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Fred Hutchinson

Frederick Charles Hutchinson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 12, 1919 in Seattle, WA
High School: Franklin HS (Seattle, WA)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1939
Team: Tigers 1939-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: November 12, 1964 in Bradenton, FL
Buried: Mount Olivet Pioneer Cemetery, Renton, WA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 19 DET AL 13 36 34 5 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .382 .417 .412 .828 107 14 2 0 0 1
1940 20 DET AL 17 30 30 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567 41 9 0 0 0 1
1941 21 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 26 DET AL 40 97 89 11 28 4 0 0 13 0 0 6 1 .315 .358 .360 .717 95 32 1 0 2 1
1947 27 DET AL 56 113 106 8 32 5 2 2 15 2 0 6 6 .302 .339 .443 .783 113 47 4 0 1 1 MVP-22
1948 28 DET AL 76 137 112 11 23 1 0 1 12 3 0 22 9 .205 .341 .241 .582 54 27 3 1 2 1
1949 29 DET AL 38 86 73 12 18 2 1 0 7 1 0 8 5 .247 .329 .301 .631 67 22 4 1 4 1
1950 30 DET AL 44 112 95 15 31 7 0 0 20 0 0 12 3 .326 .407 .400 .807 105 38 2 1 4 1
1951 31 DET AL 47 95 85 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 1 7 4 .188 .250 .212 .462 26 18 2 0 2 1 AS
1952 32 DET AL 17 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .056 .190 .056 .246 -29 1 1 0 0 1
1953 33 DET AL 4 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833 118 4 0 0 0 /13
11 Yrs 354 735 650 71 171 23 3 4 83 6 1 66 30 .263 .334 .326 .660 75 212 19 3 15
162 Game Avg. 162 336 297 32 78 11 1 2 38 3 0 30 14 .263 .334 .326 .660 75 97 9 1 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 19 DET AL 13 36 1 0 0 0 4 5 0.4 1 6 0.4 .532 .503 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1
1940 20 DET AL 17 30 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1941 21 DET AL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
1946 26 DET AL 40 97 -0 0 0 0 10 10 1.0 2 12 1.0 .526 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $ 1
1947 27 DET AL 56 113 2 0 0 0 12 14 1.5 3 17 1.5 .527 .509 1.5 -0.0 17 $ 1 MVP-22
1948 28 DET AL 76 137 -6 1 1 0 14 9 0.9 3 13 0.9 .512 .506 0.9 0.0 13 $ 1
1949 29 DET AL 38 86 -3 0 -0 0 9 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .516 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $ 1
1950 30 DET AL 44 112 2 -2 -0 0 13 13 1.2 3 16 1.2 .527 .507 1.2 0.0 16 $ 1
1951 31 DET AL 47 95 -9 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1 AS
1952 32 DET AL 17 21 -3 0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1953 33 DET AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /13
11 Seasons 354 735 -21 0 0 0 78 57 5.8 19 77 5.7 .516 .503 5.7 0.0 77 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1939 19 DET AL 36 23 6 6.9 120 .382 .382 .295 .417 .371 .412 .436 .828 .807 107 .639 0.4 0.0 .696 .088 .029
1940 20 DET AL 30 22 2 2.4 119 .267 .267 .290 .267 .364 .300 .440 .567 .804 41 .211 -2.8 -0.3 .409 .033 .033
1941 21 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 115 .000 .288 .000 .366 .000 .424 .000 .789 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 26 DET AL 97 64 11 4.6 101 .318 .315 .272 .358 .347 .360 .391 .717 .738 95 .545 -0.6 -0.1 .613 .112 .045
1947 27 DET AL 113 79 16 5.4 100 .306 .302 .267 .339 .348 .443 .384 .783 .732 113 .616 1.2 0.1 .705 .217 .142 2.0
1948 28 DET AL 137 94 10 2.8 108 .216 .205 .277 .341 .362 .241 .400 .582 .762 54 .290 -6.8 -0.7 .576 .259 .036 1.5
1949 29 DET AL 86 63 7 3.0 107 .265 .247 .271 .329 .363 .301 .393 .631 .756 67 .310 -3.5 -0.4 .542 .178 .055 .0
1950 30 DET AL 112 70 15 5.7 116 .337 .326 .282 .407 .370 .400 .423 .807 .792 105 .562 1.4 0.1 .773 .200 .074
1951 31 DET AL 95 74 4 1.4 102 .198 .188 .268 .250 .349 .212 .392 .462 .741 26 .111 -9.0 -0.9 .333 .094 .024
1952 32 DET AL 21 18 0 0.0 96 .056 .056 .260 .190 .340 .056 .380 .246 .720 -29 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .222 .167 .000
1953 33 DET AL 6 5 1 5.4 101 .000 .167 .267 .167 .343 .667 .393 .833 .736 118 .584 -0.0 0.0 .800 .500 .500 .0
11 Yrs 735 514 72 3.7 107 .271 .263 .274 .334 .357 .326 .401 .660 .758 75 .411 -23.3 -2.3 .573 .172 .063 4.8
162 Game Avg. 336 235 33 3.7 107 .271 .263 .274 .334 .357 .326 .401 .660 .758 75 .411 -23.3 -2.3 .573 .172 .063 2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 20 DET AL WS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 19 DET AL 36 0.0% 0.0% 5.6% 2.8% 8% 0.00 5.7 94%
1940 20 DET AL 30 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3% 13% 15.0 100%
1941 21 DET AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1946 26 DET AL 97 0.0% 1.0% 6.2% 4.1% 14% 0.17 89.0 6.8 91%
1947 27 DET AL 113 1.8% 5.3% 5.3% 8.0% 28% 1.00 17.7 53.0 7.1 87%
1948 28 DET AL 137 0.7% 6.6% 16.1% 1.5% 9% 0.41 12.4 112.0 9.3 1.26 74%
1949 29 DET AL 86 0.0% 5.8% 9.3% 3.5% 17% 0.63 14.6 10.4 0.83 79%
1950 30 DET AL 112 0.0% 2.7% 10.7% 6.3% 23% 0.25 31.7 4.8 1.84 82%
1951 31 DET AL 95 0.0% 4.2% 7.4% 2.1% 13% 0.57 21.3 12.1 1.52 85%
1952 32 DET AL 21 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.25 86%
1953 33 DET AL 6 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 6.0 6.0 0.67 83%
11 Yrs 735 0.5% 4.1% 9.0% 4.1% 18% 0.45 21.7 162.5 7.8 1.34 84%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.5% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.4 57.5 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 19 DET AL 0.4 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 20 DET AL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 21 DET AL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 26 DET AL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 27 DET AL 1.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 28 DET AL -6.8 -0.7 66 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 1.18 -0.4 -0.0 -8.3 -0.8 1.05 -6.9 1.28 14
1949 29 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 47 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .69 -0.3 -0.2 -2.7 -0.3 0.96 -2.3 1.70 3
1950 30 DET AL 1.4 0.1 95 0.6 1.7 -1.1 .87 0.1 0.6 5.7 0.5 1.03 1.7 1.97 2
1951 31 DET AL -9.0 -0.9 78 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.05 -0.8 0.3 -8.7 -0.9 0.95 -9.5 1.59 12
1952 32 DET AL -3.2 -0.3 20 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 1.28 -0.3 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.93 -3.5 1.98 5
1953 33 DET AL -0.0 0.0 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .15 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.92 -0.2 0
11 Yrs -23.4 -2.4 312 -1.3 4.1 -5.3 .96 -1.7 0.4 -18.0 -1.8 1.00 -20.8 1.55 36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 28 DET AL 2 0 22% 14 3 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60% 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
1949 29 DET AL 0 0 44% 23 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 30 DET AL 0 0 34% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 43% 5 3 1 2 2 0 7 1 5
1951 31 DET AL 1 0 30% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 80% 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 4
1952 32 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 33 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3 0 28% 106 6 1 86% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 54% 10 6 3 5 4 1 13 1 11

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 28 DET AL 137 71% 23 14 2 0 1 1.28 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 200% 13 3 23% 13 3 23% 56 2 4% 7 2 29% 2 1 50% 0
1949 29 DET AL 86 57% 18 3 1 0 1 1.70 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 4 67% 10 2 20% 29 6 21% 7 4 57% 1 0 0% 0
1950 30 DET AL 112 73% 31 2 1 0 1 1.97 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 21 2 10% 15 4 27% 73 18 25% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1951 31 DET AL 95 76% 16 12 2 0 0 1.59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 14 2 14% 14 1 7% 44 7 16% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0
1952 32 DET AL 21 70% 1 5 0 0 0 1.98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 33 DET AL 6 100% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 457 71% 171 36 6 0 3 1.55 4 0 12 1 0 2 0 0 7 15 214% 57 19 33% 56 10 18% 214 33 15% 25 11 44% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 281% 30% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 19 13 36 34 5 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .382 .417 .412 .828 107 14 2 0 0
1940 20 30 66 64 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 .328 .348 .359 .708 77 23 2 0 0
1941 21 32 68 66 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .318 .338 .348 .687 72 23 2 0 0
1942 22 32 68 66 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .318 .338 .348 .687 72 23 2 0 0
1943 23 32 68 66 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .318 .338 .348 .687 72 23 2 0 0
1944 24 32 68 66 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .318 .338 .348 .687 72 23 2 0 0
1945 25 32 68 66 6 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .318 .338 .348 .687 72 23 2 0 0
1946 26 72 165 155 17 49 6 0 0 21 0 0 8 3 .316 .350 .355 .705 85 55 3 0 2
1947 27 128 278 261 25 81 11 2 2 36 2 0 14 9 .310 .345 .391 .736 96 102 7 0 3
1948 28 204 415 373 36 104 12 2 3 48 5 0 36 18 .279 .344 .346 .690 83 129 10 1 5
1949 29 242 501 446 48 122 14 3 3 55 6 0 44 23 .274 .341 .339 .680 81 151 14 2 9
1950 30 286 613 541 63 153 21 3 3 75 6 0 56 26 .283 .353 .349 .703 85 189 16 3 13
1951 31 333 708 626 70 169 23 3 3 82 6 1 63 30 .270 .340 .331 .670 77 207 18 3 15
1952 32 350 729 644 70 170 23 3 3 82 6 1 66 30 .264 .335 .323 .658 74 208 19 3 15
1953 33 354 735 650 71 171 23 3 4 83 6 1 66 30 .263 .334 .326 .660 75 212 19 3 15

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 19 14 36 34 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 .353 .389 .382 .771 5 13
1940 20 18 31 31 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .258 .258 .290 .548 2 17
1941 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1946 26 42 102 94 12 30 4 0 0 14 0 6 1 .319 .360 .362 .722 13 40
1947 27 58 117 110 8 33 5 2 2 16 2 6 6 .300 .336 .436 .773 17 56
1948 28 79 139 115 10 22 1 0 1 11 3 21 9 .191 .321 .226 .547 8 76
1949 29 40 89 76 12 19 2 1 0 7 1 8 5 .250 .329 .303 .632 7 38
1950 30 46 112 96 13 29 7 0 0 18 0 11 3 .302 .380 .375 .755 14 44
1951 31 49 98 89 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 7 4 .180 .240 .202 .442 4 47
1952 32 18 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .136 .000 .136 0 17
1953 33 4 6 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833 1 4
11 Yrs 370 754 672 70 170 23 3 4 82 6 64 30 .253 .321 .314 .635 71 354
162 Game Avg. 162 330 294 31 74 10 1 2 36 3 28 13 .253 .321 .314 .635 31 354

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 5.0%)

All-Star Games
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (22, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 AL  5.2 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1919-08-12 (5th)
1940 AL  born 1919-08-12 (9th)

                                         

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