Editing Hal Newhouser (section)

==Honors and recognition==
===Honors===
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|Align  = right
|Image  = Newhouser DET.png
|Name   = Hal Newhouser
|Number = 16
|Team   = Detroit Tigers
|Year   = 1997
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In 1962, Newhouser was inducted into the [[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="mshof">{{cite web |title=Harold (Hal) Newhouser |url=https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/hal-newhouser/ |website=[[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref>

Newhouser's reputation as a "wartime pitcher," in which his most dominant seasons were during a period of decreased offensive talent, largely prevented him from making it to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] early on. In his final year of ballot eligibility in [[1975 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1975]], Newhouser received 155 votes, or 42.8% of voters, far short of what is needed to be inducted. After three decades of eligibility,<ref name="stewart219-220">{{Harvnb|Stewart|2014|p=219–220}}</ref> Newhouser was inducted to the Hall in [[1992 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1992]] by way of the [[Veterans Committee]]. He was inducted alongside pitchers [[Rollie Fingers]] and [[Tom Seaver]], and umpire [[Bill McGowan]]<ref name="light404">{{Harvnb|Light|2017|p=404}}</ref> in front of a then-record crowd of 20,000 people on August 2, 1992.<ref name="change">{{cite news |last1=Holtzman |first1=Jerome |author-link1=Jerome Holtzman|title=Constant Change Keeps Hall of Fame Up To Date |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/04/constant-change-keeps-hall-of-fame-up-to-date/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 4, 1992}}</ref>

On July 27, 1997, Newhouser's number 16 was retired by the Tigers during a ceremony at Tiger Stadium. He was the fourth Tiger to have a number retired, joining [[Al Kaline]], [[Hank Greenberg]], and [[Charlie Gehringer]].<ref name="tigers retire">{{cite news |title=Tigers to retire Newhouser's number |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/03/19/Tigers-to-retire-Newhousers-number/3995858747600/ |access-date=March 25, 2025 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=March 19, 1997}}</ref> He was the first Tigers pitcher to have his number retired.<ref name="kingston retire">{{cite news |title=Baseball: Tigers retire pitcher's number: [Final Edition] |work=[[Kingston Whig-Standard]] |date=July 28, 1997|id={{ProQuest|353068844}}}}</ref>

Bill James ranked Newhouser as the 36th-best pitcher of all-time in his 2001 book ''[[The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract]]''.<ref name="james918-919">{{Harvnb|James|2001|p=918–919}}</ref>

In 2015, Newhouser was one of the ten inaugural inductees of the [[Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="mbhof">{{cite news |last1=Junga |first1=Steve |title=HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Tuttle has nice run in 50th season; Blissfield baseball coach wins 31 games |work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |date=June 12, 2017|id={{ProQuest|1910215157}}}}</ref>
===Awards===
[[File:Hal Newhouser statue (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Newhouser at [[Comerica Park]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Award !! Time(s) !! Date(s) !! Ref.
|-
| AL [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] 
|align=center| 7
| [[1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1942]], [[1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1943]], [[1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1944]], [[1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1945]], [[1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1946]], [[1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1947]], [[1948 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1948]]
|align=center| <ref name="mlb biography">{{cite web |title=Hal Newhouser |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hal-newhouser-119739 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| AL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]] 
|align=center| 2
| 1944, 1945
|align=center| <ref name="mvp award winners">{{cite web |title=Most Valuable Player |url=https://www.mlb.com/awards/most-valuable-player |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| AL [[The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award]]
|align=center| 2
| 1944, 1945
|align=center| <ref name="sporting news pitcher of the year">{{cite web |title=The Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year Award |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snpy2.shtml |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award]]
|align=center | 1
| 1945
|align=center | <ref name="sporting news player of the year">{{cite web |title=The Sporting News Player of the Year Award |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snml.shtml |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
|}

===Statistical highlights===
Per Newhouser's biography on [[MLB.com]].<ref name="mlb biography"/>
<br>
'''Led AL'''
* Strikeouts (1944, 1945)
* Wins (1944–1946, 1948)
* Innings pitched (1945)
'''AL top–ten'''
* Strikeouts (1941–1949)
* Games played (1942–1947)
* Innings pitched (1944–1949)
* Wins (1944–1949)