DATE: 1940s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECT: Hal Newhouser APPROXIMATE SIZE: 2-1/2"x4-3/4" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Harold Newhouser (Prince Hal) was born in Detroit, MI and died in 1998 in Southfield, MI. He played major league baseball from 1939 to 1955 as pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, appeared in the 1945 and 1954 World Series, was selected 7 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. After retirement, Newhouser worked as a scout for the Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and the Tigers: while with the Astros, Newhouser was credited with discovering Derek Jeter; however, the Astros passed on Jeter, taking Phil Nevin instead. He had also discovered, as a scout with the Orioles, a Detroit high schooler named Milt Pappas, who would win 209 games in his career—two more than Newhouser, and Dean Chance, of Wooster, Ohio. who would also have a long career. The Tigers retired his number 16 in 1997, and he died a year later following a long illness. SKU: L01513
Item: L01513
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