Who Was Fred Hutchinson?

We know Fred Hutch as one of the world’s top cancer research centers with a $435 million dollar annual budget but who was Fred anyway? Born and raised in Seattle he went to Franklin HS and the UW. He was an All-Star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Managed the Cincinnati Reds who retired his number after his death. He died in 1964 at the age of 45 from lung cancer. The end plates for the rows of seats at Safeco Field are all embossed with a likeness of Fred Hutchinson.