Bill Hutchinson Essentials Positions: PitcherBats: Right Throws: RightHeight: 5′ 9″ Weight: 175Born: December 17, 1859 in New Haven, CT USADied: March 19, 1926 in Kansas City, MO USABuried: Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, CTSchool: Yale University (New Haven, CT)Debut: June 10, 1884Last Game: May 20, 1897Full Name: William Forrest HutchinsonNicknames: Wild Bill Players Who Debuted…
6/17/1891 – The Colts (now Cubs) played in Cleveland. Through the seventh inning, the Colts’ Bill Hutchinson batted in Malachi Kittridge’s place in the batting order but the Spiders let it go. In the seventh, Fred Pfeffer walked and Hutchinson, batting out of turn, singled, moving Pfeffer to third. As Kittridge stepped to the plate, the Spiders told umpire Tim Lynch that Hutchinson batted out of turn. This out ended the inning, killing the Colts’ rally.
The National League’s biggest Opening Day crowd, 6,311 at West Side Park, watches Chicago Colts pitcher Wild Bill Hutchison beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds, 5 – 4, earning the first of his 42 wins and 65 complete games out of 66 starts in the season. Hutchinson will work 603 innings and relieve five times while sporting a 2.70 ERA.
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