Fred Hutchinson Franklin High School 1937 Baseball
Fred Hutchinson
SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA
High School Starred as a right-handed pitcher, catcher, first baseman, outfielder, and left-handed hitter Two-time first-team All-City pitcher Led team to four city championships Professional Played two years of semi-professional baseball with Yakima Indians, and later Seattle Rainiers Named Minor League Player of the Year in 1938 Pitched 10 years for the Detroit Tigers Selected to 1951 American League All-Star Team Managed the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Rainiers, St Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds for 14 seasons Other Selected to Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and jersey (#1)      retired by Reds in 1965 Inspired Hutch Award - one of Major League Baseball's top three humanitarian awards Seattle’s Cancer Research Center named in his honor Named Seattle's Athlete for the Century in 2000 by Seattle P.I.
Fred Hutchinson on the Rainers
courtesy of the Dave Eskenazi Collection