Daily quiz

Hal Newhouser

Hal Newhouser

1939–1955 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'2", 180 lb · b. 1921 Detroit, MI

Career 207–150 · 3.06 ERA · 1,796 SO · 2993.0 IP · 492 G · 201 H · 2 HR · 81 RBI · .201 AVG

Seasons leading his league

21

15 best in baseball 6 league only

60 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

11 Categories led

1945 Best season

Spanning 1941–1948, peaking at 8 titles in 1945.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×4 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons ×2

Team records #2 Tigers 1944 W #3 Tigers 1946 SO #4 Tigers career W #4 Tigers career SO #4 Tigers 1945 ERA #5 Tigers career IP #9 Tigers career ERA

1945 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the AL in 25 W, 1.81 ERA, 212 SO

Led in Strikeouts / 9 for 3 straight seasons (1944–1946) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

140th League titles 21
76th Best in baseball 15
251st Top-5 finishes 60

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

87th Shutouts 33
107th Wins 207
119th Complete Games 212
132nd Strikeouts 1,796
141st Innings Pitched 2993.0
149th Pitcher Assists 611
186th Earned Run Average 3.06
234th Pitcher Fielding Percentage .971
308th Pitcher Putouts 135
391st Pitcher Range Factor 1.53

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Strikeouts / 9	4	1st	3 yrs (1944–1946)	1946 8.46 1942 AL 5.05 1944 AL 5.39 1945 AL 6.09 1941 #3 1943 #2 1947 #3
Wins	4	1st	3 yrs (1944–1946)	1944 29 1945 25 1946 26 1948 AL 21
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1941 1.000 1945 1.000
Complete Games	2	1st	—	1945 29 1947 24 1944 #2 1946 #2 1948 #2 1949 #2
Strikeouts	2	1st	2 yrs (1944–1945)	1944 187 1945 212 1943 #2 1946 #2 1947 #2 1948 #3 1949 #2
Earned Run Average	2	1st	2 yrs (1945–1946)	1946 1.94 1945 AL 1.81 1944 #2
Pitcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1947 23
Pitcher Assists	1	1st	—	1947 AL 52 1945 #3 1948 #2 1949 #2
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1945 8 1944 #2 1946 #2
Innings Pitched	1	1st	—	1945 313.1 1944 #2 1946 #2 1947 #2 1948 #3 1949 #2
Walks + Hits / IP	1	1st	—	1946 1.07 1945 #3
Pitcher Range Factor	—	#2	—	1947 #2 1949 #3

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1948	1	W 21
1947	3	CG 24 P A 52 P PO 23
1946	4	ERA 1.94 W 26 WHIP 1.07 K/9 8.46
1945	8	ERA 1.81 W 25 SO 212 IP 313.1 K/9 6.09 SHO 8 CG 29 P FPCT 1.000
1944	3	W 29 SO 187 K/9 5.39
1942	1	K/9 5.05
1941	1	P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

led the league 17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1939	DET	AL	0	1	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	3	3	0	4	4	1.40
1940	DET	AL	9	9	4.86	28	20	0	133.1	149	72	12	76	89	1.69
1941	DET	AL	9	11	4.79	33	27	0	173.0	166	92	6	137	106	1.75
1942	DET	AL	8	14	2.45	38	23	5	183.2	137	50	4	114	103	1.37
1943	DET	AL	8	17	3.04	37	25	1	195.2	163	66	3	111	144	1.40
1944	DET	AL	29	9	2.22	47	34	2	312.1	264	77	6	102	187	1.17
1945	DET	AL	25	9	1.81	40	36	2	313.1	239	63	5	110	212	1.11
1946	DET	AL	26	9	1.94	37	34	1	292.2	215	63	10	98	275	1.07
1947	DET	AL	17	17	2.87	40	36	2	285.0	268	91	9	110	176	1.33
1948	DET	AL	21	12	3.01	39	35	1	272.1	249	91	10	99	143	1.28
1949	DET	AL	18	11	3.36	38	35	1	292.0	277	109	19	111	144	1.33
1950	DET	AL	15	13	4.34	35	30	3	213.2	232	103	23	81	87	1.46
1951	DET	AL	6	6	3.92	15	14	0	96.1	98	42	10	19	37	1.21
1952	DET	AL	9	9	3.74	25	19	0	154.0	148	64	13	47	57	1.27
1953	DET	AL	0	1	7.06	7	4	1	21.2	31	17	4	8	6	1.80
1954	CLE	AL	7	2	2.51	26	1	7	46.2	34	13	3	18	25	1.11
1955	CLE	AL	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	4	1	2.14
Career	—	—	207	150	3.06	488	374	26	2993.0	2,674	1,016	137	1,249	1,796	1.31

Batting

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1939	DET	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1940	DET	AL	28	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	.200	.256	.200	.456
1941	DET	AL	33	60	3	9	0	0	0	2	3	8	1	.150	.190	.150	.340
1942	DET	AL	39	52	1	8	2	0	0	1	3	8	0	.154	.200	.192	.392
1943	DET	AL	37	65	4	12	2	0	0	5	3	8	0	.185	.221	.215	.436
1944	DET	AL	47	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	6	12	1	.242	.278	.275	.553
1945	DET	AL	40	109	9	28	5	1	0	17	7	10	0	.257	.302	.321	.623
1946	DET	AL	37	103	6	13	3	0	2	11	6	27	1	.126	.174	.214	.388
1947	DET	AL	40	96	5	19	0	0	0	9	15	20	0	.198	.306	.198	.504
1948	DET	AL	39	92	6	19	0	1	0	6	10	14	0	.207	.284	.228	.513
1949	DET	AL	38	91	8	18	3	0	0	6	12	19	0	.198	.291	.231	.522
1950	DET	AL	35	74	6	13	2	0	0	8	5	8	0	.176	.228	.203	.431
1951	DET	AL	17	29	4	9	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	.310	.412	.310	.722
1952	DET	AL	26	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	10	9	0	.217	.357	.239	.596
1953	DET	AL	7	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056
1954	CLE	AL	26	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308
1955	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Career	—	—	492	999	71	201	22	2	2	81	89	150	3	.201	.267	.233	.500

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1939	DET	AL	P	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1940	DET	AL	P	28	—	—	5	31	1	0	37	.973	1.29
1941	DET	AL	P	33	—	—	4	37	0	4	41	1.000	1.24
1942	DET	AL	P	38	—	—	10	45	1	3	56	.982	1.45
1943	DET	AL	P	37	—	—	8	49	1	1	58	.983	1.54
1944	DET	AL	P	47	—	—	9	61	1	5	71	.986	1.49
1945	DET	AL	P	40	—	—	16	66	0	5	82	1.000	2.05
1946	DET	AL	P	37	—	—	15	47	3	4	65	.954	1.68
1947	DET	AL	P	40	—	—	23	52	4	3	79	.949	1.88
1948	DET	AL	P	39	—	—	11	52	1	5	64	.984	1.62
1949	DET	AL	P	38	—	—	7	69	3	3	79	.962	2.00
1950	DET	AL	P	35	—	—	10	37	2	1	49	.959	1.34
1951	DET	AL	P	15	—	—	3	22	2	4	27	.926	1.67
1952	DET	AL	P	25	—	—	10	31	3	2	44	.932	1.64
1953	DET	AL	P	7	—	—	1	4	0	0	5	1.000	0.71
1954	CLE	AL	P	26	1	46.2	3	7	0	0	10	1.000	0.38
1955	CLE	AL	P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	P	488	1	49.0	135	611	22	40	768	.971	1.53