Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Mel Hutchins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Hutchins and Spencer Dinwiddie, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Spencer Dinwiddie played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Mel Hutchins, who played 7. Spencer Dinwiddie had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Mel Hutchins had his rookie season in 1951-52. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Mel Hutchins
Season	2014-15	1951-52
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
Mel Hutchins	66	39.7	9.2	-	-	13.3	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	9.6	.365	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Hutchins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Mel Hutchins
Season	2015-16	1952-53
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	12	13.3	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576
Mel Hutchins	71	40.7	11.7	-	-	11.2	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	11.9	.379	-	-	-	2.7	4.2	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Mel Hutchins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Mel Hutchins
Season	2016-17	1953-54
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
Mel Hutchins	72	40.8	10.3	-	-	9.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	10.2	.401	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Hutchins	4	40.5	10.5	-	-	9.3	1.5	-	-	-	4.5	3.8	11.5	.326	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 5
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Mel Hutchins
Season	2018-19	1955-56
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
Mel Hutchins	66	33.9	12.0	-	-	7.5	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.9	11.6	.425	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.643
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714
Mel Hutchins	10	37.7	9.3	-	-	8.8	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	11.2	.304	-	-	-	2.5	4.1	.610

Season 6
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Mel Hutchins
Season	2019-20	1956-57
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
Mel Hutchins	72	36.8	12.4	-	-	7.9	2.9	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	13.2	.387	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Hutchins	2	34.0	11.5	-	-	11.5	5.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	15.0	.300	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714