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Fred Hutchinson

Full name Frederick Charles Hutchinson
Born August 12, 1919, Seattle, Washington
Died November 12, 1964, Bradenton, Florida
Buried at Mount Olivet Pioneer Cemetery, Renton, Washington
First Game: May 2, 1939; Final Game: September 27, 1953
Managed First Game: July 5, 1952; Managed Final Game: August 12, 1964
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 190
Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1957)
Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1938)
Ejections as player: 1947 (1), 1950 (1), 1951 (2), 1952 (1). Total: 5
Ejections as manager: 1952 (4), 1953 (2), 1954 (6), 1956 (7), 1957 (5), 1958 (3), 1959 (3), 1960 (5), 1961 (2), 1962 (4), 1963 (7), 1964 (1). Total: 49
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1939 DET A    Daily Splits   13    34    5   13   1   0   0    6    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .382  .417  .412   0.0 1939 DET A
1940 DET A    Daily Splits   17    30    1    8   1   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .267  .267  .300   0.0 1940 DET A
1941 DET A    Daily Splits    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.1 1941 DET A
1946 DET A    Daily Splits   40    89   11   28   4   0   0   13    6   0    1   0   2   0   2   1    0   0  .315  .358  .360   0.0 1946 DET A
1947 DET A    Daily Splits   56   106    8   32   5   2   2   15    6   1    6   0   1   0   2   4    2   0  .302  .339  .443   0.0 1947 DET A
1948 DET A    Daily Splits   76   112   11   23   1   0   1   12   22   0    9   1   2   0   3   3    3   0  .205  .341  .241   0.0 1948 DET A
1949 DET A    Daily Splits   38    73   12   18   2   1   0    7    8   0    5   1   4   0   0   4    1   0  .247  .329  .301   0.0 1949 DET A
1950 DET A    Daily Splits   44    95   15   31   7   0   0   20   12   0    3   1   4   0   1   2    0   0  .326  .407  .400   0.0 1950 DET A
1951 DET A    Daily Splits   47    85    7   16   2   0   0    7    7   0    4   0   2   0   1   2    0   1  .188  .250  .212   0.0 1951 DET A
1952 DET A    Daily Splits   17    18    0    1   0   0   0    0    3   0    0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .056  .190  .056   0.0 1952 DET A
1953 DET A    Daily Splits    4     6    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .667   0.0 1953 DET A
Total    (11 Years) Splits  354   650   71  171  23   3   4   83   66   1   30   3  15   0  10  19    6   1  .263  .334  .326  -0.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1940 DET A                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1940 DET A
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1951 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1951 AL   

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1939 DET A    Daily Splits   13  12   3   0   0   0   84.2   95   391   9   56   49   51   3   22   9   1   0   0  17   5   4   6   3   6   5.21  4.92   0.1 1939 DET A
1940 DET A    Daily Splits   17  10   1   0   6   0   76     85   335   6   52   48   26   4   32   5   0   2   1  18   5   3   4   3   7   5.68  4.90  -0.6 1940 DET A
1946 DET A    Daily Splits   28  26  16   3   2   2  207    184   853  14   78   71   66   4  138   6   0   0   1  37   8  17  14  14  11   3.09  4.77   2.7 1946 DET A
1947 DET A    Daily Splits   33  25  18   3   8   2  219.2  211   911  14   84   74   61   3  113   9   2   2   0  30   2  14  11  18  10   3.03  4.44   3.7 1947 DET A
1948 DET A    Daily Splits   33  28  15   0   3   0  221    223   925  32  119  106   48   2   92  10   2   1   0  47   5  12  16  13  11   4.32  4.96   0.8 1948 DET A
1949 DET A    Daily Splits   33  21   9   4   5   1  188.2  167   762  18   70   62   52   2   54   4   5   1   0  27   4  23  11  15   7   2.96  5.48   3.3 1949 DET A
1950 DET A    Daily Splits   39  26  10   1   7   0  231.2  269   989  18  119  102   48   4   71  10   2   5   0  37   7  26  16  17   8   3.96  6.54   2.5 1950 DET A
1951 DET A    Daily Splits   31  20   9   2   8   2  188.1  204   782  12   84   77   27   1   53  11   4   2   0  34   5  19  13  10  10   3.68  4.60   1.0 1951 DET A
1952 DET A    Daily Splits   12   1   0   0   6   0   37.1   40   157   4   16   14    9   2   12   2   0   1   0   9   1   6   2   2   1   3.38  3.00   0.1 1952 DET A
1953 DET A    Daily Splits    3   0   0   0   3   0    9.2    9    37   0    3    3    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   2.79     -   0.1 1953 DET A
Total    (10 Years) Splits  242 169  81  13  48   7 1464   1487  6142 127  681  606  388  25  591  66  16  14   2 259  43 124  93  95  71   3.73  5.10  13.7 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1940 DET A    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      1     5   1    1    1    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9.00     - 1940 DET A
               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1951 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      3    15   1    3    3    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   9.00     - 1951 AL   

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1939 DET A Daily Splits   P   13   12    3    84.2     6   13    0    1   0    1    7    7    1 1.000
1940 DET A Daily Splits   P   17   10    1    76       2   16    2    1   0    1    1    3    0  .900
1946 DET A Daily Splits   P   28   26   16   207      11   47    1    3   0    0    6    6    1  .983
1947 DET A Daily Splits   P   33   25   18   219.2    15   40    1    1   0    0    3    6    1  .982
1948 DET A Daily Splits   P   33   28   15   221      19   45    0    5   0    3    8    2    3 1.000
1949 DET A Daily Splits   P   33   21    9   188.2    18   39    1    5   0    2    4    4    0  .983
1950 DET A Daily Splits   P   39   26   10   231.2    17   50    4    6   0    1    7    2    1  .944
1951 DET A Daily Splits   P   31   20    9   188.1    17   45    4    1   0    1    9    2    1  .939
1952 DET A Daily Splits   P   12    1    0    37.1     1   15    0    1   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1953 DET A Daily Splits   P    3    0    0     9.2     2    0    0    0   0    1    0    0    0 1.000
1953 DET A               1B    1    0    0     3       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total (10 Years) Splits   P  242  169   81  1464     108  310   13   24   0   10   46   32    8  .970
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    1    0    0     3       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1940 DET A Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1951 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1952 DET A         83   27   55  .329   297   399   7- 5           8  8
1953 DET A        158   60   94  .390   695   923                  6
1954 DET A        155   68   86  .442   584   664                  5
1956 STL N        156   76   78  .494   678   698                  4
1957 STL N        154   87   67  .565   737   666                  2
1958 STL N        144   69   75  .479   581   649          9-16    5  5
1959 CIN N         74   39   35  .527   369   325   7- 9           7  5
1960 CIN N        154   67   87  .435   640   692                  6
1961 CIN N        154   93   61  .604   710   653                  1
1962 CIN N        162   98   64  .605   802   685                  3
1963 CIN N        162   86   76  .531   648   594                  5
1964 CIN N         49   26   22  .542   210   198          6- 7    3  2
1964 CIN N         50   28   22  .560   201   166   6- 9   7-26    4  3  2
1964 CIN N         10    6    4  .600    43    32   8- 4   8-12    4  3  2
Total (12 Years) 1665  830  826  .501  7195  7344
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1961 CIN N          5    1    4  .200    13    27
             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1962 NL             2    1    1  .500     7    10

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 5-1947     BOX  DET A  Charlie Berry       Fighting
 8-31-1950     BOX  DET A  Art Passarella      Balls and strikes
 6-13-1951     BOX  DET A  Johnny Stevens      Balls and strikes
 8-14-1951     BOX  DET A  Eddie Hurley        Balls and strikes (charged umpire)
 5- 4-1952(1)  BOX  DET A  Eddie Hurley        Balls and strikes

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8- 8-1952(1)  BOX  DET A  Bill McKinley       Call at 1B
 8-22-1952     BOX  DET A  Grover Froese       Balls and strikes
 8-24-1952     BOX  DET A  Art Passarella      Balls and strikes
 9-15-1952     BOX  DET A  Charlie Berry       Balk call
 4-26-1953(1)  BOX  DET A  Johnny Stevens      Balls and strikes
 8-23-1953(2)  BOX  DET A  Jim Honochick       Balls and strikes
 4-24-1954     BOX  DET A  Red Flaherty        Balls and strikes
 5-15-1954     BOX  DET A  Bill McGowan        Call at 2B
 6- 7-1954(2)  BOX  DET A  Larry Napp          Call at HP
 6-26-1954     BOX  DET A  Ed Runge            Stalling
 7-20-1954(1)  BOX  DET A  Eddie Hurley        Call at 1B
 8-27-1954     BOX  DET A  Frank Umont         Call at HP
 5-12-1956     BOX  STL N  Larry Goetz         Trap vs catch
 5-18-1956     BOX  STL N  Artie Gore          Balls and strikes
 5-21-1956     BOX  STL N  Stan Landes         Balls and strikes
 6-29-1956     BOX  STL N  Babe Pinelli        Fan interference call
 7- 4-1956(2)  BOX  STL N  Artie Gore          Balls and strikes
 8-21-1956     BOX  STL N  Larry Goetz         Balls and strikes
 8-22-1956     BOX  STL N  Frank Secory        Call at 1B
 5-26-1957     BOX  STL N  Hal Dixon           Swing vs foul ball
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-23-1957     BOX  STL N  Lee Ballanfant      Balls and strikes
 7-16-1957     BOX  STL N  Shag Crawford       Runner placement
 8-22-1957     BOX  STL N  Tony Venzon         Call at 1B
 8-31-1957     BOX  STL N  Bill Baker          Interference non-call
 4-18-1958     BOX  STL N  Shag Crawford       Balls and strikes
 6-13-1958     BOX  STL N  Ken Burkhart        Heckling
 8-26-1958     BOX  STL N  Augie Donatelli     Call at 1B
 8-29-1959     BOX  CIN N  Hal Dixon           Check swing
 9-14-1959     BOX  CIN N  Jocko Conlan        Called third strike
 9-17-1959     BOX  CIN N  Bill Jackowski      Call at 1B (Reversed)
 4-20-1960     BOX  CIN N  Frank Dascoli       Bench jockeying
 5-20-1960     BOX  CIN N  Ed Vargo            Threw helmet onto the field
 7-27-1960     BOX  CIN N  Vinnie Smith        Call at 2B
 9- 3-1960     BOX  CIN N  Ed Vargo            Balls and strikes
 9- 5-1960     BOX  CIN N  Augie Donatelli     Balls and strikes
 5- 4-1961     BOX  CIN N  Ed Vargo            Objecting to warning
 7- 2-1961(1)  BOX  CIN N  Mel Steiner         Call at 1B
 4-27-1962     BOX  CIN N  Al Barlick          Call at 2B
 5- 8-1962     BOX  CIN N  Dusty Boggess       Balk call
 5-24-1962     BOX  CIN N  Mel Steiner         Balls and strikes
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-29-1962     BOX  CIN N  Ken Burkhart        Balk call
 4-10-1963     BOX  CIN N  Tom Gorman          Balk call
 4-20-1963     BOX  CIN N  Doug Harvey         Balls and strikes
 5- 8-1963     BOX  CIN N  Lee Weyer           Arguing foul ball
 6-21-1963     BOX  CIN N  Tom Gorman          Balk non-call (on pickoff)
 7- 4-1963(2)  BOX  CIN N  Ed Vargo            Balk non-call
 7-14-1963(2)  BOX  CIN N  Doug Harvey         Bench jockeying
 7-30-1963     BOX  CIN N  Stan Landes         Pitching change
 6-22-1964     BOX  CIN N  Ed Vargo            Warning to pitcher

Transaction Information

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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