It went public in 2011, twelve years after a pair of Stanford University roommates founded it, but Jeff Tangney and Tom Lee were long gone by then, forming new promising start-ups.
The appointment of Hutchings as manager is the fifth chairman Jeff Bonser has made since Colin Lee left the club in April 2004, since when the Saddlers have suffered two relegations and a promotion.
Several holdovers from last year remain on the 37-player ballot, with top candidates including Jack Morris (67 percent), Jeff Bagwell (56 percent), Lee Smith (51 percent) and Tim Raines (49 percent).