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| Title | Fred Hutchinson pitching in Seattle Rainiers uniform, Seattle, 1938 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1938 |
| Caption | Seattle resident Fred Hutchinson, nicknamed Hutch, played baseball at Franklin High School. He signed with the Seattle Rainiers for the 1938 season and became the team's star player. Hutchinson was named Most Valuable Player after his first season and was sold to the Detroit Tigers in 1939. His career was cut short by cancer. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Baseball, Hutchinson, Fred.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 25, 1938. |
| Subjects | Baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle; Baseball--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Stadiums--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sick's Stadium (Seattle, Wash.); Sports spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Athletic fields--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Hutchinson, Fred, 1919-1964 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Mount Baker (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.29579 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
