Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was an American professional baseball player.

Newhouser was an All-Star for six seasons[a] and was considered to be the most dominating pitcher of the World War II era of baseball, winning the pitching triple crown for the Tigers in 1945.

After his retirement from baseball, Newhouser stepped away from the sport for 20 years, serving as a bank vice president.

Angered when they rebuffed his recommendation to draft future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter in favor of Phil Nevin, he quit shortly after.

Before he was approached by professional baseball teams, he had been saving money to attend a trade school by working several jobs.

The young Newhouser sold newspapers, collected pop bottles, and worked in a bowling alley before signing on in professional baseball.

Ten minutes after he signed, someone arrived from the Cleveland Indians; that employee had been prepared to offer $15,000 to his parents in addition to a $4,000 car.

In his first two full big-league seasons, the young left-hander experienced control problems, walking more batters than he struck out while posting win–loss records of 9–9 and 9–11.

He improved in 1942 and 1943, posting excellent earned run averages (ERAs), but he still lost more than he won on a team with a weak offense.

[2] As World War II got under way, the Tigers moved up in the standings because several of their top players, including Newhouser, were classified as 4-F (ineligible to be drafted).

[13] Newhouser spent his first 20 years after retiring from baseball away from the sport, working as a bank vice president in Pontiac, Michigan.

[14] Eventually, he served as a scout for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and Houston Astros.