Brad Hand vs. Fred Hutchinson — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fred Hutchinson
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Fred Hutchinson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Hutchinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.281 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Fred Hutchinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Fred Hutchinson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
1.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.04
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.58
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.44
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.23
57.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.83
69.83
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
3.73
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4392
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1464
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1487
9.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
3.63
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.669
0.669
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6142
37.76
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
4.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.281
1.281
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5740
35.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Fred Hutchinson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
27
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
9
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.38
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.737
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Fred Hutchinson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
354
289.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
734
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
531.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.689
0.689
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
139.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
115.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.8
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.52
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.1
57.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
173.3
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
196.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
58.04
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
67.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
122.62
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80.4
65.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
53.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.52
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
24.47
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
2.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
12.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.79
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
15.53
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71