Hal Newhouser later worked as a scout for several MLB teams, including the Houston Astros.
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20 Facts About Hal Newhouser
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The young Hal Newhouser sold newspapers, collected pop bottles and worked in a bowling alley before signing on in professional baseball.
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Hal Newhouser was signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1939 at the age of 18.
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Hal Newhouser improved in 1942 and 1943, posting excellent earned run averages, but he still lost more than he won on a team with a weak offense.
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Hal 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 blossomed in 1944, becoming a dominant pitcher in wartime baseball.
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Hal Newhouser won the first Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award in 1944.
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Hal Newhouser became the first pitcher to repeat as MVP that season and helped the team win the World Series.
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Hal Newhouser pitched four innings of relief on the season's final day as Detroit rallied for the pennant.
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Hal Newhouser became the youngest player to win the award in two consecutive years.
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In that year's World Series against the Chicago Cubs, Hal Newhouser won two games, including a complete-game victory in the deciding seventh game.
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Hal Newhouser continued to rate among the game's best pitchers for the next five years.
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Hal Newhouser spent his first 20 years after retiring from baseball away from the sport, working as a bank vice president in Pontiac, Michigan.
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Hal Newhouser signed future Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance, who later earned the trophy with the Los Angeles Angels in 1964.
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Hal Newhouser quit his job with the Astros after they ignored his advice to draft Jeter, though he had planned to retire after that season in any case.
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Hal Newhouser died on November 10,1998, in a hospital in Southfield, Michigan.
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Hal Newhouser was married to his wife, the former Beryl Margaret Steele, from 1941 until his death.
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