Hal Newhouser

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Originally Posted by theshleps

any idea why no bowman?

Here is the 1949 LEAF card of Newhouser. It was issued in LEAF's 2nd Series and is an extremely tough card to find.


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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Very odd career. Well over half his wins came during just five seasons, and he won only 22 games from age 30 on. And like Koufax, he had a number of mediocre to average years before his great streak. It's hard to attribute his success to WW II because he wasn't so great in 42 or 43 and he was nearly as good in 46 as he had been in 44 and 45.

Peter

I think Hal Newhouser has the record for the most WINS during the decade of the 1940's....170. It's my understanding that this achievement influenced his induction into the HOF.
Plus another factor was Charlie Gehringer, who was Chairman of the HOF Veterans Committee in 1992, and a former Detroit teammate of Newhouser.


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T206 Reference
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