Jim Hughes

James Robert Hughes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 21, 1923 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1952
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/WhiteSox 1952-1957

Final Game: August 27, 1957
Died: August 13, 2001 in Palos Heights, IL
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Worth, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1946	23	CHW-min	D	31	60	60		11	1	0	0						.183	.183	.200	.383		12							MSV · KITL
1947	24	CHW-min	B	34	70	70		11	0	1	0						.157	.157	.186	.343		13							WLO · IIIL
1948	25	CHW-min	A,AAA	38	87	87	0	25	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	.287	.287	.379	.667		33		0	0				MKG,DEN,HOL · CENL,WL,PCL
1949	26	LAD-min	C,AAA	33	78	76	2	20	3	0	0	1	0		2	1	.263	.282	.303	.585		23		0	0				SNB,HOL · CALL,PCL
1950	27	LAD-min	AAA	25	41	39	3	9	2	0	0	2	0		0	4	.231	.231	.256	.487		10		0	2				MTL,HOL,STP · IL,PCL,AA
1951	28	LAD-min	AAA	28	38	36	2	6	0	0	0	3	0		1	5	.167	.189	.167	.356		6		0	1				MTL · IL
1952	29	LAD-min	AAA	46	23	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.136	.136	.136	.273		3		0	1				MTL · IL
1952	29	BRO	NL	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1			/1
1953	30	BRO	NL	48	15	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	48	4	0	0	1			1
1954	31	BRO	NL	60	17	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.188	.188	.188	.375	-3	3	2	0	1	0		1
1955	32	LAD-min	AAA	9	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							STP · AA
1955	32	BRO	NL	24	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	33	TOT	NL	30	9	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.333	.556	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	33	BRO	NL	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	33	CHC	NL	25	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	90	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	34	LAD-min	Opn	45	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0			LOS · PCL
1957	34	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	35	CHW-BAL-min	AAA	62	15	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.231	.286	.231	.516		3	0	0	1	0	0		INA,VAN · AA,PCL
6 Yrs				172	56	53	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	-6	10	2	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	53	50	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	-6	9	2	0	3

BRO (5 yrs)				143	49	46	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.152	.152	.152	.304	-21	7	2	0	3	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				25	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	90	3	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				168	56	53	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	-6	10	2	0	3	0	0
AL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	29	BRO	NL	6	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	30	BRO	NL	48	15	-1	0	0	0	2	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1954	31	BRO	NL	60	17	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1955	32	BRO	NL	24	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1956	33	BRO	NL	5	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
1956	33	CHC	NL	25	7	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1957	34	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				172	56	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

BRO (5 yrs)				143	49	-9	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				25	7	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1952	29	BRO	NL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.264	.000	.337	.000	.392	.000	.730	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1953	30	BRO	NL	15	11	1	2.4	113	.308	.286	.278	.286	.350	.286	.433	.571	.782	48	.219	-1.1	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
1954	31	BRO	NL	17	16	1	1.7	113	.231	.188	.279	.188	.351	.188	.431	.375	.782	-3	.128	-2.5	-0.2	.200	.000	.000
1955	32	BRO	NL	10	10	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.428	.000	.770	-100	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1956	33	TOT	NL	9	7	1	3.8	104	.250	.222	.265	.222	.332	.333	.419	.556	.752	46	.429	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.111	.111
1956	33	BRO	NL	2	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.342	.000	.433	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1956	33	CHC	NL	7	5	1	5.3	102	.286	.286	.263	.286	.330	.429	.415	.714	.745	90	.581	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
6 Yrs				56	49	3	1.6	109	.200	.170	.274	.170	.345	.189	.426	.358	.771	-6	.127	-8.4	-0.8	.217	.019	.019
162 Game Avg.				53	46	3	1.6	109	.200	.170	.274	.170	.345	.189	.426	.358	.771	-6	.127	-8.4	-0.8	.217	.019	.019

BRO (5 yrs)				49	44	2	1.2	110	.184	.152	.275	.152	.347	.152	.428	.304	.775	-21	.077	-8.3	-0.8	.171	.000	.000
CHC (1 yr)				7	5	1	5.3	102	.286	.286	.263	.286	.330	.429	.415	.714	.745	90	.581	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	30	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	29	BRO	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				60%
1953	30	BRO	NL	15	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		14.0		14.0	9.00	87%
1954	31	BRO	NL	17	0.0%	17.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3			12.00	76%
1955	32	BRO	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			7.00	80%
1956	33	TOT	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	11.1%	50%		9.0		9.0	0.50	89%
1956	33	BRO	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1956	33	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	50%				7.0	0.67	100%
6 Yrs				56	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	1.8%	11%		6.6		26.5	4.86	80%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.2%	6.5%	28%	1.23	7.8	40.7	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	29	BRO	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.30	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.84	-1.2	1.34	1
1953	30	BRO	NL	-1.1	-0.1	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.00	-1.5		0
1954	31	BRO	NL	-2.5	-0.2	17	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	.89	-0.3	-0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.98	-3.6		0
1955	32	BRO	NL	-2.9	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.67	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.73	-2.9		0
1956	33	TOT	NL	-0.7	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.60	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.76	-0.4		0
1956	33	BRO	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5		0
1956	33	CHC	NL	-0.1	-0.0	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.64	-0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.77	0.1		0
1957	34	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-8.4	-0.8	56	-0.9	0.1	-1.1	.83	-0.9	-0.3	-9.6	-0.9	0.89	-9.7	1.34	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	29	BRO	NL		0		0	0	0	0	0
1953	30	BRO	NL	25%	8		0	0	0	0	0
1954	31	BRO	NL	100%	8	67%	1	1	2	0	2
1955	32	BRO	NL		1		0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	TOT	NL	100%	3	0%	1	1	1	1	0
1956	33	BRO	NL		0		0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	CHC	NL	100%	3	0%	1	1	1	1	0
6 Yrs				67%	20	40%	2	2	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	29	BRO	NL	5	20%	0			1	0	0	0	1.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	30	BRO	NL	15	20%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	31	BRO	NL	17	24%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	32	BRO	NL	10	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	33	TOT	NL	9	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	33	BRO	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1956	33	CHC	NL	7	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				56	18%	9			1	0	0	0	1.34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	10	2	20%	9	2	22%	30	2	7%	4	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	29	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
1953	30	54	20	18	1	4	0	1	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	4	0	2
1954	31	114	37	34	4	7	0	1	5	.206	.206	.206	.412	7	7	2	3	0
1955	32	138	47	44	4	7	0	1	7	.159	.159	.159	.318	-17	7	2	3	0	0
1956	33	168	56	53	6	9	1	2	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	-6	10	2	3	0	0
1957	34	172	56	53	6	9	1	2	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	-6	10	2	3	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	29	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1953	30	50	15	14	1	4	0	1	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	48
1954	31	63	19	18	6	4	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	60
1955	32	25	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
1956	33	31	10	10	2	3	2	1	1	.300	.300	.500	.800	1	30
5 Yrs		175	60	57	9	11	2	2	8	.193	.193	.228	.421	3	168
162 Game Avg.		162	56	53	8	10	2	2	7	.193	.193	.228	.421	3	168

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