Charles Hudson

Charles Lynn Hudson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 16, 1959 in Ennis, TX
School: Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)
Drafted
by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 12th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1983
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees/Tigers 1983-1989

Final Game: August 11, 1989
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 24 PHI NL 8 8 .500 3.35 26 26 0 3 0 0 169.1 158 73 63 13 53 6 101 0 3 4 701 108 1.246 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.4 1.91
1984 25 PHI NL 9 11 .450 4.04 30 30 0 1 1 0 173.2 181 101 78 12 52 4 94 2 4 1 748 90 1.342 9.4 0.6 2.7 4.9 1.81
1985 26 PHI NL 8 13 .381 3.78 38 26 7 3 0 0 193.0 188 92 81 23 74 7 122 1 3 4 833 98 1.358 8.8 1.1 3.5 5.7 1.65
1986 27 PHI NL 7 10 .412 4.94 33 23 2 0 0 0 144.0 165 87 79 20 58 1 82 0 2 2 638 79 1.549 10.3 1.3 3.6 5.1 1.41
1987 28 NYY AL 11 7 .611 3.61 35 16 7 6 2 0 154.2 137 63 62 19 57 1 100 3 0 5 641 123 1.254 8.0 1.1 3.3 5.8 1.75
1988 29 NYY AL 6 6 .500 4.49 28 12 10 1 0 2 106.1 93 53 53 9 36 4 58 4 1 4 447 88 1.213 7.9 0.8 3.0 4.9 1.61
1989 30 DET AL 1 5 .167 6.35 18 7 4 0 0 0 66.2 75 49 47 14 31 3 23 2 0 3 297 61 1.590 10.1 1.9 4.2 3.1 0.74
7 Yrs 50 60 .455 4.14 208 140 30 14 3 2 1007.2 997 518 463 110 361 26 580 12 13 23 4305 93 1.348 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.2 1.61
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .455 4.14 41 27 6 3 1 0 197 195 101 90 21 71 5 113 2 3 4 841 93 1.348 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.2 1.61
PHI (4 yrs) 32 42 .432 3.98 127 105 9 7 1 0 680.0 692 353 301 68 237 18 399 3 12 11 2920 93 1.366 9.2 0.9 3.1 5.3 1.68
NYY (2 yrs) 17 13 .567 3.97 63 28 17 7 2 2 261.0 230 116 115 28 93 5 158 7 1 9 1088 107 1.238 7.9 1.0 3.2 5.4 1.70
DET (1 yr) 1 5 .167 6.35 18 7 4 0 0 0 66.2 75 49 47 14 31 3 23 2 0 3 297 61 1.590 10.1 1.9 4.2 3.1 0.74
NL (4 yrs) 32 42 .432 3.98 127 105 9 7 1 0 680.0 692 353 301 68 237 18 399 3 12 11 2920 93 1.366 9.2 0.9 3.1 5.3 1.68
AL (3 yrs) 18 18 .500 4.45 81 35 21 7 2 2 327.2 305 165 162 42 124 8 181 9 1 12 1385 94 1.309 8.4 1.2 3.4 5.0 1.46

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1983 24 PHI NL 169.1 26 26 73 3.88 4.05 -0.37 0.14 98.5 4.49 11 1.3 -0.1 2.6 28 .548 .508 $
1984 25 PHI NL 173.2 30 30 101 5.23 4.12 -0.10 0.14 101.7 4.43 -17 -1.8 -0.1 -0.5 1 .439 .489 $
1985 26 PHI NL 193.0 38 26 92 4.29 4.03 -0.25 0.10 101.6 4.45 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 1.7 22 .507 .502 $192,500
1986 27 PHI NL 144.0 33 23 87 5.44 4.07 -0.13 0.08 104.9 4.49 -16 -1.7 .7 -0.1 -0.5 -1 .449 .490 $277,500
1987 28 NYY AL 154.2 35 16 63 3.67 4.90 0.12 -0.03 100.2 4.76 19 1.9 .8 -0.2 3.0 37 .554 .512 $305,000
1988 29 NYY AL 106.1 28 12 53 4.49 4.47 -0.18 -0.04 99.3 4.59 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.9 12 .504 .501 $450,000
1989 30 DET AL 66.2 18 7 49 6.62 4.37 -0.15 -0.03 98.4 4.41 -17 -1.6 .8 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .409 .490 $525,000
7 Seasons 1007.2 208 140 518 4.63 4.26 -0.16 0.07 100.9 4.52 -17 -1.6 .9 -0.7 6.1 89 .492 .499 $1,750,000
PHI (4 yrs) 680.0 127 105 353 4.67 4.07 -0.22 0.12 101.6 4.47 -20 -2.0 .8 -0.4 3.3 50 .484 .497 $470,000
NYY (2 yrs) 261.0 63 28 116 4.00 4.72 -0.00 -0.03 99.9 4.69 20 2.0 1.0 -0.3 3.9 49 .532 .506 $755,000
DET (1 yr) 66.2 18 7 49 6.62 4.37 -0.15 -0.03 98.4 4.41 -17 -1.6 .8 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .409 .490 $525,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 24 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 34 0.667 4.0 1.0 2.0 9.0 4.50
1983 24 PHI NL WS L BAL 0 2 .000 8.64 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 9 8 8 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 35 1.200 9.7 4.3 1.1 6.5 6.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 2 .333 5.19 3 3 0 1 0 0 17.1 13 10 10 5 3 0 15 0 0 0 69 0.923 6.8 2.6 1.6 7.8 5.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 34 0.667 4.0 1.0 2.0 9.0 4.50
1 WS 0 2 .000 8.64 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 9 8 8 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 35 1.200 9.7 4.3 1.1 6.5 6.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1983 24 PHI NL 26 701 637 73 158 27 5 13 28 11 53 101 .248 .304 .367 .671 .275 234 8 0 6 4 6 7
1984 25 PHI NL 30 748 682 101 181 31 5 12 24 5 52 94 .265 .316 .378 .694 .289 258 9 2 4 8 4 11
1985 26 PHI NL 38 833 746 92 188 34 8 23 19 3 74 122 .252 .319 .412 .730 .273 307 11 1 8 4 7 12
1986 27 PHI NL 33 638 567 87 165 24 3 20 24 3 58 82 .291 .355 .450 .805 .310 255 12 0 10 3 1 6
1987 28 NYY AL 35 641 573 63 137 20 5 19 7 7 57 100 .239 .308 .391 .699 .257 224 13 3 2 6 1 4
1988 29 NYY AL 28 447 395 53 93 20 3 9 6 2 36 58 .235 .301 .370 .671 .251 146 4 4 5 7 4 1
1989 30 DET AL 18 297 260 49 75 10 2 14 5 3 31 23 .288 .367 .504 .871 .272 131 9 2 3 1 3 2
7 Yrs 208 4305 3860 518 997 166 31 110 113 34 361 580 .258 .321 .403 .724 .277 1555 66 12 38 33 26 43
162 Game Avg. 41 841 754 101 195 32 6 21 22 7 71 113 .258 .321 .403 .724 .277 304 13 2 7 6 5 8
MLB Averages .258 .324 .390 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1983 24 PHI NL 4.2 0.4 746 0.1 11.9 -11.7 .97 1.3 -1.1 4.1 0.4 0.97 6.8 0 0 0
1984 25 PHI NL -13.2 -1.4 785 -1.5 12.5 -14.0 1.01 -0.9 -0.6 -17.6 -1.8 1.01 -9.6 0 0 0
1985 26 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 864 0.3 13.9 -13.7 .95 -0.9 1.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.95 -11.2 3 3 6
1986 27 PHI NL -15.6 -1.6 671 -2.3 9.9 -12.2 .94 -2.0 -0.5 -18.8 -1.9 0.94 -20.2 1 3 6
1987 28 NYY AL 17.0 1.7 660 1.0 9.9 -8.9 .82 1.2 0.1 20.8 2.1 0.82 15.2 4 6 7
1988 29 NYY AL -3.3 -0.3 460 0.5 7.6 -7.1 1.01 0.6 -0.2 6.3 0.6 1.01 9.2 7 2 7
1989 30 DET AL -16.9 -1.6 308 -1.8 4.2 -6.0 .90 -1.4 -0.6 -16.1 -1.6 0.90 -16.2 2 2 7
7 Yrs -29.3 -2.9 4494 -3.7 69.9 -73.6 .95 -2.0 -1.9 -25.4 -2.5 0.95 -25.9 17 16 33

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 24 PHI NL 26 26 8 8 10 1 4 15 11 .577 4 2 3 0 15 58% 53.5 77 30 18 5 9 7 5.0 5.0 6.5
1984 25 PHI NL 30 30 9 11 10 2 2 11 19 .367 3 7 1 1 16 53% 48.6 70 23 18 9 1 11 3.9 3.5 5.8
1985 26 PHI NL 38 26 8 11 7 3 4 13 13 .500 3 4 3 0 15 58% 51.8 82 5 21 7 2 11 4.8 4.2 6.8
1986 27 PHI NL 33 23 6 10 7 1 3 9 14 .391 4 2 0 0 11 48% 44.0 72 21 23 8 1 5 4.0 4.8 5.4
1987 28 NYY AL 35 16 6 5 5 0 0 7 9 .438 1 3 6 2 6 38% 50.4 81 25 21 6 1 6 5.5 5.1 6.1
1988 29 NYY AL 28 12 4 4 4 0 1 6 6 .500 2 0 1 0 6 50% 47.2 73 -2 15 10 1 8 5.1 5.9 5.6 87 4 4 4 0 113
1989 30 DET AL 18 7 1 3 3 1 1 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 1 14% 39.6 50 26 12 6 1 3 4.1 5.0 5.9 94 0 5 2 0 109
7 Yrs 208 140 42 52 46 8 15 63 77 .450 17 19 14 3 70 50% 49 82 -2 128 51 16 51 4.6 4.6 6.1 90 4 9 6 0 113
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -5 4.4 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 26 PHI NL 38 12 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 17% 8 .951 3 3 6 1 2 9 3 9 6 3 8 1 4.3
1986 27 PHI NL 33 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .944 1 3 6 0 2 8 0 10 7 0 7 0 6.1
1987 28 NYY AL 35 19 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 4 29% 5 .823 4 6 7 2 3 14 11 8 14 3 14 2 8.9
1988 29 NYY AL 28 16 10 2 2 2 2 0 100% 3 1 18 5 28% 8 1.009 7 2 7 5 2 9 9 7 10 0 10 2 7.3 36
1989 30 DET AL 18 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 .900 2 2 7 0 2 9 5 6 7 3 8 0 6.9 41
5 Yrs 152 68 30 8 8 2 2 0 100% 5 2 47 11 23% .924 17 16 33 8 11 49 28 40 44 9 47 5 7.0 38

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 24 PHI NL 701 44% 1.9% 14.4% 7.6% 6.4% 29% 0.92 75% 108 8 7%
1984 25 PHI NL 748 47% 1.6% 12.6% 7.0% 6.4% 27% 0.75 78% 123 9 7%
1985 26 PHI NL 833 49% 2.8% 14.7% 8.9% 7.8% 35% 0.78 73% 153 11 7%
1986 27 PHI NL 638 43% 3.1% 12.9% 9.1% 7.4% 29% 0.95 73% 111 12 11%
1987 28 NYY AL 641 54% 3.0% 15.6% 8.9% 6.9% 32% 0.66 72% 120 13 11%
1988 29 NYY AL 447 53% 2.0% 13.0% 8.1% 7.2% 34% 0.40 0.42 75% 16% 8.3% 55% 76 4 5%
1989 30 DET AL 297 48% 4.7% 7.7% 10.4% 8.8% 35% 0.65 0.98 75% 18% 10.8% 9% 64 9 14%
7 Yrs 4305 48% 2.6% 13.5% 8.4% 7.1% 31% 0.50 0.76 74% 17% 9.6% 38% 755 66 9%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.6% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.8% 29% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 NYY AL 448 1632 3.64 1024 63% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 3% 47% 83% 55% 4% 20 7 19% 87 38 5 17% 7 9 -1 1 0
1989 30 DET AL 297 1106 3.72 638 58% 26% 10% 26% 38% 74% 2% 43% 86% 53% 7% 21 11 15% 45 13 2 23% 2 7 0 0 2
2 Yrs 745 2738 3.68 1662 61% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 2% 45% 84% 54% 6% 41 18 18% 132 51 7 19% 9 16 -1 1 2
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 24 PHI NL 701 158 13 0 2 5 8 9 4 28 16 1 57% 7 4 1 245 28 11 72% 27 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 13 0
1984 25 PHI NL 748 181 12 0 9 7 5 5 7 38 28 3 74% 11 1 0 275 24 5 83% 24 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1985 26 PHI NL 833 188 23 0 13 14 9 14 9 42 21 9 50% 12 4 1 296 19 3 86% 18 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 14 0
1986 27 PHI NL 638 165 20 0 4 9 11 7 13 27 13 4 48% 6 2 0 239 24 3 89% 22 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1987 28 NYY AL 641 137 19 1 14 12 7 11 8 30 15 5 50% 4 5 2 217 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
1988 29 NYY AL 447 93 8 2 9 1 20 8 1 2 7 29 14 5 48% 1 4 0 144 6 2 75% 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1989 30 DET AL 297 75 5 0 14 2 6 8 6 3 11 16 10 1 63% 2 3 1 103 5 3 63% 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 Yrs 4305 997 13 2 110 4 68 63 47 51 59 210 117 28 56% 43 23 5 1519 113 34 77% 107 29 6 3 0 2 8 3 84 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1983 24 8 8 .500 3.35 26 26 0 3 0 0 169.1 158 73 63 13 53 6 101 0 3 4 701 108 1.246 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.4 1.91 108
1984 25 17 19 .472 3.70 56 56 0 4 1 0 343.0 339 174 141 25 105 10 195 2 7 5 1449 98 1.294 8.9 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.86 98
1985 26 25 32 .439 3.73 94 82 7 7 1 0 536.0 527 266 222 48 179 17 317 3 10 9 2282 98 1.317 8.8 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.77 98
1986 27 32 42 .432 3.98 127 105 9 7 1 0 680.0 692 353 301 68 237 18 399 3 12 11 2920 93 1.366 9.2 0.9 3.1 5.3 1.68 93
1987 28 43 49 .467 3.91 162 121 16 13 3 0 834.2 829 416 363 87 294 19 499 6 12 16 3561 98 1.345 8.9 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.70 98
1988 29 49 55 .471 3.98 190 133 26 14 3 2 941.0 922 469 416 96 330 23 557 10 13 20 4008 97 1.330 8.8 0.9 3.2 5.3 1.69 97
1989 30 50 60 .455 4.14 208 140 30 14 3 2 1007.2 997 518 463 110 361 26 580 12 13 23 4305 93 1.348 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.2 1.61 93

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 24 9 8 .529 3.80 161.0 164 76 68 13 55 96 0 1.360 9.2 3.1 5.4 1.75 0.7 26
1984 25 8 10 .444 4.50 168.0 188 93 84 12 54 91 2 1.440 10.1 2.9 4.9 1.69 0.6 30
1985 26 10 10 .500 4.07 188.0 193 94 85 24 76 119 1 1.431 9.2 3.6 5.7 1.57 1.1 38
1986 27 6 9 .400 5.22 138.0 166 89 80 20 58 79 0 1.623 10.8 3.8 5.2 1.36 1.3 33
1987 28 9 7 .563 3.62 149.0 135 67 60 19 56 96 3 1.282 8.2 3.4 5.8 1.71 1.1 35
1988 29 4 7 .364 5.07 103.0 97 64 58 9 38 56 4 1.311 8.5 3.3 4.9 1.47 0.8 28
1989 30 1 5 .167 7.67 61.0 79 58 52 15 33 21 2 1.836 11.7 4.9 3.1 0.64 2.2 18
7 Yrs 47 56 .456 4.53 968.0 1022 541 487 112 370 558 12 1.438 9.5 5.2 1.51 1.0 208

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  23 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL  13 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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