Hal Newhouser

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: May 20, 1921 in Detroit, MI us

Died: November 10, 1998 in Southfield, MI

Buried: Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, MI

High School: Wilbur Wright HS (Detroit, MI)

Last Game: May 3, 1955 (Age 33-348d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1992. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Hal Newhouser's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Harold Newhouser

Nicknames: Prince Hal

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Relatives: Cousin of Ken Macha

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

207

150

ERA

3.06

488

374

2993.0

1796

WHIP

1.311

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1939	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A1-D	DET	13	18	.419	3.21	4.42	34	20	1	10	1		230.0	177	113	82		102		85	0	1	5		1.213	6.9		4.0
1939	18	-9.4	Beaumont	TL	A1	DET	5	14	.263	3.83	5.10	22	20	1	10	1		134.0	111	76	57		73		85	0	1	5		1.373	7.5		4.9	5.7	1.16
1939	18	-3.2	Alexandria	EVAN	D		8	4	.667	2.34	3.47	12						96.0	66	37	25		29							0.990	6.2		2.7
1939	18	-10.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	22	1.400	5.4	0.0	7.2	7.2	1.00
1940	19	-9.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	9	.500	4.86	5.47	28	20	3	7	0	0	133.1	149	81	72	12	76	2	89	2	1	1	613	1.688	10.1	0.8	5.1	6.0	1.17
1941	20	-9.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	11	.450	4.79	5.67	33	27	5	5	1	0	173.0	166	109	92	6	137	4	106	1	0	5	810	1.751	8.6	0.3	7.1	5.5	0.77
1942	21	-8.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	8	14	.364	2.45	3.58	38	23	14	11	1	5	183.2	137	73	50	4	114	5	103	2	0	2	789	1.367	6.7	0.2	5.6	5.0	0.90
1943	22	-7.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	8	17	.320	3.04	4.05	37	25	9	10	1	1	195.2	163	88	66	3	111	1	144	0	1	3	850	1.400	7.5	0.1	5.1	6.6	1.30
1944	23	-6.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	29	9	.763	2.22	2.71	47	34	10	25	6	2	312.1	264	94	77	6	102	3	187	1	2	4	1271	1.172	7.6	0.2	2.9	5.4	1.83
1945	24	-5.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	25	9	.735	1.81	2.10	40	36	2	29	8	2	313.1	239	73	63	5	110	7	212	0	2	10	1261	1.114	6.9	0.1	3.2	6.1	1.93
1946	25	-4.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	26	9	.743	1.94	2.37	37	34	2	29	6	1	292.2	215	77	63	10	98	3	275	1	0	8	1176	1.069	6.6	0.3	3.0	8.5	2.81
1947	26	-3.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	17	17	.500	2.87	3.32	40	36	4	24	3	2	285.0	268	105	91	9	110	5	176	2	0	11	1216	1.326	8.5	0.3	3.5	5.6	1.60
1948	27	-1.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	21	12	.636	3.01	3.60	39	35	4	19	2	1	272.1	249	109	91	10	99	3	143	1	0	5	1146	1.278	8.2	0.3	3.3	4.7	1.44
1949	28	-0.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	18	11	.621	3.36	3.64	38	35	3	22	3	1	292.0	277	118	109	19	111	7	144	0	0	3	1228	1.329	8.5	0.6	3.4	4.4	1.30
1950	29	0.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	15	13	.536	4.34	4.63	35	30	5	15	1	3	213.2	232	110	103	23	81	4	87	4	0	4	929	1.465	9.8	1.0	3.4	3.7	1.07
1951	30	0.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	6	6	.500	3.92	4.39	15	14	0	7	1	0	96.1	98	47	42	9	19	0	37	3	1	1	393	1.215	9.2	0.8	1.8	3.5	1.95
1952	31	0.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	9	.500	3.74	4.21	25	19	2	8	0	0	154.0	148	72	64	13	47	1	57	0	0	3	643	1.266	8.6	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.21
1953	32	2.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	7.06	9.14	7	4	1	0	0	1	21.2	31	22	17	4	8	0	6	2	0	1	102	1.800	12.9	1.7	3.3	2.5	0.75
1954	33	4.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	2	.778	2.51	3.09	26	1	15	0	0	7	46.2	34	16	13	3	18	1	25	0	0	0	187	1.114	6.6	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.39
1955	34	5.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	3.9	0.25
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		207	150	.580	3.06	3.60	488	374	79	212	33	26	2993.0	2674	1197	1016	136	1249	47	1796	19	7	65	12648	1.311	8.0	0.4	3.8	5.4	1.44
Minors (1 season)					Minors		13	18	.419	3.21	4.42	34	20	1	10	1		230.0	177	113	82		102		85	0	1	5		1.213	6.9		4.0
All Levels (17 Seasons)							220	168	.567	3.07	3.66	522	394	80	222	34	26	3223.0	2851	1310	1098	136	1351	47	1881	19	8	70	12648	1.304	8.0		3.8