Bob Feller vs Hal Newhouser

Bob Feller Hal Newhouser

Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser compared on their MLB careers: Bob Feller played 18 seasons, 1936 to 1956, Hal Newhouser 17 seasons, 1939 to 1955. Bob Feller has 266 wins to Hal Newhouser's 207. Bob Feller won 1 title, Hal Newhouser won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser career totals

570	GP	488
266	W	207
162	L	150
3.3	ERA	3.1
3,827	IP	2,993
2,581	K	1,796
1,764	BB	1,249
1.3	WHIP	1.3
21	SV	26

How do they compare in the postseason?

Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser postseason

2	GP	4
0	R	0
10	H	26

Where each stands all time

Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser all-time places

32nd (2,581)	Strikeouts (pitching)	131st (1,796)
36th (266)	Wins (pitching)	101st (207)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Bob Feller: 1 championship; none on file
Hal Newhouser: 1 championship; AL MVP ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser season by season

1st	1936	5	3	3.34	1939	0	1	5.40
2nd	1937	9	7	3.39	1940	9	9	4.86
3rd	1938	17	11	4.08	1941	9	11	4.79
4th	1939	24	9	2.85	1942	8	14	2.45
5th	1940	27	11	2.61	1943	8	17	3.04
6th	1941	25	13	3.15	1944	29	9	2.22
7th	1945	5	3	2.50	1945	25	9	1.81
8th	1946	26	15	2.18	1946	26	9	1.94
9th	1947	20	11	2.68	1947	17	17	2.87
10th	1948	19	15	3.56	1948	21	12	3.01
11th	1949	15	14	3.75	1949	18	11	3.36
12th	1950	16	11	3.43	1950	15	13	4.34
13th	1951	22	8	3.50	1951	6	6	3.92
14th	1952	9	13	4.74	1952	9	9	3.74
15th	1953	10	7	3.59	1953	0	1	7.06
16th	1954	13	3	3.09	1954	7	2	2.51
17th	1955	4	4	3.47	1955	0	0	0.00
18th	1956	0	4	4.97	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA