Hal Newhouser
1939–1955 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
492G
.201AVG
.267OBP
.233SLG
More career statistics
201H
2HR
81RBI
3SB
207–150W–L
2,993.0IP
1,796K
3.06ERA
374GS
26SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 999 | 998 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 150 | 152 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,160 | 1,159 |
| Batting · Runs | 71 | 70 |
| Batting · RBI | 81 | 82 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,648 | 12,643 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,016 | 1,023 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,674 | 2,675 |
| Pitching · p hr | 136 | 137 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,796 | 1,795 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 492 | 1,160 | 999 | 71 | 201 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 89 | 150 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 233 | .201 | .267 | .233 | .500 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,993.0 | 488 | 374 | 212 | 207 | 150 | 26 | 2,674 | 1,197 | 1,016 | 136 | 1,249 | 1,796 | 0 | 0 | 3.06 | 1.311 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1944-07-15 to 1944-08-13
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1944-04-27 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1941-08-19 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1943-05-27 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 247 | 560 | 101 | 1 | 43 | 45 | 68 | .210 | .261 | .251 |
| Away | 245 | 599 | 100 | 1 | 39 | 44 | 84 | .194 | .240 | .217 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .167 | .221 | .167 |
| May | 86 | 226 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 32 | .179 | .217 | .199 |
| June | 103 | 222 | 35 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 24 | .186 | .248 | .223 |
| July | 93 | 220 | 41 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 32 | .220 | .273 | .253 |
| August | 85 | 212 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 26 | .212 | .255 | .239 |
| September | 86 | 188 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 28 | .236 | .282 | .298 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 82 | 194 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 34 | .169 | .237 | .193 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 81 | 194 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 20 | .226 | .258 | .238 |
| cleveland-guardians | 76 | 183 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 25 | .199 | .273 | .237 |
| chicago-white-sox | 69 | 162 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | .179 | .204 | .200 |
| st-louis-browns | 63 | 167 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 18 | .231 | .275 | .280 |
| boston-red-sox | 60 | 139 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | .185 | .237 | .244 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 57 | 117 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12 | .233 | .274 | .262 |
| detroit-tigers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Detroit Tigers | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 4 |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 40 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 133 | 89 |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 60 | 9 | – | 2 | 1 | .150 | 173 | 106 |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 52 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 183 | 103 |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 37 | 65 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .185 | 195 | 144 |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 47 | 120 | 29 | – | 5 | 1 | .242 | 312 | 186 |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 109 | 28 | – | 17 | – | .257 | 313 | 212 |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 37 | 103 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .126 | 292 | 275 |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 96 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .198 | 285 | 176 |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 92 | 19 | – | 6 | – | .207 | 272 | 143 |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 91 | 18 | – | 7 | – | .198 | 292 | 144 |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 74 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .176 | 213 | 87 |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 28 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .321 | 96 | 37 |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 26 | 46 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .217 | 154 | 57 |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 7 | 8 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 21 | 6 |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 26 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 46 | 25 |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |