Fred Hutchinson

Frederick Charles Hutchinson (August 12, 1919 – November 12, 1964) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, he pitched for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in 1939 and 1940 before taking a five-season hiatus to serve in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war ended, he resumed playing for the Tigers from 1946 through 1953, appearing in parts or all of ten seasons across his two stints.

Hutchinson served as player-manager of the Tigers during his final two playing years in 1952 and 1953, then continued to manage the club in 1954 after retiring as a player. He went on to manage the St. Louis Cardinals for three seasons, from 1956 through 1958, and the Cincinnati Reds for six seasons, from 1959 through 1964.

Hutchinson was stricken with lung cancer at the height of his managerial career while leading the pennant-contending 1964 Cincinnati Reds, and the illness proved fatal. One year after his death, his surgeon brother, Dr. William Hutchinson (1909–1997), created the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle as a division of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation. The center, known as the "Fred Hutch," became independent in 1975.