Editing Hal Newhouser (section)

===Statistics and achievements===
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Newhouser finished his career with a 207–150 record and a career ERA of 3.06. He led the American League in wins four times in his career, in strikeouts, complete games, and ERA twice, with one season atop the complete game category.<ref name="stewart219"/> His 1,579 strikeouts and 170 wins between 1940 and 1949 were the most for any pitcher in that decade.<ref name="james201-204">{{Harvnb|James|2001|p=201–204}}</ref> To date, his 207 wins [[List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders|place him 107th all-time in career wins]], tied with [[Bob Lemon]] and [[Carl Mays]].<ref name="career win leaders">{{cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Wins |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/W_career.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>

Under [[Bill James]]' ''[[Win Shares]]'' system, Newhouser was deemed top pitcher in the American League from 1945 to 1948. James argued that he would have won the [[Cy Young Award]] had it existed during these years.<ref name="james870">{{Harvnb|James|2001|p=870}}</ref>

He ranks among the top five pitchers in numerous Tigers records. He ranks first in [[wins above replacement]], with 58.8, two more than second-place [[Justin Verlander]]. His 33 shutout wins as a Tiger rank third all-time, his 200 wins, 212 complete games, and 1,770 strikeouts place him fourth and his 2,944 innings pitched ranks fifth.<ref name="tigers top ten pitchers">{{cite web |title=Detroit Tigers Top 10 Career Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/leaders_pitch.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref> His eleven consecutive pitching wins from June and July 1946 set a Tigers record that would not be matched until Verlander pitched 12 straight in [[2011 Major League Baseball season|2011]].<ref name="at 100"/>

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! {{Abbr|W|Wins}} !! {{Abbr|L|Losses}} !! {{Abbr|ERA|Earned run average}} !! {{Abbr|G|Games played}} !! {{Abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{Abbr|CG|Complete games}} !! {{Abbr|SHO|Shutouts}} !! {{Abbr|SV|Saves}} !! {{Abbr|IP|Innings pitched}} !! {{Abbr|H|Hits allowed}} !! {{Abbr|R|Runs allowed}} !! {{Abbr|ER|Earned runs allowed}} !! {{Abbr|HR|Home runs allowed}} !! {{Abbr|BB|Base on balls}} !! {{Abbr|IBB|Intentional base on balls}} !! {{Abbr|SO|Strikeouts}} !! {{Abbr|HBP|Hit batsman}} !! {{Abbr|ERA+|Adjusted ERA}} !! {{Abbr|FIP|Fielding independent pitching}} !! {{Abbr|WHIP|Walks plus hits per inning pitched}} !! {{Abbr|H/9|Hits allowed per nine innings pitched}} !! {{Abbr|SO/9|Strikeouts per nine innings pitched}} !! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 207 || 150 || 3.06 || 488 || 374 || 212 || 33 || 26 || 2,993.0 || 2,674 || 1,197 || 1,016 || 136 || 1,249 || 47 || 1,796 || 19 || 130 || 3.27 || 1.311 || 8.0 || 5.4 || <ref name="newhouser br">{{cite web |title=Hal Newhouser |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/newhoha01.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
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