Born on May 20, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, Hal Newhouser (Harold Newhouser) played for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 17 year career. Newhouser broke into the bigs on September 29, 1939 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.86 ERA in 133.1 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Hal Newhouser's best season was 1946, when he posted a 1.94 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 275 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1939
DET
A
1
1
0
1
5.40
4
3
3
1
0
0
5
3
0
4
0
3
0
1940
DET
A
28
20
9
9
4.86
89
81
72
7
0
0
133.1
149
12
76
0
1
2
1941
DET
A
33
27
9
11
4.79
106
109
92
5
1
0
173
166
6
137
0
5
1
1942
DET
A
38
23
8
14
2.45
103
73
50
11
1
5
183.2
137
4
114
0
2
2
1943
DET
A
37
25
8
17
3.04
144
88
66
10
1
1
195.2
163
3
111
0
3
0
1944
DET
A
47
34
29
9
2.22
187
94
77
25
6
2
312.1
264
6
102
0
4
1
1945
DET
A
40
36
25
9
1.81
212
73
63
29
8
2
313.1
239
5
110
0
10
0
1946
DET
A
37
34
26
9
1.94
275
77
63
29
6
1
292.2
215
10
98
0
8
1
1947
DET
A
40
36
17
17
2.87
176
105
91
24
3
2
285
268
9
110
0
11
2
1948
DET
A
39
35
21
12
3.01
143
109
91
19
2
1
272.1
249
10
99
0
5
1
1949
DET
A
38
35
18
11
3.36
144
118
109
22
3
1
292
277
19
111
0
3
0
1950
DET
A
35
30
15
13
4.34
87
110
103
15
1
3
213.2
232
23
81
0
4
4
1951
DET
A
15
14
6
6
3.92
37
47
42
7
1
0
96.1
98
10
19
0
1
3
1952
DET
A
25
19
9
9
3.74
57
72
64
8
0
0
154
148
13
47
0
3
0
1953
DET
A
7
4
0
1
7.06
6
22
17
0
0
1
21.2
31
4
8
0
1
2
1954
CLE
A
26
1
7
2
2.51
25
16
13
0
0
7
46.2
34
3
18
0
0
0
1955
CLE
A
2
0
0
0
.00
1
0
0
0
0
0
2.1
1
0
4
1
1
0
Total
488
374
207
150
3.06
1796
1197
1016
212
33
26
2993
2674
137
1249
1
65
19
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1939
DET
A
P
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1940
DET
A
P
28
0
0
5
31
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1941
DET
A
P
33
0
0
4
37
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1942
DET
A
P
38
0
0
10
45
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1943
DET
A
P
37
0
0
8
49
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1944
DET
A
P
47
0
0
9
61
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1945
DET
A
P
40
0
0
16
66
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
DET
A
P
37
0
0
15
47
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.954
1947
DET
A
P
40
0
0
23
52
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.949
1948
DET
A
P
39
0
0
11
52
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1949
DET
A
P
38
0
0
7
69
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1950
DET
A
P
35
0
0
10
37
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.959
1951
DET
A
P
15
0
0
3
22
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
.926
1952
DET
A
P
25
0
0
10
31
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.932
1953
DET
A
P
7
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1954
CLE
A
P
26
0
0
3
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1955
CLE
A
P
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
P
488
0
0
135
611
22
40
0
0
0
0
0
.971
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1939
DET
A
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1940
DET
A
28
40
3
8
0
2
.200
.256
.200
0
0
3
4
0
4
0
0
0
1941
DET
A
33
60
3
9
0
2
.150
.190
.150
0
0
3
8
0
5
1
0
2
1942
DET
A
39
52
1
8
0
1
.154
.200
.192
2
0
3
8
0
3
0
0
2
1943
DET
A
37
65
4
12
0
5
.185
.221
.215
2
0
3
8
0
4
0
0
0
1944
DET
A
47
120
10
29
0
5
.242
.278
.275
4
0
6
12
0
6
1
0
5
1945
DET
A
40
109
9
28
0
17
.257
.302
.321
5
1
7
10
0
8
0
0
1
1946
DET
A
37
103
6
13
2
11
.126
.174
.214
3
0
6
27
0
8
1
0
1
1947
DET
A
40
96
5
19
0
9
.198
.306
.198
0
0
15
20
0
3
0
0
3
1948
DET
A
39
92
6
19
0
6
.207
.284
.228
0
1
10
14
0
6
0
0
1
1949
DET
A
38
91
8
18
0
6
.198
.291
.231
3
0
12
19
0
14
0
0
3
1950
DET
A
35
74
6
13
0
8
.176
.228
.203
2
0
5
8
0
5
0
0
2
1951
DET
A
17
29
4
9
0
3
.310
.412
.310
0
0
5
3
0
4
0
0
2
1952
DET
A
26
46
5
10
0
4
.217
.357
.239
1
0
10
9
0
1
0
0
2
1953
DET
A
7
8
1
4
0
1
.500
.556
.500
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1954
CLE
A
26
13
0
2
0
1
.154
.154
.154
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1955
CLE
A
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
492
999
71
201
2
81
.201
.267
.233
22
2
89
150
0
72
3
0
24
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1939).
