Event Details:

Date:  Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Time:  11:30 a.m.

Location:  Safeco Field

Website: www.fredhutch.org/hutchaward

Luncheon Program:

Hutch Award Winner:  Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants

Keynote Speaker:  Lou Piniella

Program Description:

At the 2013 Hutch Award Luncheon Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants will receive the 48^th annual Hutch Award®, which is given annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of baseball great Fred Hutchinson, both on and off the field.

Funds raised through the Hutch Award Luncheon benefit The Gregory Fund® for early cancer detection research at Fred Hutch. The Hutchinson Center was founded by Fred’s brother Bill, a prominent Seattle surgeon, after Fred died of cancer at age 45. The Hutch Award was established in 1965 and was first given to Mickey Mantle. Other Hutch Award winners have included Jamie Moyer, Jon Lester, Craig Biggio, Tim Hudson, Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell, Sandy Koufax and Carl Yastrzemski. In all, 11 Hall-of-Famers have received the Hutch Award.

For more information about the Hutch Award, or to register for the luncheon, visit www.fredhutch.org/hutchaward.