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Hal Newhouser played 17 major-league seasons (1939-1955) as a P (488). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 18 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1940 | 19 | DET | 28 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .456 | 24 |
| 1941 | 20 | DET | 33 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .150 | .340 | -6 |
| 1942 | 21 | DET | 39 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .154 | .392 | 15 |
| 1943 | 22 | DET | 37 | 65 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .185 | .436 | 32 |
| 1944 | 23 | DET | 47 | 120 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .242 | .553 | 63 |
| 1945 | 24 | DET | 40 | 109 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .257 | .623 | 86 |
| 1946 | 25 | DET | 37 | 103 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .126 | .388 | 12 |
| 1947 | 26 | DET | 40 | 96 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .198 | .504 | 46 |
| 1948 | 27 | DET | 39 | 92 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .207 | .513 | 41 |
| 1949 | 28 | DET | 38 | 91 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .198 | .522 | 43 |
| 1950 | 29 | DET | 35 | 74 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .176 | .431 | 14 |
| 1951 | 30 | DET | 17 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .310 | .722 | 102 |
| 1952 | 31 | DET | 26 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .217 | .596 | 74 |
| 1953 | 32 | DET | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.056 | 196 |
| 1954 | 33 | CLE | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .308 | -13 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 18 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5.40 | 86 |
| 1940 | 19 | DET | 28 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 133.1 | 89 | 76 | 4.86 | 90 |
| 1941 | 20 | DET | 33 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 173 | 106 | 137 | 4.79 | 87 |
| 1942 | 21 | DET | 38 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 183.2 | 103 | 114 | 2.45 | 149 |
| 1943 | 22 | DET | 37 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 195.2 | 144 | 111 | 3.04 | 109 |
| 1944 | 23 | DET | 47 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 312.1 | 187 | 102 | 2.22 | 155 |
| 1945 | 24 | DET | 40 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 313.1 | 212 | 110 | 1.81 | 186 |
| 1946 | 25 | DET | 37 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 292.2 | 275 | 98 | 1.94 | 181 |
| 1947 | 26 | DET | 40 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 285 | 176 | 110 | 2.87 | 129 |
| 1948 | 27 | DET | 39 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 272.1 | 143 | 99 | 3.01 | 143 |
| 1949 | 28 | DET | 38 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 292 | 144 | 111 | 3.36 | 125 |
| 1950 | 29 | DET | 35 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 213.2 | 87 | 81 | 4.34 | 106 |
| 1951 | 30 | DET | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 96.1 | 37 | 19 | 3.92 | 105 |
| 1952 | 31 | DET | 25 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 154 | 57 | 47 | 3.74 | 98 |
| 1953 | 32 | DET | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21.2 | 6 | 8 | 7.06 | 57 |
| 1954 | 33 | CLE | 26 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 46.2 | 25 | 18 | 2.51 | 148 |
| 1955 | 34 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | — |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 28 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 1941 | P | 33 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| 1942 | P | 38 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 3 |
| 1943 | P | 37 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 1944 | P | 47 | 0 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
| 1945 | P | 40 | 0 | 16 | 66 | 0 | 5 |
| 1946 | P | 37 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 4 |
| 1947 | P | 40 | 0 | 23 | 52 | 4 | 3 |
| 1948 | P | 39 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 5 |
| 1949 | P | 38 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 3 |
| 1950 | P | 35 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
| 1951 | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| 1952 | P | 25 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| 1953 | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Hal Newhouser won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1944 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1944 (ML), MVP 1944 (AL), TSN All-Star 1944 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (ML), MVP 1945 (AL), Pitching Triple Crown 1945 (AL), TSN All-Star 1945 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1946 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1946 (ML), TSN All-Star 1946 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1948, 1946, 1945, 1944.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 236 / 336 | 7 |
| 1945 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 236 / 336 | 9 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 197 / 336 | 3 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 48 / 336 | 0 |
Hal Newhouser ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #93 | starting pitchers | 1945 | 186 ERA+ |
| #101 | starting pitchers | 1946 | 181 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.