Subject(s): Hal Newhouser Sport: Baseball Location: Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Unveiled: 5/4/2000 Sculptor: Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, Omni Amrany and Lou Cella Material: Steel Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: HAL NEWHOUSER. "PRINCE HAL". BORN: MAY 20, 1921 DETROIT, MICHIGAN. DIED: NOVEMBER 10, 1998 BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN. DETROIT TIGERS LHP 1939-53. CLEVELAND INDIANS LHP 1954-55. ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT PITCHERS OF THE 1940s. ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS. INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1992. CAPTURED HIS FIRST MVP AWARD IN 1944 AFTER LEADING THE MAJORS WITH A 29-9 RECORD. NAMED MVP IN 1945 LEADING THE ENTIRE MAJOR LEAGUES IN WINS 25, STRIKEOUTS 212 AND ERA 1.81. NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM SEVEN TIMES. WON 20 OR MORE GAMES IN FOUR OF THE FIVE YEARS DURING 1944-48 WITH 118 WINS, 107 GAMES AND 993 STRIKEOUTS. PITCHED 313.1 INNINGS IN 1945 LEADING THE MAJORS. LED THE AL IN VICTORIES FOUR TIMES AND TWICE IN STRIKEOUTS AND ERA. HURLED BACK-TO-BACK 300 INNING SEASONS IN 1944 AND 1945. HAD HIS UNIFORM NUMBER 16 RETIRED ON JULY 27, 1997. SCULPTORS: JULIE & OMRI R. AMRANY. CO-SCULPTOR: LOU CELLA. DEDICATED: APRIL 5, 2000. Links: Sculptor