Fred Hutchinson
1939–1953 · bats L / throws R · ALS, ASF, Detroit Tigers
354G
.263AVG
.334OBP
.326SLG
More career statistics
171H
4HR
83RBI
6SB
95–71W–L
1,464.0IP
591K
3.73ERA
169GS
7SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 650 | 651 |
| Batting · Doubles | 23 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · RBI | 83 | 82 |
| Batting · Walks | 66 | 65 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,142 | 6,146 |
| Pitching · p er | 606 | 608 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,487 | 1,486 |
| Pitching · p k | 591 | 593 |
| Pitching · p r | 681 | 682 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 354 | 734 | 650 | 71 | 171 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 66 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 212 | .263 | .334 | .326 | .660 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,464.0 | 242 | 169 | 81 | 95 | 71 | 7 | 1,487 | 681 | 606 | 127 | 388 | 591 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 1.281 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1939-07-25 to 1939-09-07
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1948-04-23 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1939-09-20 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1946-09-24 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 182 | 355 | 75 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 13 | .234 | .287 | .297 |
| Away | 172 | 379 | 96 | 1 | 47 | 38 | 16 | .290 | .354 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .289 | .278 |
| May | 56 | 116 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .204 | .284 | .252 |
| June | 49 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .256 | .337 | .329 |
| July | 74 | 148 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | .246 | .297 | .291 |
| August | 86 | 179 | 52 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | .340 | .408 | .477 |
| September | 67 | 157 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | .239 | .274 | .268 |
| October | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 55 | 103 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 5 | .250 | .330 | .273 |
| cleveland-guardians | 55 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .196 | .243 | .235 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 53 | 116 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .311 | .362 | .396 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 53 | 135 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | .254 | .304 | .336 |
| new-york-yankees | 52 | 77 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | .254 | .325 | .284 |
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 4 | .301 | .364 | .349 |
| st-louis-browns | 41 | 93 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .277 | .333 | .410 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Detroit Tigers | 13 | 34 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .382 | 84 | 22 |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 30 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .267 | 76 | 32 |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 89 | 28 | – | 13 | – | .315 | 207 | 139 |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 56 | 106 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .302 | 219 | 113 |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 76 | 112 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .205 | 221 | 92 |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 73 | 18 | – | 7 | 1 | .247 | 188 | 54 |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 44 | 95 | 31 | – | 20 | – | .326 | 231 | 71 |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 47 | 86 | 16 | – | 7 | – | .186 | 188 | 54 |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | .056 | 37 | 12 |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .167 | 9 | 4 |