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Hal Newhouser

Harold Newhouser (Prince Hal)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wilbur Wright HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1939 (Age 18)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1939-1955

Final Game: May 3, 1955 (Age 33)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1992.
   View Hal Newhouser Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 10, 1998 in Southfield, MI
Buried: Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, MI
Relatives: Cousin of Ken Macha
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #76. CC Sabathia… #77. Bob Lemon… #78. Fergie Jenkins… #79. HAL NEWHOUSER… #80. Jimmy Key… #81. David Cone… #82. Babe Adams… 

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 96 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 98 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 95 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 2 789 162 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 3 850 115 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 159 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 190 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 9 19 37 3 1 1 393 106 1.215 9.2 0.8 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 0 187 148 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 Yrs 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 136 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 133 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 1 199 158 1.163 6.4 0.6 4.0 4.8 1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1939 18 DET AL 5.0 1 1 3 5.40 5.46 0.05 0.00 110.0 5.95 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .527 .500
1940 19 DET AL 133.1 28 20 81 5.47 5.06 -0.19 0.00 106.7 5.60 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 15 .503 .501 $50,000
1941 20 DET AL 173.0 33 27 109 5.67 4.90 -0.24 0.00 107.8 5.54 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.8 13 .489 .498
1942 21 DET AL 183.2 38 23 73 3.58 4.45 -0.05 0.00 106.9 4.81 24 2.7 1.0 -0.1 3.7 37 .571 .517 AS
1943 22 DET AL 195.2 37 25 88 4.05 3.93 -0.04 0.00 105.8 4.20 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .508 .502 AS
1944 23 DET AL 312.1 47 34 94 2.71 4.04 0.05 0.00 102.5 4.09 48 5.8 1.0 -0.2 7.4 68 .623 .536 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 313.1 40 36 73 2.10 3.98 0.12 0.00 104.4 4.02 68 8.9 1.0 -0.2 10.5 86 .723 .555 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 292.2 37 34 77 2.37 4.05 0.04 0.00 103.8 4.17 58 7.3 1.0 -0.2 9.1 81 .697 .545 $45,000 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 285.0 40 36 105 3.32 4.17 -0.10 0.00 100.4 4.28 32 3.7 1.0 -0.1 5.6 53 .593 .523 $65,000 AS
1948 27 DET AL 272.1 39 35 109 3.60 4.75 -0.11 0.00 101.2 4.93 40 4.2 2.4 -0.0 6.1 65 .609 .526 $50,000 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 292.0 38 35 118 3.64 4.74 0.07 0.00 97.8 4.57 31 3.3 1.0 -0.2 5.1 57 .586 .520 $60,000
1950 29 DET AL 213.2 35 30 110 4.63 5.18 0.21 0.00 100.3 4.99 7 0.7 2.0 -0.1 2.2 30 .519 .504
1951 30 DET AL 96.1 15 14 47 4.39 4.63 -0.06 0.00 101.1 4.74 3 0.3 .6 -0.1 1.0 13 .521 .502
1952 31 DET AL 154.0 25 19 72 4.21 4.22 -0.23 0.00 101.2 4.51 4 0.5 1.7 -0.1 1.5 18 .520 .503
1953 32 DET AL 21.2 7 4 22 9.14 5.25 -0.74 0.00 91.8 5.50 -9 -0.8 2.3 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .382 .495
1954 33 CLE AL 46.2 26 1 16 3.09 4.48 0.19 0.00 98.2 4.20 6 0.6 1.7 0.1 1.1 10 .525 .504
1955 34 CLE AL 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 5.13 -0.32 0.00 102.0 5.55 1 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .578 .501
17 Seasons 2993.0 488 374 1197 3.60 4.42 -0.02 0.00 102.6 4.56 314 37.5 1.3 -1.7 55.8 556 .577 .514 $270,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
DET (15 yrs) 2944.0 460 373 1181 3.61 4.42 -0.02 0.00 102.7 4.56 306 36.7 1.2 -1.8 54.5 545 .580 .515 $270,000
CLE (2 yrs) 49.0 28 1 16 2.94 4.51 0.17 0.00 98.4 4.27 7 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.3 11 .529 .502

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2 Yrs (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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 19 DET AL 28 47 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .200 .256 .200 .456 16 8 0 0 4 1
1941 20 DET AL 33 68 60 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 .150 .190 .150 .340 -12 9 2 0 5 1
1942 21 DET AL 39 58 52 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .154 .200 .192 .392 7 10 2 0 3 1 AS
1943 22 DET AL 37 72 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .185 .221 .215 .436 24 14 0 0 4 1 AS
1944 23 DET AL 47 132 120 10 29 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 12 .242 .278 .275 .553 55 33 5 0 6 1 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 40 124 109 9 28 5 1 0 17 0 1 7 10 .257 .302 .321 .623 76 35 1 0 8 1 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 37 117 103 6 13 3 0 2 11 1 0 6 27 .126 .174 .214 .388 5 22 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 40 114 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 15 20 .198 .306 .198 .504 40 19 3 0 3 1 AS
1948 27 DET AL 39 108 92 6 19 0 1 0 6 0 0 10 14 .207 .284 .228 .513 36 21 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 38 117 91 8 18 3 0 0 6 0 2 12 19 .198 .291 .231 .522 39 21 3 0 14 1
1950 29 DET AL 35 84 74 6 13 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .176 .228 .203 .431 10 15 2 0 5 1
1951 30 DET AL 17 37 29 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 .310 .412 .310 .722 97 9 2 0 4 1
1952 31 DET AL 26 57 46 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 9 .217 .357 .239 .596 68 11 2 0 1 1
1953 32 DET AL 7 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 189 4 0 0 0 /1
1954 33 CLE AL 26 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 1 0 1
1955 34 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
17 Yrs 492 1159 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 3 3 89 150 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 233 24 0 72 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 382 329 23 66 7 1 1 27 1 1 29 49 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 77 8 0 24
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (15 yrs) 464 1145 986 71 199 22 2 2 80 3 3 89 150 .202 .268 .234 .502 36 231 24 0 71
CLE (2 yrs) 28 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1940 19 DET AL 28 47 -6 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $50,000 1
1941 20 DET AL 33 68 -11 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 1
1942 21 DET AL 39 58 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 1 AS
1943 22 DET AL 37 72 -6 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1 AS
1944 23 DET AL 47 132 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.6 3 8 0.6 .512 .504 0.6 0.0 8 1 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 40 124 -4 -0 0 0 11 7 0.8 3 10 0.8 .520 .505 0.8 -0.0 10 1 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 37 117 -14 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 1 $45,000 1 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 40 114 -8 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $65,000 1 AS
1948 27 DET AL 39 108 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $50,000 1 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 38 117 -9 -1 0 0 13 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $60,000 1
1950 29 DET AL 35 84 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1951 30 DET AL 17 37 0 -0 -0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .522 .502 0.4 0.0 5 1
1952 31 DET AL 26 57 -2 0 -0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .519 .503 0.5 0.0 6 1
1953 32 DET AL 7 9 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .528 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /1
1954 33 CLE AL 26 14 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
1955 34 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
17 Seasons 492 1159 -93 -0 0 0 118 25 2.6 28 52 2.8 .505 .501 2.8 0.0 53 $270,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (15 yrs) 464 1145 -91 -0 -0 0 116 25 2.6 27 52 2.8 .506 .501 2.8 0.0 52 $270,000
CLE (2 yrs) 28 14 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 24 DET AL WS CHC W 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1939 DET AL 18 P 1 1 1 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 1.00 .950 1.98 1.90
1940 DET AL 19 P 28 20 7 133.1 37 5 31 1 0 .973 2.43 1.29 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 DET AL 20 P 33 27 5 173.0 41 4 37 0 4 1.000 2.13 1.24 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 DET AL 21 P 38 23 11 183.2 56 10 45 1 3 .982 2.70 1.45 .957 2.31 2.30 AS
1943 DET AL 22 P 37 25 10 195.2 58 8 49 1 1 .983 2.62 1.54 .963 2.27 2.30 AS
1944 DET AL 23 P 47 34 25 312.1 71 9 61 1 5 .986 2.02 1.49 .960 2.09 2.10 AS,MVP-1
1945 DET AL 24 P 40 36 29 313.1 82 16 66 0 5 1.000 2.36 2.05 .955 2.24 2.23 0 3 100% 0 MVP-1
1946 DET AL 25 P 37 34 29 292.2 65 15 47 3 4 .954 1.91 1.68 .951 2.01 1.99 0 0 0 AS,MVP-2
1947 DET AL 26 P 40 36 24 285.0 79 23 52 4 3 .949 2.37 1.88 .955 1.92 1.90 2 4 67% 1 AS
1948 DET AL 27 P 39 35 19 272.1 64 11 52 1 5 .984 2.08 1.62 .963 2.02 1.99 1 2 67% 0 AS,MVP-9
1949 DET AL 28 P 38 35 22 292.0 79 7 69 3 3 .962 2.34 2.00 .962 2.12 2.09 2 3 60% 46% 1
1950 DET AL 29 P 35 30 15 213.2 49 10 37 2 1 .959 1.98 1.34 .950 2.03 1.99 1 3 75% 1
1951 DET AL 30 P 15 14 7 96.1 27 3 22 2 4 .926 2.34 1.67 .953 2.06 2.06 5 3 38% 45% 0
1952 DET AL 31 P 25 19 8 154.0 44 10 31 3 2 .932 2.40 1.64 .966 2.10 2.10 1 2 67% 45% 0
1953 DET AL 32 P 7 4 0 21.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.71 .956 1.95 1.93 0 2 100% 50% 0
1954 CLE AL 33 P 26 1 0 46.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.38 .959 2.01 1.99 0 2 100% 48% 0
1955 CLE AL 34 P 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.95 0 0 0
17 Seasons P 488 374 212 2993.0 768 135 611 22 40 .971 2.24 1.53 .958 2.10 2.08 12 24 67% 26% 3
17 Seasons TOT 488 374 212 2993.0 768 135 611 22 40 .971 2.24 1.53 .958 2.10 2.08 12 24 67% 26% 3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1964 BBWAA (12.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 1.5%)
1966 BBWAA (10.6%)
1967 BBWAA (21.2%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.2%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA (24.1%)
1970 BBWAA (26.7%)
1971 BBWAA (26.1%)
1972 BBWAA (23.2%)
1973 BBWAA (20.8%)
1974 BBWAA (20.0%)
1975 BBWAA (42.8%)
1992 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1992
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942
1943 *
1944 *
1945--not played
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 pitching_title
1945 AL Triple Crown
1945 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1946 AL pitching_title

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 (81st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  8.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  11.3 (1st)
1946 AL  8.9 (3rd)
1947 AL  6.1 (4th)
1948 AL  6.3 (5th)
1949 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  58.6 (160th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 AL  3.7 (7th)
1944 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1945 AL  10.5 (1st)
1946 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1947 AL  5.6 (1st)
1948 AL  6.1 (1st)
1949 AL  5.1 (4th)
Career  55.8 (60th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL  2.45 (4th)
1944 AL  2.22 (2nd)
1945 AL  1.81 (1st)
1946 AL  1.94 (1st)
1947 AL  2.87 (5th)
1948 AL  3.01 (4th)
1949 AL  3.36 (10th)
Career  3.06 (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 (100th)

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 (183rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL  1.172 (5th)
1945 AL  1.114 (3rd)
1946 AL  1.069 (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 (127th)

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  5.515 (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  2,993.0 (134th)

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  1,796 (96th)

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 (158th)

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  1,249 (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  2,674 (191st)

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  0.312 (4th)
1942 AL  0.196 (3rd)
1943 AL  0.138 (3rd)
1944 AL  0.173 (5th)
1945 AL  0.144 (2nd)
1946 AL  0.308 (6th)
1947 AL  0.284 (4th)
1948 AL  0.331 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (9th)
1943 AL  17 (2nd)
1947 AL  17 (1st)
Career  150 (160th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  91 (7th)
1949 AL  109 (1st)
Career  1,016 (219th)

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  1,271 (2nd)
1945 AL  1,261 (1st)
1946 AL  1,176 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,216 (2nd)
1948 AL  1,146 (3rd)
1949 AL  1,228 (2nd)
Career  12,648 (131st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL  162 (2nd)
1944 AL  159 (2nd)
1945 AL  195 (1st)
1946 AL  190 (1st)
1947 AL  132 (3rd)
1948 AL  145 (3rd)
1949 AL  124 (8th)
Career  130 (39th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  23 (7th)
1944 AL  43 (2nd)
1945 AL  58 (1st)
1946 AL  53 (1st)
1947 AL  27 (2nd)
1948 AL  37 (3rd)
1949 AL  29 (7th)
Career  282 (32nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  2.4 (7th)
1944 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1945 AL  6.8 (1st)
1946 AL  6.1 (1st)
1947 AL  3.0 (2nd)
1948 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1949 AL  2.9 (6th)
Career  31.1 (29th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1945 AL  13.97 (6th)
1946 AL  14.72 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1945 AL  1.2 (8th)
1946 AL  2.0 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1945 AL  1.1 (6th)
1946 AL  1.7 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1945 AL  1.5 (6th)
1946 AL  1.5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  14 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1942 AL  38 (3rd)
1944 AL  47 (4th)
1945 AL  40 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1945 AL  16 (4th)
1947 AL  23 (1st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1944 AL  61 (4th)
1945 AL  66 (3rd)
1946 AL  47 (5th)
1947 AL  52 (1st)
1948 AL  52 (2nd)
1949 AL  69 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1947 AL  4 (3rd)
1952 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1945 AL  2.05 (3rd)
1947 AL  1.88 (2nd)
1949 AL  2.00 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1941 AL  1.000 (1st)
1945 AL  1.000 (1st)

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)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 47 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 180 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 140 (49), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (44th), 58.6 career WAR/49.6 7yr-peak WAR/54.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bob Lemon (929) *
  2. Bob Shawkey (925)
  3. Vida Blue (924)
  4. Billy Pierce (920)
  5. Tommy Bridges (916)
  6. Bob Welch (903)
  7. Orel Hershiser (901)
  8. Dazzy Vance (899) *
  9. Mike Cuellar (894)
  10. Silver King (890)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Curt Simmons (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Curt Simmons (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Curt Simmons (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doc McJames (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Drysdale (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fernando Valenzuela (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Valenzuela (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fernando Valenzuela (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Drysdale (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Catfish Hunter (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
Similar Batters 
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  1. Orel Hershiser (980)
  2. Eddie Rommel (978)
  3. Bump Hadley (976)
  4. Mordecai Brown (976) *
  5. Tommy Thomas (974)
  6. Jim Perry (973)
  7. Deacon Phillippe (973)
  8. Larry French (972)
  9. Earl Whitehill (972)
  10. General Crowder (972)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Waite Hoyt (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry French (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Dinneen (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Dinneen (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Dinneen (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Podres (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Glavine (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bump Hadley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bump Hadley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobo Newsom (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
193918Detroit Tigers$2,100Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194019Detroit Tigers$3,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/8/50 NYT:50000.00,
194120Detroit Tigers$4,200Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194221Detroit Tigers$4,800Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194322Detroit Tigers$7,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194423Detroit Tigers$8,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194524Detroit Tigers$24,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194625Detroit Tigers$40,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/22/47 NYT:45000.00,
194726Detroit Tigers$70,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/26/49 TSN:65000.00,
194827Detroit Tigers$55,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/26/49 TSN:50000.00,
194928Detroit Tigers$70,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/26/49 TSN:60000.00,
195029Detroit Tigers$55,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195130Detroit Tigers$45,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195231Detroit Tigers$34,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195332Detroit Tigers$32,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195433Cleveland Indians$15,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195534Cleveland Indians$15,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$485,100
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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