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

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-18 / in Starts: 9-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 2

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	10	4	3	3	6	2	0	3.00	5.55	36	9	8	0	0	10	56			2	1	1	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.016	4.24	0.03%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	3	13	May 2	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	6	2	0	0	3.00	5.05	38	22	3	1	1	5	59			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.348	3.94	0.65%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	4	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	8	2	1	6	6	0	0	2.42	4.65	37	8	9	1	0	8	60			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.66	0.249	5.64	0.51%	1.92	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
4	5	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	GS-	L(2-2)	6	7.0	10	4	3	3	2	1	1	2.73	4.94	32						42						28					0
5	6	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	GS-3	L(2-3)	7	3.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.75	5.14	18	4	2	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.257	1.79	-0.38%	-3.17	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
6	7	32	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS-3		5	2.1	5	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.46	5.03	15	1	2	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.357	5.02	-0.77%	-3.33	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	8	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.35	4.88	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.67	0.03%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
8	9	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(3-3)	2	9.0	7	1	1	7	6	0	0	3.72	4.71	39	19	1	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.296	2.49	0.77%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	10	47	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,10-1	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	5	1	1	5	7	0	0	3.30	4.46	36						75						31	1	0			0
10	11	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	5.1	10	6	6	4	4	2	1	3.88	4.86	30	7	4	0	0	10	24			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.241	5.60	-0.62%	-2.66	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d5
11	12	58	Jun 25(2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.52	4.60	36						78						31	2	0			0
12	13	63	Jun 30(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	L(5-5)	4	10.1	10	7	6	7	4	1	0	3.73	4.72	48						44						41	2	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	14	69	Jul 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8		3	8.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	3.40	4.50	31	14	6	1	0	3	76			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	0.374	9.27	1.80%	3.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	15	73	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-	L(5-6)	6	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.72	4.53	11						30						9					0
15	16	78	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,9-8	GS-6	W(6-6)	3	5.0	9	6	6	3	6	0	0	4.08	4.42	27	6	4	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.299	4.49	-0.90%	-4.29	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
16	17	84	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.82	4.25	34	5	16	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.560	7.82	2.30%	3.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	18	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	6.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.78	4.19	28	12	1	0	0	8	49			2	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.038	6.84	0.13%	0.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
18	19	95	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	GS-7	L(8-7)	4	6.2	10	8	6	3	4	1	0	4.02	4.24	35	9	9	0	0	10	27			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	1	.81	-0.158	5.27	-0.62%	-4.22	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	20	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS-5	L(8-8)	4	4.1	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.32	4.32	23	6	9	3	0	4	25			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.346	7.31	-1.42%	-3.97	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
20	21	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-1	L(8-9)	7	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	2	0	4.51	4.57	6	1	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.239	11.94	-1.76%	-2.79	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d3
21	22	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	8-8		3	1.0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	4.48	4.65	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.007	.17	-0.03%	-3.36	8t 12- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d11
22	23	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-1		4	0.1	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.75	4.80	6	0	1	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.309	5.13	-0.85%	-4.02	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	24	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.71	4.77	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
24	25	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	1-1		1	0.1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.84	4.82	6	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.095	3.42	-0.33%	-3.09	1b -2- 1 out d4	1b 123 2 out d7
25	26	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	8-GF		11	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.84	4.81	8	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.004	1.88	0.02%	0.22	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
26	27	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	8-8	W(9-9)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	4.80	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.022	8.98	0.34%	0.61	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
27	28	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.73	4.71	7	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.019	3.48	0.26%	1.22	5t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
28	29	155	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	7-8	BS(1)	6	2.0	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	4.66	4.68	9	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-0.90	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out d1
							10-18		W-L:9-9,BSv:1	4.3	133.1	149	81	69	76	89	13	2	4.66	4.68	612	1.68		3%	0%	107	46	3	100%	7	1	1	529	29	5	2	11	0	6	1.05	-0.688	5.11	-0.82%	-14.87

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