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Dick Hughes

Richard Henry Hughes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 13, 1938 in Stephens, AR
High School: Byrd HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1966
Team: Cardinals 1966-1968

Final Game: September 28, 1968
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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
1958	20	STL-min	C,D	1	3	.250	4.18	7						28.0	24	17	13		21								1.607	7.7		6.8			WPG,KEK · NORL,MIDW
1959	21	STL-min	C,B	11	5	.688	4.73	26	19					139.0	131	85	73	13	96								1.633	8.5	0.8	6.2			WPG,WSM · NORL,CARL
1960	22	STL-min	AA	10	8	.556	3.71	32	25		10	3		189.0	146	94	78	18	131	3	166	10	0	14			1.466	7.0	0.9	6.2	7.9	1.27	TUL · TL
1961	23	STL-min	AAA	8	14	.364	4.78	29	29					192.0	180	112	102	14	130								1.615	8.4	0.7	6.1			POR · PCL
1962	24	STL-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	3.96	28	13		4	2		116.0	113	65	51	13	60	3	74	6	2	7			1.491	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.23	TUL,ATA · TL,IL
1963	25	TEX-STL-min	AA,AAA	12	6	.667	2.73	31	19					158.0	127	61	48	8	63		159						1.203	7.2	0.5	3.6	9.1	2.52	YOR,TUL,ATA · EL,TL,IL
1964	26	STL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.92	25	22		5	0		142.0	123	56	46	9	60	4	105	11	0	20			1.289	7.8	0.6	3.8	6.7	1.75	JCK · IL
1965	27	STL-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.82	33	24		5	2		158.0	148	83	67	14	64	7	109	6	0	12			1.342	8.4	0.8	3.6	6.2	1.70	JCK · IL
1966	28	NYY-STL-min	AAA,AA	12	8	.600	2.53	31	26		7	2		171.0	132	52	48	7	60	2	193	6	0	10			1.123	6.9	0.4	3.2	10.2	3.22	TOL,ARK,TUL · IL,TL,PCL
1966	28	STL	NL	2	1	.667	1.71	6	2	3	1	1	1	21.0	12	4	4	0	7	3	20	2	0	0	85	215	0.905	5.1	0.0	3.0	8.6	2.86
1967	29	STL	NL	16	6	.727	2.67	37	27	6	12	3	3	222.1	164	72	66	22	48	6	161	5	2	7	871	123	0.954	6.6	0.9	1.9	6.5	3.35	MVP-17,RoY-2
1968	30	STL	NL	2	2	.500	3.53	25	5	8	0	0	4	63.2	45	25	25	7	21	3	49	0	0	1	249	83	1.037	6.4	1.0	3.0	6.9	2.33
1969	31	STL-min	A	1	2	.333	2.31	15	6					35.0	23	13	9	2	12								1.000	5.9	0.5	3.1			SPT · FLOR
3 Yrs				20	9	.690	2.79	68	34	17	13	4	8	307.0	221	101	95	29	76	12	230	7	2	8	1205	116	0.967	6.5	0.9	2.2	6.7	3.03
162 Game Avg.				13	6	.690	2.79	45	23	11	9	3	5	205	147	67	63	19	51	8	153	5	1	5	803	116	0.967	6.5	0.9	2.2	6.7	3.03

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
1966	28	STL	NL	21.0	6	2	4	1.71	4.06	0.27	-0.01	100.8	3.81	5	0.5	2.6	0.1	0.9	7	.591	.503	$
1967	29	STL	NL	222.1	37	27	72	2.91	3.83	0.05	0.05	97.6	3.74	18	2.2	.9	-0.2	4.0	42	.558	.513	$12,500	MVP-17,RoY-2
1968	30	STL	NL	63.2	25	5	25	3.53	3.29	-0.02	-0.09	98.9	3.18	-3	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.483	.497	$25,000
3 Seasons				307.0	68	34	101	2.96	3.73	0.05	0.02	98.1	3.63	19	2.3	1.2	-0.1	5.0	52	.534	.505	$37,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1967	29	STL	NL	WS	W	BOS	1	.000	5.00	2	2	9.0	9	6	5	5	3	7	40	1.333	9.0	5.0	3.0	7.0	2.33
1968	30	STL	NL	WS	L	DET	0		0.00	1	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1	.000	4.82	3	2	9.1	11	6	5	5	3	7	43	1.500	10.6	4.8	2.9	6.8	2.33
2 WS							1	.000	4.82	3	2	9.1	11	6	5	5	3	7	43	1.500	10.6	4.8	2.9	6.8	2.33

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
1966	28	STL	NL	6	85	74	4	12	5	0	0	0	1	7	20	.162	.253	.230	.483	.222	17	0	2	2	0	3	1
1967	29	STL	NL	37	871	807	72	164	28	9	22	6	7	48	161	.203	.251	.342	.593	.226	276	9	5	7	4	6	9
1968	30	STL	NL	25	249	223	25	45	7	2	7	5	1	21	49	.202	.269	.345	.615	.226	77	6	0	4	1	3	0
3 Yrs				68	1205	1104	101	221	40	11	29	11	9	76	230	.200	.255	.335	.590	.226	370	15	7	13	5	12	10
162 Game Avg.				45	803	736	67	147	27	7	19	7	6	51	153	.200	.255	.335	.590	.226	247	10	5	9	3	8	7
MLB Averages																.243	.305	.357	.662	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	28	STL	NL	4.8	0.5	87	0.6	2.6	-2.0	1.76	0.6	-0.2	4.5	0.5	1.76	5.4	3	0	1
1967	29	STL	NL	16.9	1.9	898	3.2	16.6	-13.4	1.04	2.9	0.2	24.5	2.8	1.04	24.8	2	2	6
1968	30	STL	NL	-2.8	-0.3	258	0.5	3.8	-3.3	.86	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.86	4.1	5	2	12
3 Yrs				18.9	2.1	1243	4.4	23.1	-18.7	1.05	3.7	0.4	30.2	3.5	1.05	34.3	10	4	19

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
1966	28	STL	NL	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	1	1	1	50%	67.5	88	47	1	0	1	0	4.2	1.4	7.0
1967	29	STL	NL	37	27	15	6	6	3	3	17	10	.630	3	2	12	3	20	74%	63.6	92	20	18	5	4	6	3.8	4.1	7.8
1968	30	STL	NL	25	5	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	.600	1	0	0	0	2	40%	43.8	65	19	10	4	0	3	4.8	4.5	3.7
3 Yrs				68	34	17	7	10	3	3	22	12	.647	4	3	13	4	23	68%	61	92	19	29	9	5	9	4.0	4.0	7.1
MLB Averages													.500						58%	55	112	0					3.7	3.7	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	28	STL	NL	6	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	50%	2	0	2	1	50%	9	1.757	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	0	5.3
1967	29	STL	NL	37	10	6	1	0	3	3	0	100%	3	0	8	1	13%	9	1.037	2	2	6	3	1	6	6	4	3	2	3	3	3.8
1968	30	STL	NL	25	20	8	1	1	4	4	0	100%	5	1	7	3	43%	6	.857	5	2	12	5	2	13	5	15	16	0	16	1	6.8
3 Yrs				68	34	17	3	2	9	8	1	89%	10	1	17	5	29%		1.051	10	4	19	10	4	20	12	22	21	3	21	4	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	28	STL	NL	85	55%	0.0%	23.5%	8.2%	5.9%	42%	0.75	64%	14	0	0%
1967	29	STL	NL	871	58%	2.5%	18.5%	5.5%	6.8%	36%	0.71	72%	99	9	9%
1968	30	STL	NL	249	61%	2.8%	19.7%	8.4%	6.4%	36%	0.57	67%	39	6	15%
3 Yrs				1205	59%	2.4%	19.1%	6.3%	6.6%	36%	0.68	71%	152	15	10%
MLB Averages					47%	2.0%	15.9%	7.8%	5.9%	27%	1.11	74%			10%

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
1966	28	STL	NL	85	12			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	25%	1	0	0	28	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	29	STL	NL	871	164			22	0	3	14	8	13	9	29	10	7	34%	9	7	2	248	6	7	46%	6	6	0	1	0	0	3	1	18	0
1968	30	STL	NL	249	45			7	1	5	4	3	2	5	14	3	3	21%	0	1	1	69	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
3 Yrs				1205	221			29	1	11	18	11	15	14	51	15	10	29%	10	8	3	345	11	9	55%	10	8	1	1	0	0	4	1	22	0
MLB Averages																		49%							61%

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+
1966	28	2	1	.667	1.71	6	2	3	1	1	1	21.0	12	4	4	0	7	3	20	2	0	0	85	215	0.905	5.1	0.0	3.0	8.6	2.86	215
1967	29	18	7	.720	2.59	43	29	9	13	4	4	243.1	176	76	70	22	55	9	181	7	2	7	956	128	0.949	6.5	0.8	2.0	6.7	3.29	128
1968	30	20	9	.690	2.79	68	34	17	13	4	8	307.0	221	101	95	29	76	12	230	7	2	8	1205	116	0.967	6.5	0.9	2.2	6.7	3.03	116

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1966	28	2	0	1.000	1.71	21.0	12	4	4	0	7	20	2	0.905	5.1	3.0	8.6	2.86	0.0	6
1967	29	13	10	.565	3.35	212.0	179	88	79	24	52	153	5	1.090	7.6	2.2	6.5	2.94	1.0	37
1968	30	2	4	.333	5.21	57.0	52	37	33	8	24	44	0	1.333	8.2	3.8	6.9	1.83	1.3	25
3 Yrs		17	14	.548	3.60	290.0	243	129	116	32	83	217	7	1.124	7.5		6.7	2.61	1.0	68

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1967 NL (17, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1967 NL 2.67 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1967 NL 16 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1967 NL .727 (2nd)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1967 NL 0.954 (1st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1967 NL 6.639 (1st)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1967 NL 1.943 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1967 NL 12 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1967 NL 3 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1967 NL 22 (3rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1967 NL 3.354 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1967 NL 123 (8th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1967 NL 24.55 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1967 NL 3.2 (5th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1967 NL 2.9 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1967 NL 2.8 (7th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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