Bill Hutchison

Bill Hutchison

1884–1897 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 175 lb · b. 1859 New Haven, CT

Career 182–163 · 3.59 ERA · 1,235 SO · 3079.1 IP · 384 G · 291 H · 12 HR · 133 RBI · .216 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

12 best in baseball 1 league only

33 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1890 Best season

Spanning 1890–1892, peaking at 5 titles in 1890.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×3 300 Strikeout Seasons

Team records #1 Cubs 1892 SO #2 Cubs career IP #2 Cubs 1892 IP #3 Cubs career W #3 Cubs 1891 W #5 Kansas City Cowboys career W #5 Kansas City Cowboys 1884 W #8 Cubs career SO

Led in Complete Games for 3 straight seasons (1890–1892) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

329th League titles 13
122nd Best in baseball 12
804th Top-5 finishes 33

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

32nd Complete Games 321
109th Pitcher Assists 664
128th Innings Pitched 3079.1
151st Pitcher Range Factor 2.14
165th Wins 182
232nd Shutouts 21
288th Pitcher Putouts 140
377th Strikeouts 1,235

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Complete Games	3	1st	3 yrs (1890–1892)	1890 65 1891 56 1892 67
Innings Pitched	3	1st	3 yrs (1890–1892)	1890 603.0 1891 561.0 1892 622.0
Wins	3	1st	3 yrs (1890–1892)	1890 41 1891 44 1892 36
Pitcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1890 44
Pitcher Assists	1	1st	—	1892 156 1889 #3 1890 #2 1891 #3
Saves	1	1st	—	1890 NL 2 1892 #3
Strikeouts	1	1st	—	1892 314 1890 #2 1891 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	—	#2	—	1889 #2
Shutouts	—	#3	—	1889 #3 1893 #3
Strikeouts / 9	—	#3	—	1892 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#3	—	1890 #3 1891 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1892	5	W 36 SO 314 IP 622.0 CG 67 P A 156
1891	3	W 44 IP 561.0 CG 56
1890	5	W 41 SV 2 IP 603.0 CG 65 P PO 44

Pitching

led the league 9 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1884	KCU	UA	1	1	2.65	2	2	0	17.0	14	5	0	1	5	0.88
1889	CHN	NL	16	17	3.54	37	36	0	318.0	306	125	11	117	136	1.33
1890	CHN	NL	41	25	2.70	71	66	2	603.0	505	181	20	199	289	1.17
1891	CHN	NL	44	19	2.81	66	58	1	561.0	508	175	26	178	261	1.22
1892	CHN	NL	36	36	2.76	75	70	1	622.0	571	191	11	190	314	1.22
1893	CHN	NL	16	24	4.75	44	40	0	348.1	420	184	9	156	80	1.65
1894	CHN	NL	14	16	6.03	37	34	0	279.0	374	187	9	140	60	1.84
1895	CHN	NL	13	21	4.73	38	35	0	291.0	371	153	13	129	85	1.72
1897	SLN	NL	1	4	6.08	6	5	0	40.0	55	27	5	22	5	1.93
Career	—	—	182	163	3.59	376	346	4	3079.1	3,124	1,228	104	1,132	1,235	1.38

Batting

9 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1884	KCU	UA	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
1889	CHN	NL	37	133	14	21	1	1	1	7	7	40	2	.158	.200	.203	.403
1890	CHN	NL	71	261	28	53	7	2	2	27	13	63	6	.203	.244	.268	.512
1891	CHN	NL	67	243	27	45	4	2	2	25	17	62	5	.185	.238	.243	.481
1892	CHN	NL	77	263	23	57	10	5	1	22	10	60	8	.217	.245	.304	.550
1893	CHN	NL	46	162	14	41	7	3	0	25	7	20	2	.253	.284	.333	.617
1894	CHN	NL	40	136	30	42	3	0	6	16	12	17	2	.309	.365	.463	.828
1895	CHN	NL	38	126	12	25	3	3	0	11	5	23	1	.198	.229	.270	.499
1897	SLN	NL	6	18	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	.278	.316	.389	.705
Career	—	—	384	1,350	150	291	35	17	12	133	72	291	26	.216	.256	.293	.549

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1884	KCU	UA	P	2	—	17.0	1	12	0	0	13	1.000	6.50
1889	CHN	NL	P	37	—	318.0	18	86	13	3	117	.889	2.81
			OF	1	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1890	CHN	NL	P	71	—	603.0	44	128	14	5	186	.925	2.42
1891	CHN	NL	P	66	—	561.0	22	103	13	0	138	.906	1.89
			OF	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1892	CHN	NL	P	75	—	627.0	21	156	13	4	190	.932	2.36
			OF	2	—	17.0	4	0	1	0	5	.800	2.00
1893	CHN	NL	P	44	—	348.0	13	62	7	3	82	.915	1.70
			OF	2	—	10.0	2	0	2	0	4	.500	1.00
1894	CHN	NL	P	37	—	278.0	12	45	5	1	62	.919	1.54
			OF	4	—	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.25
1895	CHN	NL	P	38	—	291.0	9	65	8	1	82	.902	1.95
1897	SLN	NL	P	6	—	40.0	0	7	1	0	8	.875	1.17
Career	—	—	P	376	—	3083.0	140	664	74	17	878	.916	2.14
	—	—	OF	10	—	34.0	7	0	3	0	10	.700	0.70