	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	8	17	3.04	37	25	10	1	9	1	195.2	163	88	66	3	111	144	3	1	7.50	0.14	5.11	6.62	1.40	--
1944	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	29	9	2.22	47	34	25	6	10	2	312.1	264	94	77	6	102	187	4	2	7.61	0.17	2.94	5.39	1.17	--
1945	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	25	9	1.81	40	36	29	8	2	2	313.1	239	73	63	5	110	212	10	2	6.86	0.14	3.16	6.09	1.11	--
1946	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	26	9	1.94	37	34	29	6	2	1	292.2	215	77	63	10	98	275	8	0	6.61	0.31	3.01	8.46	1.07	--
1947	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	17	17	2.87	40	36	24	3	4	2	285.0	268	105	91	9	110	176	11	0	8.46	0.28	3.47	5.56	1.33	--
1948	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	21	12	3.01	39	35	19	2	4	1	272.1	249	109	91	10	99	143	5	0	8.23	0.33	3.27	4.73	1.28	--
1949	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	18	11	3.36	38	35	22	3	3	1	292.0	277	118	109	19	111	144	3	0	8.54	0.59	3.42	4.44	1.33	--
1950	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	15	13	4.34	35	30	15	1	5	3	213.2	232	110	103	23	81	87	4	0	9.77	0.97	3.41	3.66	1.46	--
1951	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	6	6	3.92	15	14	7	1	0	0	96.1	98	47	42	10	19	37	1	1	9.16	0.93	1.78	3.46	1.21	--
1952	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	9	9	3.74	25	19	8	0	2	0	154.0	148	72	64	13	47	57	3	0	8.65	0.76	2.75	3.33	1.27	--
1953	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	0	1	7.06	7	4	0	0	1	1	21.2	31	22	17	4	8	6	1	0	12.88	1.66	3.32	2.49	1.80	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	7	2	2.51	26	1	0	0	15	7	46.2	34	16	13	3	18	25	0	0	6.56	0.58	3.47	4.82	1.11	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	3.86	0.00	15.45	3.86	2.15	--

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)						207	150	3.06	488	374	212	33	79	26	2,993.0	2674	1197	1016	137	1249	1796	65	7	8.04	0.41	3.76	5.40	1.31	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1939	Detroit	AL	18	Det	MLB	p		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1940	Detroit	AL	19	Det	MLB	p		28	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0		4		0	.200	*.262	.200	*462	--
1941	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	p		33	60	3	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	8	0		5		2	.150	*.198	.150	*348	--
1942	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	p		39	52	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0		3		2	.154	*.207	.192	*399	--
1943	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	p		37	65	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	0		4		0	.185	*.228	.215	*443	--
1944	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	p		47	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	1	0	6	12	0		6		5	.242	*.284	.275	*559	--
1945	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	p		40	109	9	28	5	1	0	17	0	1	7	10	0		8		1	.257	*.307	.321	*628	--
1946	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	p		37	103	6	13	3	0	2	11	1	0	6	27	0		8		1	.126	*.182	.214	*396	--
1947	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	p		40	96	5	19	0	0	0	9	0	0	15	20	0		3		3	.198	*.311	.198	*509	--
1948	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	p		39	92	6	19	0	1	0	6	0	0	10	14	0		6		1	.207	*.290	.228	*518	--
1949	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	p		38	91	8	18	3	0	0	6	0	2	12	19	0		14		3	.198	*.296	.231	*527	--
1950	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	p		35	74	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	5	8	0		5		2	.176	*.235	.203	*438	--
1951	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	p		17	29	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	3	0		4		2	.310	*.414	.310	*724	--
1952	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p		26	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	9	0		1		2	.217	*.361	.239	*600	--
1953	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p		7	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.500	*.556	.500	*1056	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p		26	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)								492	999	71	201	22	2	2	81	3	3	89	150	0		72		24	.201	*.272	.233	*505	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1945	Detroit	AL	24		Ws	2	1	6.10	3		2			0	20.2	25		14		4	22			10.89	---	1.74	9.58	1.40	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33		Ws	0	0	90,000,000.00	1		0			0	0.0	1		1		1	0			90,000,000.00	---	90,000,000.00	0.00	20,000,000.00	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	1	6.53	4		2			0	20.2	26		15		5	22			11.32	---	2.18	9.58	1.50	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1945	Detroit	AL	24	Det	Ws	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						4	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1939	Detroit	AL	18	Det	MLB	P	1		5	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

1940	Detroit	AL	19	Det	MLB	P	28		133.1	5	31	1	37	0	-	-	-	.973	2.43

1941	Detroit	AL	20	Det	MLB	P	33		173	4	37	0	41	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.13

1942	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	P	38		183.2	10	45	1	56	3	-	-	-	.982	2.70

1943	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	P	37		195.2	8	49	1	58	1	-	-	-	.983	2.62

1944	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	P	47		312.1	9	61	1	71	5	-	-	-	.986	2.02

1945	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	P	40		313.1	16	66	0	82	5	-	-	-	1.000	2.36

1946	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	P	37		292.2	15	47	3	65	4	-	-	-	.954	1.91

1947	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	P	40		285	23	52	4	79	3	-	-	-	.949	2.37

1948	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	P	39		272.1	11	52	1	64	5	-	-	-	.984	2.08

1949	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	P	38		292	7	69	3	79	3	-	-	-	.962	2.34

1950	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	P	35		213.2	10	37	2	49	1	-	-	-	.959	1.98

1951	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	P	15		96.1	3	22	2	27	4	-	-	-	.926	2.34

1952	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	25		154	10	31	3	44	2	-	-	-	.932	2.40

1953	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	7		21.2	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1954	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	26		46.2	3	7	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	2		2.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1942] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1943] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1944] - American League Most Valuable Player, Played in MLB All-Star Game [1945] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, American League Most Valuable Player [1946] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #2) [1947] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1948] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1962] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (4 votes - 2.5%) [1964] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (3 votes - 1.33%) [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (32 votes - 10.6%) [1967] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (13 votes - 4.25%) [1968] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (67 votes - 23.67%) [1969] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (82 votes - 24.12%) [1970] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (80 votes - 26.67%) [1971] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (94 votes - 26.11%) [1972] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (92 votes - 23.23%) [1973] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (79 votes - 20.79%) [1974] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (73 votes - 20%) [1975] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (155 votes - 42.82%) [1992] - Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee as Player

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Detroit Tigers in 1945.

Newhouser had his #16 retired by the Detroit Tigers on July 27, 1997.

Notes: Played in 7 All-Star games during his career (1942-1948)

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