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Frederick Charles Hutchinson (August 12, 1919 – November 12, 1964) was an American professional baseball player, a Major League pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He also was a manager for three Major League teams. Stricken with fatal lung cancer at the height of his managerial career as leader of the pennant-contending Cincinnati Reds, he was commemorated one year after his death when his brother Dr. William B. Hutchinson created the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as a division of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, in the Hutchinsons' native city of Seattle, Washington. The "Fred Hutch", which became independent in 1975, is now one of the best-known facilities of its kind in the world. ==Pitching career== Fred Hutchinson, who was known throughout baseball as ''Hutch'', was a right-handed pitcher who starred at Franklin High School, then attended the University of Washington. He entered the organized baseball ranks in 1938 with the unaffiliated Seattle Rainiers of the AA Pacific Coast League and caused an immediate sensation at age 19, winning a league-best 25 games and that season's Minor League Player of the Year award as bestowed by ''The Sporting News''. After his contract was purchased by the Detroit Tigers of the American League, Hutchinson struggled in his early Major League career with a 6–13 record and an earned-run average of 5.43 during the 1939–1941 seasons. His ineffectiveness caused his return to the minor leagues in each season. In 1941, at Buffalo of the AA International League, he enjoyed another stellar campaign, leading the league in victories (26) and innings pitched (284). A successful Major League career seemed to await Hutchinson, then 22, when the U.S. entered World War II. He saw active duty in the U.S. Navy, rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, and lost four full seasons (–1945) to military service. In , Hutchinson – approaching 27 – returned to baseball with a vengeance, winning a place in the defending World Series champion Tigers’ starting rotation and beginning a string of six straight campaigns of ten or more wins, including seasons of 18 () and 17 victories (). He was selected to the American League All-Star team, and pitched three innings in an 8-3 loss at Hutchinson's home park, Briggs Stadium.〔("All-Star Game: Tuesday, July 10, 1951." ) ''www.baseball-reference.com.'' Retrieved August 26, 2014.〕 Overall, Hutchinson compiled a 95–71 career record and a 3.73 earned run average over 11 seasons, all with Detroit – a stellar mark considering his early-career mishaps. Appearing in 242 games, 169 as a starting pitcher, and 1,464 innings pitched, he allowed 1,487 hits and 388 bases on balls. He amassed 591 strikeouts, 81 complete games, and 13 shutouts, along with seven saves. He led the American League in WHIP in , a season in which Hutchinson's 2.96 ERA was fourth in the league. The , Hutchinson was known as a ferocious competitor. "His displays of temper became legendary in the American League," wrote ''Sports Illustrated'' in 1957. "'I always know how Hutch did when we follow Detroit into a town,' cracked Yankee catcher Yogi Berra. 'If we got stools in the dressing room, I know he won. If we got kindling, he lost.'"〔 He also was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his time; a left-handed batter, he frequently pinch-hit and batted over .300 four times during his Major League career. His career batting average was .263, with 171 hits, four home runs and 83 runs batted in — excellent totals for a pitcher. On a dubious note, he is also recalled as the pitcher who gave up the longest homer in Ted Williams' career, a 502-foot (153 m) blast on June 9, 1946, that broke the straw hat of a startled fan sitting in Fenway Park's right-center-field bleachers. The seat where the home run landed has been painted red since to mark the long ball.〔("Ted Williams, Fenway Park, June 9, 1946." ) ''ESPN Home Run Tracker.'' ''www.hittrackeronline.com.'' Retrieved August 26, 2014.〕 Hutchinson led the AL in home runs allowed with 32 during the season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Hutchinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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