Hal Newhouser

Position: 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)

Debut: September 29, 1939 (Age 18-132d, 8,742nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L

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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	DET		SLB	L,5-8	GS	13	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	7	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12 (2)	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
7	16 (3)	May 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	20 (3)	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	25 (4)	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	0	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
10	31 (5)	May 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	33 (1)	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	35 (1)	May 27	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
13	40 (4)	May 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (1)	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GF	0	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	47 (4)	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	48	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	50 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
18	52 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GS	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	56 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	59 (2)	Jun 21	DET		CLE	L,7-9		0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	64 (4)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	66 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	71 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
24	76 (4)	Jul 8	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	81 (4)	Jul 15 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	85 (3)	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	87 (1)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	89 (1)	Jul 22	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	94 (4)	Jul 26	DET		BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.1	1	1	0	2	0
30	99 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	101 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	104 (2)	Aug 9	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
33	108 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS	33	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	111 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	GF	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	114 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	117 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	120 (2)	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-9	GS	25	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	123 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	128 (4)	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	133 (4)	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	137 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	140 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	143 (2)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	145 (1)	Sep 21	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	149 (3)	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	152 (2)	Sep 27	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	155 (2)	Sep 30	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
							47gm		312.0	9	61	1	71	5