Tyler Herro vs. Mel Hutchins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Hutchins and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 5 years in the NBA, 2 less than Mel Hutchins, who played 7. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Tyler Herro	Mel Hutchins
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
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		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
Mel Hutchins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tyler Herro	Mel Hutchins
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Tyler Herro	54	30.3	15.1	0.5	4.5	5.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.3	5.7	12.9	.439	2.0	5.5	.360	1.7	2.2	.803
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	23.3	9.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	9.5	.316	1.5	4.8	.316	1.8	1.8	1.000
Mel Hutchins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tyler Herro	Mel Hutchins
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Miami Heat	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
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		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
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
	Tyler Herro	Mel Hutchins
Season	2023-24	1955-56
Team	Miami Heat	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
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		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
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
	Tyler Herro	Mel Hutchins
Season	-	1956-57
Team	-	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Hutchins	2	34.0	11.5	-	-	11.5	5.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	15.0	.300	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714