Editing Hal Newhouser (section)

==Post-playing activities==
After his retirement, Newhouser became a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] for the [[Baltimore Orioles]], ultimately becoming head scout.<ref name="olney child"/> His first discovery was [[Milt Pappas]], who he saw pitch at [[Cooley High School]] in Detroit and convinced the O's to sign him in 1957. He also convinced them to sign [[Dean Chance]] a couple years later.<ref name="stewart219"/> He left baseball for twenty years following this, becoming the vice president of a bank in [[Pontiac, Michigan]].<ref name="olney child"/>

Newhouser served as the Michigan area scout for the [[Houston Astros]]. After following 17-year old [[Derek Jeter]] at [[Kalamazoo Central High School]] in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], he implored Astros executives to select him in the upcoming [[1992 Major League Baseball draft]]. Prior to the draft, [[Dan O'Brien (baseball executive)|Dan O'Brien]] notified Newhouser that the Astros would select pitcher [[Phil Nevin]] of [[Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball|Cal State Fullerton]], due to Nevin's lower signing bonus demands. Jeter was selected with the sixth pick by the [[New York Yankees]]. Upset with the decision, Newhouser retired as a scout and from baseball altogether.<ref name="olney child"/><ref name="olney preview">{{cite news |last1=Olney |first1=Buster|author-link1=Buster Olney |title=1999 BASEBALL PREVIEW; Derek Jeter: The Pride of Kalamazoo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/sports/1999-baseball-preview-derek-jeter-the-pride-of-kalamazoo.html |access-date=March 25, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 4, 1999}}</ref>

Near the end of his life, Newhouser suffered from [[emphysema]] and heart problems. On November 10, 1998, aged 77, he died at [[Providence Hospital (Southfield)|Providence Hospital]] in [[Southfield, Michigan]].<ref name="obit"/>