Fred Hutchinson
[edit] Biography
Born on August 12, 1919 in Seattle, Washington, Fred Hutchinson (Frederick Charles Hutchinson) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 10 year career. Hutchinson broke into the bigs on May 2, 1939 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.21 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Fred Hutchinson's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.03 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 113 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 13
| 12
| 3
| 6
| 5.21
| 22
| 56
| 49
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 84.2
| 95
| 9
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 17
| 10
| 3
| 7
| 5.68
| 32
| 52
| 48
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 85
| 6
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 28
| 26
| 14
| 11
| 3.09
| 138
| 78
| 71
| 16
| 3
| 2
| 207
| 184
| 14
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 33
| 25
| 18
| 10
| 3.03
| 113
| 84
| 74
| 18
| 3
| 2
| 219.2
| 211
| 14
| 61
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 33
| 28
| 13
| 11
| 4.32
| 92
| 119
| 106
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 221
| 223
| 32
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 33
| 21
| 15
| 7
| 2.96
| 54
| 70
| 62
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 188.2
| 167
| 18
| 52
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 39
| 26
| 17
| 8
| 3.96
| 71
| 119
| 102
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 231.2
| 269
| 18
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 31
| 20
| 10
| 10
| 3.68
| 53
| 84
| 77
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 188.1
| 204
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 3.38
| 12
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.1
| 40
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.79
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 242
| 169
| 95
| 71
| 3.73
| 591
| 681
| 606
| 81
| 13
| 7
| 1464
| 1487
| 126
| 388
| 0
| 16
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 47
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 40
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 45
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 39
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 50
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 45
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 242
| 0
| 0
| 108
| 310
| 13
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 13
| 34
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .382
| .417
| .412
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 17
| 30
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .267
| .267
| .300
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 40
| 89
| 11
| 28
| 0
| 13
| .315
| .358
| .360
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 56
| 106
| 8
| 32
| 2
| 15
| .302
| .339
| .443
| 5
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 76
| 112
| 11
| 23
| 1
| 12
| .205
| .341
| .241
| 1
| 0
| 22
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 38
| 73
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .247
| .329
| .301
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 44
| 95
| 15
| 31
| 0
| 20
| .326
| .407
| .400
| 7
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 47
| 85
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .188
| .250
| .212
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| 17
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .056
| .190
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .667
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 354
| 650
| 71
| 171
| 4
| 83
| .263
| .334
| .326
| 23
| 3
| 66
| 30
| 3
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 19
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Seattle (PCL) to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jo-Jo White, Tony Piet, George Archie, Ed Selway and cash (December 12, 1938).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (July 22, 1952).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (1953).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 13, 1953).
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