League Leaders Who Led?
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
17
12 best in baseball 5 league only
47 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1945 Best season

Spanning 1942–1948, peaking at 7 titles in 1945.

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

  • 80th League titles 17
  • 54th Best in baseball 12
  • 115th Top-5 finishes 47

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

Career leaderboards

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
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
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

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1948 1 W 21
1947 1 CG 24
1946 4 ERA 1.94 W 26 WHIP 1.07 K/9 8.46
1945 7 ERA 1.81 W 25 SO 212 IP 313.1 K/9 6.09 SHO 8 CG 29
1944 3 W 29 SO 187 K/9 5.39
1942 1 K/9 5.05

Pitching

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 1.47
1951 DET AL 6 6 3.92 15 14 0 96.1 98 42 10 19 37 1.22
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 .191 .150 .341
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 by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 488 135 611 22 40 .971