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  Hal Newhouser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 - November 10, 1998) was a professional Major League Baseball pitcher of the 1940s and 1950s.
Newhouser was a schoolboy star in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, signed by the hometown Detroit Tigers in 1939 at the age of 18.
Newhouser was 4-F due to a leaky heart valve; he attempted to join the service anyway but was turned down several times.
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 HAL NEWHOUSER FACTS AND INFORMATION
Harold Newhouser (May_20, 1921 - November_10, 1998) was a professional Major_League_Baseball pitcher of the 1940s and 1950s.
Newhouser was a schoolboy star in his hometown of Detroit,_Michigan, signed by the hometown Detroit_Tigers in 1939 at the age of 18.
As World_War_II got under way, the Tigers moved up in the standings because several of their top players, including Newhouser, were classified as 4-F (ineligible to the drafted).
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 Pocono Record Online: Hall of Fame pitcher Newhouser dead at 77   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Newhouser, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992, was on seven All-Star teams, led the AL in wins four times and in strikeouts and earned run averages twice.
Newhouser was only the fourth player to have his number retired by the Tigers.
Newhouser is survived by wife Beryl, his brother Richard Newhouser, two daughters and a grandson.
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 Hal Newhouser | The BASEBALL Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Newhouser was released by the Tigers in early 1954, and latched on with the Indians.
Newhouser had a 34-52 record to show for his first five seasons before exploding to win 29 games in 1944, 25 in 1945 and 26 in 1946.
Newhouser was one of the many young Tiger pitchers who found their way into the starting rotation in 1939-1940.
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 'Prince Hal' was crafty competitor, top lefty
Newhouser pitched for the Tigers in 1939-53, leading the club to a World Series title in 1945, when he won the seventh and deciding game against the Chicago Cubs.
Newhouser used that to his advantage, raising his arm angle to come more overhand, which made his fastball jump at the hitter out of a sea of white.
Newhouser is survived by his wife, Beryl; a brother, Richard; two daughters, Charlene Newhouser and Sherrill Robinson; and a grandson, Matthew Brewer.
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 Hal Newhouser Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Hal Newhouser was born on Friday, May 20, 1921, in Detroit, Michigan.
Newhouser was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 29, 1939, with the Detroit Tigers, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Hal Newhouser's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Hal Newhouser baseball statistics page.
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 Hal Newhouser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Newhouser era una estrella del colegial en su ciudad natal de Detroit, Michigan, firmado por los tigres de Detroit de la ciudad natal en 1939 en la edad de 18.
Newhouser era 4-F debido a una válvula agujereada del corazón; él procuró ensamblar el servicio de todos modos pero fue girado abajo de varias veces.
Newhouser continuó clasificar entre las mejores jarras del juego por los cinco años próximos.
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 HickokSports.com - Biography - Hal Newhouser
Newhouser led the league in victories again in 1945, with a 25-9 record, and was also the league leader with a.735 winning percentage, 29 complete games, 8 shutouts, 313 1/3 innings pitched, 212 strikeouts, and a 1.81 ERA.
In 1946, Newhouser led the league in victories for the third year in a row, with a 26-9 record, and in ERA for the second year in a row, at 1.94.
Newhouser went 18-11 and 15-13 in the next two seasons and then began to have arm problems.
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 Hal Newhouser not just a war time pitcher
Hal Newhouser, or kindly known as ''Prince Hal'' by fans and players was born on May 20, 1921.
Hal had told the team to sign a young talented shortstop out of Kalamazoo but they went ahead with their own plans and signed Phil Nevin who was a major flop at the major league level.
Hal Newhouser died on November 10, 1998 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at the age of 77.
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 Hal Newhouser
Newhouser hurled the pennant clincher for the Tigers in 1945 and followed with two World Series victories over the Chicago Cubs.
He is the only pitcher to win two consecutive MVP awards, which he won in 1944 and 1945 (his Triple Crown year), and he finished second in 1946 to Ted Williams.
Newhouser appeared briefly in the majors at age 18 in 1939 and returned for good in 1941.
www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Newhouser.htm   (449 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Jeter: Dynasty's child
Newhouser, the Michigan area scout for the Houston Astros, was 71 years old in the spring of 1992, Jeter's senior year at Kalamazoo Central.
Newhouser would dress in corduroy pants, a sweater, a jacket and a hat he could pull down over his ears and load a folding chair in the back of his car to make his scouting trips.
Newhouser was taken by the aura that emanated from the teenager, and strongly lobbied the Astros to draft Jeter.
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 Player Profile: Hal Newhouser
Player notes: Newhouser, who was known as Prince Hal, was one of the dominant pitchers of the 1940s.
(Newhouser himself was 4-F due to a heart condition.) He continued to be one of the best pitchers of the era after all players had returned from military service in 1946, however, and there is no denying that he was indeed an outstanding pitcher.
Newhouser was the only pitcher to win back-to-back MVPs, and is the only pitcher to have his uniform number retired by the Tigers.
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 PWBL 1947 World Series Report - OOTP Developments Forums
Newhouser, 16-8, 2.61 ERA would faceoff in game one against the Redbirds Murry Dickson, 19-9, 3.91 ERA, a bit of a surprise decision as he had been the teams number three starter most of the season.
Newhouser beat the odds and laced a double to deep center field, a leaden footed Cullenbine watching helplessly as the ball rolled to the fence scoring both runners.
Newhouser continues to amaze with his hitting success in the series, leading off the final frame with a double to center over the head of a laboring Cullenbine.
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 Hal Newhouser | BaseballLibrary.com
Newhouser won two complete-game victories, including the seventh-game clincher, in the 1945 World Series against the Cubs.
The "big one," in Newhouser's words, came on the final day of the 1948 season, when he outpitched Feller on one day's rest to force Cleveland into a playoff with Boston for the AL title.
Newhouser pitched 15 seasons for the Bengals and is the only pitcher to win back to back MVP awards, in 1944 and 1945.
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 1945 AL CY YOUNG AWARD
Newhouser was, in effect, a man playing with boys; a star playing with replacement players.
Despite impressive credentials, it took Newhouser forty years to be elected to the Hall Of Fame; this is because his best numbers were posted during the war years.
It's a tough call over whether Newhouser belongs in the Hall; you don't want to give him too much credit for pitching against diluted competition, but at the same time it wasn't Hal's fault that there was a war on during his best seasons.
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 A Tiger in His Time : Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Ball
Hal Newhouser is one of the top left-handed pitchers of all time and the dominant southpaw of his era.
I found this book to be a terrific biography of Hal Newhouser, who had his best years during WWII while many other players were off to war and thus had his reputation somewhat tarnished.
The writing is clear and vivid - Newhouser was no angel, but his fierce competitiveness made him a winner wherever he pitched.
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 The Detroit Tigers during World War II
Developing his baseball skills on the sandlots of the Motor City, Newhouser was signed by the Tigers at the age of seventeen.
Although married in 1942, the twenty-one-year-old Newhouser was a prime candidate for induction into the military.
Newhouser was selected the league's most valuable player; Trout and Wakefield finished second and sixth.
www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/sports/tigers.html   (4249 words)

  
 1946 AL CY YOUNG AWARD
This was the year that made Hal Newhouser's reputation as a great pitcher.
Newhouser had already won two MVP Awards, but had done so against inferior competition, as many of the game's best players were serving in the army.
You can argue that Feller was the best pitcher in the league; his ERA was similar to Newhouser's, and he pitched 78 more innings.
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 hal newhouser search results | Information relating to hal newhouser from Snapsearch (US results displayed)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hal" who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992.
Newhouser batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards...
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 Hal Newhouser was my Hall of Famer
Newhouser went 26-9 with a 1.94 ERA, six shutouts, and a career-high 275 strikeouts.
For Newhouser, though, it was a fine season.
Late in his life, Newhouser and the Tigers healed their wounds.
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 The BASEBALL Page - Detroit Tigers All-Time Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hal Newhouser was the first Bengal hurler to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
To complement the left-handed Newhouser is gritty right-hander Jack Morris.
Well on his way to eclipsing the all-time Tiger career victory mark before he left the team in 1990, Morris was baseball's most effective and durable pitcher of the 1980s and a big game performer.
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 Hal Newhouser Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Best 25 Pitchers of All Time - #25 - Baseball Fever
Newhouser pitched in 17 years, and many of them were forgettable.
While Plank suffered through 1-0 CG losses, Newhouser was creamed in game 1, and went the distance in games 5 and 7 (giving up seven more ER), while Hank Borowy took his turn at the guillotine.
Newhouser does need to be marked down because 2 of his best years came during the war.
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 Search Results for hal- - Encyclopædia Britannica
American left-handed baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1939-53) and the Cleveland Indians (1954-55) who was the only pitcher to win consecutive (1944-45) Most Valuable Player awards; he was...
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 Sept/Oct Gazette: Profiles: David Jordan and John Rossi
His third, a biography of pitcher Hal Newhouser, was credited with getting the Tiger pitcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Newhouser became Jordan’s idol, and he later felt it was unfair that the pitcher did not have a place in the Hall of Fame.
After A Tiger in his Time: Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Ball was published, Jordan sent him a copy “and I got a letter back from him—he was overwhelmed.
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 Prince, Hal on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The fall of Prince Hal; the Memorial gave evidence of Hal Sutton's decline.
From shallow Hal to prince valiant; Henry IV, Part One (Bristol Old Vic) Verdict: Fine Falstaff in rich English epic ___..
Ann Stinnett, 29, a third year law school student plays, Prince Hal in the play "Henry IV" in her Shakespeare class at Ave Maria Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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 Detroit Tigers (1901-Present)
The MVP win for Newhouser makes him the first pitcher to win back-to-back MVP, and only the 2nd to win 2.
The Tigers would get off on the wrong foot has Hal Newhouser was shelled in Game 1 as the Cubs took the first game 9-0.
Newhouser would go on to pitch a complete game as the Tigers won 9-3 to claim their second World Championship.
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 PWBL 1949 World Series - OOTP Developments Forums
The pitching staff is led by the unparalled Hal Newhouser who put up the sterling line of 26-5, 2.27 ERA, and 182 K's.
Newhouser retires the next two batters leaving the Cadinals on their final out, but SS Ralph LaPointe drives Martin home with a game tying base hit.
Cards have an advantage with their stud Pollet scheduled for three starts in the WS and not having to face off with Newhouser either while Hal is limited to two appearances.
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 Hal Newhouser Home Page
This is a fan home page for Hal Newhouser, number 16 for the Tigers major league baseball club.
If you're a fan and have comments about Hal Newhouser, post them in our Detroit Tigers discussion forum.
For those interested in Hal Newhouser merchandise and collectibles, here are some live auction listings at eBay.
www.baseballhistory.info /player2/Hal-Newhouser.html   (103 words)

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