Hal Newhouser

Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998) was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. Newhouser was considered to be the most dominating pitcher of the World War II era of baseball, winning a pitcher's triple crown for the Tigers in 1945.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Hal Newhouser.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1939	DET	0-1	5.40	1	1	1	0	0	5	3	3	3	4	4
1940	DET	9-9	4.86	28	20	7	0	0	133	149	81	72	76	89
1941	DET	9-11	4.79	33	27	5	1	0	173	166	109	92	137	106
1942	DET	8-14	2.45	38	23	11	1	5	183	137	73	50	114	103
1943	DET	8-17	3.04	37	25	10	1	1	195	163	88	66	111	144
1944	DET	29-9	2.22	47	34	25	6	2	312	264	94	77	102	187
1945	DET	25-9	1.81	40	36	29	8	2	313	239	73	63	110	212
1946	DET	26-9	1.94	37	34	29	6	1	292	215	77	63	98	275
1947	DET	17-17	2.87	40	36	24	3	2	285	268	105	91	110	176
1948	DET	21-12	3.01	39	35	19	2	1	272	249	109	91	99	143
1949	DET	18-11	3.36	38	35	22	3	1	292	277	118	109	111	144
1950	DET	15-13	4.34	35	30	15	1	3	213	232	110	103	81	87
1951	DET	6-6	3.92	15	14	7	1	0	96	98	47	42	19	37
1952	DET	9-9	3.74	25	19	8	0	0	154	148	72	64	47	57
1953	DET	0-1	7.06	7	4	0	0	1	21	31	22	17	8	6
1954	CLE	7-2	2.51	26	1	0	0	7	46	34	16	13	18	25
1955	CLE	0-0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
Career		207-150	-	488	374	212	33	26	-	2674	1197	1016	1249	1796

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Major League fielding statistics for Hal Newhouser.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1939	DET	1		-	0	1	0	0	1.000
1940	DET	28		-	5	31	1	0	0.973
1941	DET	33		-	4	37	0	4	1.000
1942	DET	39		-	10	45	1	3	0.982
1943	DET	37		-	8	49	1	1	0.983
1944	DET	47		-	9	61	1	5	0.986
1945	DET	40		-	16	66	0	5	1.000
1946	DET	37		-	15	47	3	4	0.954
1947	DET	40		-	23	52	4	3	0.949
1948	DET	39		-	11	52	1	5	0.984
1949	DET	38		-	7	69	3	3	0.962
1950	DET	35		-	10	37	2	1	0.959
1951	DET	17		-	3	22	2	4	0.926
1952	DET	26		-	10	31	3	2	0.932
1953	DET	7		-	1	4	0	0	1.000
1954	CLE	26	1	46	3	7	0	0	1.000
1955	CLE	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
Career		492	1	-	135	611	22	40	-

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Major League batting statistics for Hal Newhouser.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1939	DET	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1940	DET	28	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	0.200	0.256	0.200
1941	DET	33	60	3	9	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	0.150	0.190	0.150
1942	DET	39	52	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	3	8	0.154	0.200	0.192
1943	DET	37	65	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	3	8	0.185	0.221	0.215
1944	DET	47	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	1	6	12	0.242	0.278	0.275
1945	DET	40	109	9	28	5	1	0	17	0	7	10	0.257	0.302	0.321
1946	DET	37	103	6	13	3	0	2	11	1	6	27	0.126	0.174	0.214
1947	DET	40	96	5	19	0	0	0	9	0	15	20	0.198	0.306	0.198
1948	DET	39	92	6	19	0	1	0	6	0	10	14	0.207	0.284	0.228
1949	DET	38	91	8	18	3	0	0	6	0	12	19	0.198	0.291	0.231
1950	DET	35	74	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	5	8	0.176	0.228	0.203
1951	DET	17	29	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	5	3	0.310	0.412	0.310
1952	DET	26	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	10	9	0.217	0.357	0.239
1953	DET	7	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.500	0.556	0.500
1954	CLE	26	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.154	0.154	0.154
1955	CLE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		492	999	71	201	22	2	2	81	3	89	150	-	-	-

First Name	Harold
Last Name	Newhouser
Full Name at Birth	Harold Newhouser
Other Names	Prince Hal
Age	77 (age at death)
Date of Birth	May 20, 1921
Birthplace	Detroit, MI
Date of Death	November 10, 1998
Location of Death	Southfield, MI
Buried	Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, MI
Height	6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
High School	Wilbur Wright (Detroit, MI)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	29 September 1939
Last MLB Game	3 May 1955
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1992.