MLB / Players

Fred Hutchinson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb
BornAugust 12, 1919 · Seattle, WA, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 1939
Final gameSeptember 27, 1953
Seasons11 (1939–1953)

Detroit Tigers 1939–1941; Detroit Tigers 1946–1953

Percentile snapshot

1951 season — qualified pitchers

G
31
11.5
GS
20
5.8
W
10
25
L
10
59.6
SV
2
55.8
CG
9
19.2
SHO
2
38.5
H
204
53.8
ER
77
78.8
BB
27
100
SO
53
1.9
HR
11
86.5
IP
188.3
25
ERA
3.68
50
WHIP
1.227
80.8
K/9
2.53
3.8
FIP
3.24
86.5
FIP-
78.3
98.1
ERA+
112.3
57.7
sWAR
2.6
40.4

of 53 qualified 1951 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
112.3
77
sWAR
25.6
95.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
193913363451310062000.382.417.412.828109.8107.8.3860.8
19401730301810020000.267.267.300.56732.542.0.2560.0
19412220000000200.000.000.000.000-133.2-100.0.000-0.1
19464097891128400136100.315.358.360.71796.696.7.3394.4
194756113106832522156620.302.339.443.783111.7115.0.3625.2
19487613711211231011222930.205.341.241.58263.255.3.3032.1
1949388673121821078510.247.329.301.63168.268.4.3114.8
1950441129515317002012300.326.407.400.807109.5105.8.3834.9
195147948571620077401.188.250.212.46221.225.5.2282.6
19521721180100003000.056.190.056.246-32.9-30.2.1530.4
19534661100110000.167.167.667.83398.9115.1.3460.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
193913123603095495122984.75.211.7242.345.81120.292.80.8
194017103701085482632676.05.681.4613.794.2190.282.10.0
1946282614112163184716613814207.03.091.2086.002.9580.9118.24.4
1947332518102183211746111314219.73.031.2384.633.0882.0124.05.2
1948332813110150223106489232221.04.321.2263.754.46102.7100.72.1
1949332115719416762525418188.72.961.1612.584.0096.4140.34.8
195039261780101269102487118231.73.961.3682.763.8081.7117.24.9
19513120101029220477275311188.33.681.2272.533.2478.3112.32.6
1952121210004014912437.33.381.3132.893.92103.9111.70.4
19533000000930409.72.79.9313.721.7443.1144.60.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
354
PA
734
AB
650
R
71
H
171
2B
23
3B
3
HR
4
RBI
83
BB
66
SO
30
SB
6
BA
.2631
OBP
.3338
SLG
.3262
OPS
.6600

Pitching

G (P)
242
GS
169
W
95
L
71
SV
7
CG
81
SHO
13
478th-most career SHO
IP
1,464
SO (P)
591
BB allowed
388
ERA
3.725
WHIP
1.2807
473rd-lowest career WHIP
K/9
3.63

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1950-06-02DET @ ATH Gameday634200306
1949-05-19DET @ MIN Gameday423110306
1947-07-18NYY @ DET Gameday403200205
1948-09-28BAL @ DET Gameday412001105
1939-08-06DET @ BOS Gameday434000204

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1946-09-24BAL @ DET Gameday9.07330111
1946-05-18ATH @ DET Gameday9.0400390
1946-07-15DET @ NYY Gameday9.0200190
1946-08-18BAL @ DET Gameday9.0966292
1946-09-10BOS @ DET Gameday9.0711391

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.