Frederick Charles Hutchinson was an American professional baseball player, a major league pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and the manager for three major league teams.
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27 Facts About Fred Hutchinson
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Fred Hutchinson was commemorated one year after his death when his surgeon brother, Dr William Hutchinson, created the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, as a division of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation.
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Fred Hutchinson led the Quakers to four city championships and played American Legion ball in the summer.
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Fred Hutchinson caused an immediate sensation at age 19, winning a league-best 25 games and receiving The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award.
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Fred Hutchinson's ineffectiveness caused his return to the minor leagues in each season.
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Fred Hutchinson saw active duty in the US Navy, rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, and lost four full seasons to military service.
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Fred Hutchinson amassed 591 strikeouts, 81 complete games, and 13 shutouts, along with seven saves.
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Fred Hutchinson led the American League in WHIP in 1949, a season in which Hutchinson's 2.
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Fred Hutchinson was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his time; a left-handed batter, he frequently pinch-hit and batted over.
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Fred Hutchinson led the AL in home runs allowed with 32 during the 1948 season.
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Fred Hutchinson was chosen based on his leadership skills; he had been the AL's Player Representative since 1947.
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Fred Hutchinson managed the Tigers for the next 2½ years, serving into 1953 as a playing manager.
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Fred Hutchinson guided them from their eighth-place finish in 1952 to sixth and fifth place during the next two seasons.
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However, Detroit's ownership and front office were in flux; at the end of 1954, Fred Hutchinson asked for a two-year contract, through 1956, and was only offered a single season deal.
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Fred Hutchinson left the Tigers, ending a 16-year association with the team.
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Out of the majors for the first time since 1941, Fred Hutchinson went home to Seattle and the Rainiers of the PCL, becoming their manager in 1955.
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Fred Hutchinson's success led to his second major league managerial job when he replaced Harry Walker as skipper of the St Louis Cardinals shortly after the 1955 season.
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Fred Hutchinson won The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award, and his popularity in the Mound City resulted in a new nickname, "The Big Bear", bestowed by Cardinal broadcaster Joe Garagiola.
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Once again, Fred Hutchinson returned to Seattle as field manager of the Rainiers, this time serving as the club's general manager.
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In July, Fred Hutchinson was given a contract extension through the 1965 season, and with a solid corps of veterans and a strong farm system, the Reds were considered a contending club in 1964, provided that its pitching staff made a comeback.
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Fred Hutchinson was buried next to his parents in the family plot at Mount Olivet Cemetery near Seattle in Renton, overlooking Lake Washington.
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Fred Hutchinson was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1965.
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Fred Hutchinson was remembered for his winning baseball teams, as the man who launched Cincinnati into an historic winning era.
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Fred Hutchinson seems to have a tremendous inner power that a player can sense.
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In honor of his achievements with Buffalo, Fred Hutchinson became a charter member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
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