Hal Newhouser
Harold Newhouser (Prince Hal)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: May 20, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wilbur Wright (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1939
Final Game: May 3, 1955
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1992.
Died: November 10, 1998 in Southfield, MI
Relatives: Cousin of Ken Macha
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1939 18 DET AL 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 91 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
1940 19 DET AL 9 9 .500 4.86 28 20 3 7 0 0 133.1 149 81 72 12 76 89 2 1 1 613 97 1.688 10.1 0.8 5.1 6.0 1.17
1941 20 DET AL 9 11 .450 4.79 33 27 5 5 1 0 173.0 166 109 92 6 137 106 1 0 5 810 94 1.751 8.6 0.3 7.1 5.5 0.77
1942 21 DET AL 8 14 .364 2.45 38 23 14 11 1 5 183.2 137 73 50 4 114 103 2 0 2 789 161 1.367 6.7 0.2 5.6 5.0 0.90 AS
1943 22 DET AL 8 17 .320 3.04 37 25 9 10 1 1 195.2 163 88 66 3 111 144 0 1 3 850 116 1.400 7.5 0.1 5.1 6.6 1.30 AS
1944 23 DET AL 29 9 .763 2.22 47 34 10 25 6 2 312.1 264 94 77 6 102 187 1 2 4 1271 161 1.172 7.6 0.2 2.9 5.4 1.83 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 25 9 .735 1.81 40 36 2 29 8 2 313.1 239 73 63 5 110 212 0 2 10 1261 195 1.114 6.9 0.1 3.2 6.1 1.93 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 26 9 .743 1.94 37 34 2 29 6 1 292.2 215 77 63 10 98 275 1 0 8 1176 188 1.069 6.6 0.3 3.0 8.5 2.81 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 17 17 .500 2.87 40 36 4 24 3 2 285.0 268 105 91 9 110 176 2 0 11 1216 132 1.326 8.5 0.3 3.5 5.6 1.60 AS
1948 27 DET AL 21 12 .636 3.01 39 35 4 19 2 1 272.1 249 109 91 10 99 143 1 0 5 1146 145 1.278 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.7 1.44 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 18 11 .621 3.36 38 35 3 22 3 1 292.0 277 118 109 19 111 144 0 0 3 1228 124 1.329 8.5 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.30
1950 29 DET AL 15 13 .536 4.34 35 30 5 15 1 3 213.2 232 110 103 23 81 87 4 0 4 929 108 1.465 9.8 1.0 3.4 3.7 1.07
1951 30 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.92 15 14 0 7 1 0 96.1 98 47 42 10 19 37 3 1 1 393 106 1.215 9.2 0.9 1.8 3.5 1.95
1952 31 DET AL 9 9 .500 3.74 25 19 2 8 0 0 154.0 148 72 64 13 47 57 0 0 3 643 101 1.266 8.6 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.21
1953 32 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.06 7 4 1 0 0 1 21.2 31 22 17 4 8 6 2 0 1 102 58 1.800 12.9 1.7 3.3 2.5 0.75
1954 33 CLE AL 7 2 .778 2.51 26 1 15 0 0 7 46.2 34 16 13 3 18 25 0 0 0 187 147 1.114 6.6 0.6 3.5 4.8 1.39
1955 34 CLE AL 0 0 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
17 Seasons 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 137 1249 1 1796 19 7 65 12648 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .580 3.06 38 30 6 17 3 2 236 211 94 80 11 99 142 1 1 5 998 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
DET (15 yrs) 200 148 .575 3.07 460 373 64 212 33 19 2944.0 2639 1181 1003 134 1227 1770 19 7 64 12449 130 1.313 8.1 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
CLE (2 yrs) 7 2 .778 2.39 28 1 15 0 0 7 49.0 35 16 13 3 22 1 26 0 0 1 199 155 1.163 6.4 0.6 4.0 4.8 1.18

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 24 DET AL WS W CHC 2 1 .667 6.10 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 25 14 14 0 4 1 22 0 0 1 89 1.403 10.9 0.0 1.7 9.6 5.50
1954 33 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 1 .667 6.53 4 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 26 15 15 0 5 1 22 0 0 1 91 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.2 9.6 4.40
2 WS 2 1 .667 6.53 4 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 26 15 15 0 5 1 22 0 0 1 91 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.2 9.6 4.40

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1942 DET AL 21
1943 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1944 DET AL 23 0 0 0 10.80 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1945 DET AL 24
1946 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1947 DET AL 26 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1948 DET AL 27
7 Seasons (4 Appearances) 1 0 0 1.69 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 3 2 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 43 1.031 6.8 0.0 2.5 6.8 2.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 33 CLE AL 26 187 163 16 34 6 0 3 0 2 18 25 .209 .286 .301 .586 .228 49 3 0 5 1
1955 34 CLE AL 2 12 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .125 .417 .250 .667 .143 2 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons 28 199 171 16 35 7 0 3 0 2 22 26 .205 .294 .298 .592 .224 51 3 0 5 1 1
162 Game Avg. 66 467 401 38 82 16 0 7 0 5 52 61 .205 .294 .298 .592 .224 120 7 0 12 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 33 CLE AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 9 2 0 1 3.0 5.4 4.7
1 Season 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 9 2 0 1 3.0 5.4 4.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 33 CLE AL 26 25 15 7 1 7 7 0 100% 13 4 21 4 19% 8 1.488 14 3 8 13 4 8 12 13 12 9 13 2 5.0
1955 34 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 7 0.668 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
2 Seasons 28 27 15 7 1 7 7 0 100% 14 5 23 5 22% 1.439 14 5 8 14 4 9 13 14 13 10 14 2 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1939 18 DET AL
1940 19 DET AL
1941 20 DET AL
1942 21 DET AL
1943 22 DET AL
1944 23 DET AL
1945 24 DET AL
1946 25 DET AL
1947 26 DET AL
1948 27 DET AL
1949 28 DET AL
1950 29 DET AL
1951 30 DET AL
1952 31 DET AL
1953 32 DET AL
1954 33 CLE AL 187 67% 1.6% 13.4% 9.6% 4.8% 27% 1.11 73% 47 3 6%
1955 34 CLE AL 12 58% 0.0% 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 100% 1.00 58% 2 0 0%
17 Seasons 199 66% 68.8% 902.5% 627.6% 5.0% 0% 1.11 72% 49 3 6%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1939 18 DET AL 3 0 3
1940 19 DET AL 149 12 1
1941 20 DET AL 166 6 5
1942 21 DET AL 137 4 2
1943 22 DET AL 163 3 3
1944 23 DET AL 264 6 4
1945 24 DET AL 239 5 10
1946 25 DET AL 215 10 8
1947 26 DET AL 268 9 11
1948 27 DET AL 249 10 5
1949 28 DET AL 277 19 3
1950 29 DET AL 232 23 4
1951 30 DET AL 98 10 1
1952 31 DET AL 148 13 3
1953 32 DET AL 31 4 1
1954 33 CLE AL 187 34 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 9 4 0 44% 2 0 0 81 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 34 CLE AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 Seasons 199 2674 137 0 6 2 1 2 1 11 5 0 45% 2 65 0 85 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1939 18 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 91 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00 91
1940 19 9 10 .474 4.88 29 21 3 8 0 0 138.1 152 84 75 12 80 93 2 1 4 635 97 1.677 9.9 0.8 5.2 6.1 1.16 97
1941 20 18 21 .462 4.83 62 48 8 13 1 0 311.1 318 193 167 18 217 199 3 1 9 1445 96 1.718 9.2 0.5 6.3 5.8 0.92 96
1942 21 26 35 .426 3.95 100 71 22 24 2 5 495.0 455 266 217 22 331 302 5 1 11 2234 111 1.588 8.3 0.4 6.0 5.5 0.91 111
1943 22 34 52 .395 3.69 137 96 31 34 3 6 690.2 618 354 283 25 442 446 5 2 14 3084 112 1.535 8.1 0.3 5.8 5.8 1.01 112
1944 23 63 61 .508 3.23 184 130 41 59 9 8 1003.0 882 448 360 31 544 633 6 4 18 4355 122 1.422 7.9 0.3 4.9 5.7 1.16 122
1945 24 88 70 .557 2.89 224 166 43 88 17 10 1316.1 1121 521 423 36 654 845 6 6 28 5616 133 1.348 7.7 0.2 4.5 5.8 1.29 133
1946 25 114 79 .591 2.72 261 200 45 117 23 11 1609.0 1336 598 486 46 752 1120 7 6 36 6792 140 1.298 7.5 0.3 4.2 6.3 1.49 140
1947 26 131 96 .577 2.74 301 236 49 141 26 13 1894.0 1604 703 577 55 862 1296 9 6 47 8008 139 1.302 7.6 0.3 4.1 6.2 1.50 139
1948 27 152 108 .585 2.78 340 271 53 160 28 14 2166.1 1853 812 668 65 961 1439 10 6 52 9154 140 1.299 7.7 0.3 4.0 6.0 1.50 140
1949 28 170 119 .588 2.84 378 306 56 182 31 15 2458.1 2130 930 777 84 1072 1583 10 6 55 10382 138 1.303 7.8 0.3 3.9 5.8 1.48 138
1950 29 185 132 .584 2.96 413 336 61 197 32 18 2672.0 2362 1040 880 107 1153 1670 14 6 59 11311 134 1.315 8.0 0.4 3.9 5.6 1.45 134
1951 30 191 138 .581 3.00 428 350 61 204 33 18 2768.1 2460 1087 922 117 1172 1707 17 7 60 11704 133 1.312 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.5 1.46 133
1952 31 200 147 .576 3.04 453 369 63 212 33 18 2922.1 2608 1159 986 130 1219 1764 17 7 63 12347 131 1.310 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.45 131
1953 32 200 148 .575 3.07 460 373 64 212 33 19 2944.0 2639 1181 1003 134 1227 1770 19 7 64 12449 130 1.313 8.1 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44 130
1954 33 207 150 .580 3.06 486 374 79 212 33 26 2990.2 2673 1197 1016 137 1245 1795 19 7 64 12636 130 1.310 8.0 0.4 3.7 5.4 1.44 130
1955 34 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 137 1249 1 1796 19 7 65 12648 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44 130

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1939 18 0 0 5.40 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 1.400 5.4 7.2 7.2 1.00 0.0 1
1940 19 8 7 .533 3.93 142.0 142 69 62 11 72 95 2 1.507 9.0 4.6 6.0 1.32 0.7 28
1941 20 10 10 .500 4.03 183.0 159 91 82 6 131 112 1 1.585 7.8 6.4 5.5 0.86 0.3 33
1942 21 15 6 .714 2.40 191.0 142 57 51 4 118 107 2 1.361 6.7 5.6 5.0 0.91 0.2 38
1943 22 13 9 .591 3.30 199.0 176 81 73 3 120 146 0 1.487 8.0 5.4 6.6 1.22 0.1 37
1944 23 25 9 .735 2.38 314.0 278 92 83 6 107 188 1 1.226 8.0 3.1 5.4 1.76 0.2 47
1945 24 28 7 .800 2.04 318.0 261 80 72 5 120 215 0 1.198 7.4 3.4 6.1 1.79 0.1 40
1946 25 26 7 .788 2.08 298.0 230 77 69 11 105 280 1 1.124 6.9 3.2 8.5 2.67 0.3 37
1947 26 19 12 .613 3.12 286.0 285 110 99 10 117 177 2 1.406 9.0 3.7 5.6 1.51 0.3 40
1948 27 21 10 .677 2.77 283.0 248 97 87 10 99 149 1 1.226 7.9 3.1 4.7 1.51 0.3 39
1949 28 19 13 .594 3.31 296.0 282 121 109 19 113 146 0 1.334 8.6 3.4 4.4 1.29 0.6 38
1950 29 13 11 .542 3.79 221.0 225 103 93 22 79 90 4 1.376 9.2 3.2 3.7 1.14 0.9 35
1951 30 5 5 .500 3.80 97.0 99 46 41 10 19 37 3 1.216 9.2 1.8 3.4 1.95 0.9 15
1952 31 8 9 .471 4.01 155.0 158 77 69 14 50 57 0 1.342 9.2 2.9 3.3 1.14 0.8 25
1953 32 0 2 .000 6.95 22.0 32 19 17 4 8 6 2 1.818 13.1 3.3 2.5 0.75 1.6 7
1954 33 3 2 .600 2.68 47.0 36 16 14 3 19 25 0 1.170 6.9 3.6 4.8 1.32 0.6 26
1955 34 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.333 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 0.0 2
17 Seasons 213 119 .642 3.01 3060.0 2756 1139 1024 138 1285 1835 19 1.321 8.1 5.4 1.43 0.4 488
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942
1943 *
1944 *
1945
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1944-AL-MVP
1944-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1945-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1945-AL-MVP
1945-AL-Triple Crown
1945-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1944-AL-1-70%
1945-AL-1-70%
1946-AL-2-59%
1948-AL-9-14%
2 MVPs
2.13 Career Shares (78th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL--2.450--4th
1944 AL--2.219--2nd
1945 AL--1.810--1st
1946 AL--1.937--1st
1947 AL--2.874--5th
1948 AL--3.007--4th
1949 AL--3.360--10th
Career--3.055--179th

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL--29--1st
1945 AL--25--1st
1946 AL--26--1st
1947 AL--17--6th
1948 AL--21--1st
1949 AL--18--7th
1950 AL--15--10th
Career--207--99th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 AL--.763--2nd
1945 AL--.735--2nd
1946 AL--.743--3rd
1948 AL--.636--8th
Career--.580--180th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL--1.172--5th
1945 AL--1.114--3rd
1946 AL--1.070--1st
1948 AL--1.278--5th
1949 AL--1.329--7th
1952 AL--1.266--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--6.713--1st
1943 AL--7.497--8th
1944 AL--7.607--3rd
1945 AL--6.865--1st
1946 AL--6.612--1st
1948 AL--8.229--8th
Career--8.041--124th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--3.272--8th
1949 AL--3.421--7th
1950 AL--3.412--8th
1952 AL--2.747--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL--5.514--3rd
1942 AL--5.047--1st
1943 AL--6.624--2nd
1944 AL--5.389--1st
1945 AL--6.089--1st
1946 AL--8.457--1st
1947 AL--5.558--3rd
1948 AL--4.726--5th
1949 AL--4.438--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL--38--3rd
1943 AL--37--6th
1944 AL--47--4th
1945 AL--40--5th
1946 AL--37--7th
1947 AL--40--8th

Saves s c a p y
1942 AL--5--4th
1954 AL--7--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL--312.3--2nd
1945 AL--313.3--1st
1946 AL--292.7--2nd
1947 AL--285.0--2nd
1948 AL--272.3--3rd
1949 AL--292.0--2nd
Career--2993.0--131st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 AL--106--8th
1942 AL--103--6th
1943 AL--144--2nd
1944 AL--187--1st
1945 AL--212--1st
1946 AL--275--2nd
1947 AL--176--2nd
1948 AL--143--3rd
1949 AL--144--2nd
Career--1796--86th

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL--34--3rd
1945 AL--36--1st
1946 AL--34--4th
1947 AL--36--2nd
1948 AL--35--3rd
1949 AL--35--2nd
Career--374--150th

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 AL--25--2nd
1945 AL--29--1st
1946 AL--29--2nd
1947 AL--24--1st
1948 AL--19--2nd
1949 AL--22--2nd
1950 AL--15--8th
Career--212--119th

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 AL--6--2nd
1945 AL--8--1st
1946 AL--6--2nd
1947 AL--3--5th
1948 AL--2--9th
1949 AL--3--8th
Career--33--87th

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--19--4th
1950 AL--23--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 AL--137--2nd
1942 AL--114--2nd
1943 AL--111--1st
1944 AL--102--2nd
1945 AL--110--3rd
1946 AL--98--5th
1947 AL--110--4th
Career--1249--44th

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL--264--3rd
1945 AL--239--4th
1946 AL--215--10th
1947 AL--268--1st
1948 AL--249--3rd
1949 AL--277--1st
Career--2674--187th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--1.833--2nd
1945 AL--1.927--3rd
1946 AL--2.806--2nd
1947 AL--1.600--3rd
1948 AL--1.444--4th
1949 AL--1.297--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL--.312--4th
1942 AL--.196--3rd
1943 AL--.138--4th
1944 AL--.173--5th
1945 AL--.144--2nd
1946 AL--.308--6th
1947 AL--.284--4th
1948 AL--.331--4th

Losses s c a p y
1942 AL--14--9th
1943 AL--17--2nd
1947 AL--17--1st
Career--150--157th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL--91--7th
1949 AL--109--1st
Career--1016--211th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 AL--10--1st
1946 AL--8--2nd
1947 AL--11--1st
1948 AL--5--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL--1271--2nd
1945 AL--1261--1st
1946 AL--1176--2nd
1947 AL--1216--2nd
1948 AL--1146--3rd
1949 AL--1228--2nd
Career--12648--110th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL--161--2nd
1944 AL--161--2nd
1945 AL--195--1st
1946 AL--188--1st
1947 AL--132--4th
1948 AL--145--3rd
1949 AL--124--9th
Career--130--39th

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL--born 1921-05-20--1st
1940 AL--born 1921-05-20--1st
1941 AL--born 1921-05-20--2nd
1942 AL--born 1921-05-20--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 33 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 120 (57), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 136 (49), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  11. Catfish Hunter (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Feller (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Catfish Hunter (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Vida Blue (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Carlton (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Billy Pierce (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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