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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 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
1952 29 BRO NL 2 1 .667 1.45 6 0 2 0 0 0 18.2 16 4 3 0 11 8 0 0 1 79 258 1.446 7.7 0.0 5.3 3.9 0.73
1953 30 BRO NL 4 3 .571 3.47 48 0 20 0 0 9 85.2 80 33 33 6 41 49 1 0 2 372 124 1.412 8.4 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.20
1954 31 BRO NL 8 4 .667 3.22 60 0 41 0 0 24 86.2 76 36 31 7 44 58 0 0 4 373 128 1.385 7.9 0.7 4.6 6.0 1.32
1955 32 BRO NL 0 2 .000 4.22 24 0 15 0 0 6 42.2 41 22 20 10 19 1 20 0 0 3 182 98 1.406 8.6 2.1 4.0 4.2 1.05
1956 33 TOT NL 1 3 .250 5.18 30 1 10 0 0 0 57.1 53 42 33 7 34 6 28 4 1 1 254 75 1.517 8.3 1.1 5.3 4.4 0.82
1956 33 BRO NL 0 0 5.25 5 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 8 0 0 0 48 79 1.167 7.5 2.3 3.0 6.0 2.00
1956 33 CHC NL 1 3 .250 5.16 25 1 8 0 0 0 45.1 43 35 26 4 30 5 20 4 1 1 206 74 1.610 8.5 0.8 6.0 4.0 0.67
1957 34 CHW AL 0 0 10.80 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 12 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 29 38 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67
6 Yrs 15 13 .536 3.83 172 1 90 0 0 39 296.0 278 143 126 30 152 7 165 5 1 11 1289 107 1.453 8.5 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .536 3.83 68 0 35 0 0 15 116 109 56 50 12 60 65 2 0 4 507 107 1.453 8.5 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09
BRO (5 yrs) 14 10 .583 3.44 143 0 80 0 0 39 245.2 223 102 94 26 119 2 143 1 0 10 1054 121 1.392 8.2 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.20
CHC (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.16 25 1 8 0 0 0 45.1 43 35 26 4 30 5 20 4 1 1 206 74 1.610 8.5 0.8 6.0 4.0 0.67
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 10.80 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 12 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 29 38 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67
NL (5 yrs) 15 13 .536 3.71 168 1 88 0 0 39 291.0 266 137 120 30 149 7 163 5 1 11 1260 111 1.426 8.2 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09
AL (1 yr) 0 0 10.80 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 12 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 29 38 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67

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
1952 29 BRO NL 18.2 6 0 4 1.93 3.86 0.11 0.00 95.9 3.60 3 0.4 1.8 0.1 0.7 5 .567 .502 $
1953 30 BRO NL 85.2 48 0 33 3.47 4.55 0.33 0.00 100.6 4.24 8 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.5 18 .517 .505 $
1954 31 BRO NL 86.2 60 0 36 3.74 4.59 0.15 0.00 100.5 4.46 7 0.8 2.3 0.3 1.9 17 .513 .505 $
1955 32 BRO NL 42.2 24 0 22 4.64 4.47 0.42 0.00 100.4 4.07 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.1 2 .492 .499 $
1956 33 BRO NL 12.0 5 0 7 5.25 4.52 0.50 0.00 106.4 4.28 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .499 $
1956 33 CHC NL 45.1 25 1 35 6.95 4.49 0.26 0.00 101.6 4.29 -12 -1.3 .7 0.1 -0.7 -9 .449 .492 $
1957 34 CHW AL 5.0 4 0 6 10.80 4.26 0.57 0.00 100.1 3.70 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .402 .498 $
6 Seasons 296.0 172 1 143 4.35 4.49 0.28 0.00 100.6 4.24 -0 -0.0 1.6 0.3 3.0 29 .500 .500 $
BRO (5 yrs) 245.2 143 0 102 3.74 4.50 0.28 0.00 100.5 4.24 16 1.7 1.7 0.2 4.2 42 .512 .502 $
CHC (1 yr) 45.1 25 1 35 6.95 4.49 0.26 0.00 101.6 4.29 -12 -1.3 .7 0.1 -0.7 -9 .449 .492 $
CHW (1 yr) 5.0 4 0 6 10.80 4.26 0.57 0.00 100.1 3.70 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .402 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1953 30 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1 WS 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00

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
1952 29 BRO NL 6 79 68 4 16 2 0 0 1 1 11 8 .235 .342 .265 .606 .267 18 2 0 0 0 1
1953 30 BRO NL 48 372 326 33 80 12 2 6 0 0 41 49 .245 .332 .350 .681 .273 114 6 1 4 0 0
1954 31 BRO NL 60 373 318 36 76 13 2 7 1 4 44 58 .239 .326 .358 .685 .266 114 9 0 5 6 6
1955 32 BRO NL 24 182 160 22 41 9 0 10 1 1 19 20 .256 .333 .500 .833 .237 80 5 0 2 1 1 3
1956 33 TOT NL 30 236 209 42 53 4 1 7 5 2 34 28 .254 .364 .383 .747 .260 80 6 4 4 3 6 1
1956 33 BRO NL 5 48 43 7 10 0 1 3 1 0 4 8 .233 .298 .488 .786 .219 21 2 0 1 0 1 0
1956 33 CHC NL 25 188 166 35 43 4 0 4 4 2 30 20 .259 .379 .355 .735 .269 59 4 4 3 3 5 1
1957 34 CHW AL 4 29 26 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .462 .517 .462 .979 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 172 1271 1107 143 278 40 5 30 8 8 152 165 .251 .341 .378 .719 .269 418 28 5 15 10 7 11
162 Game Avg. 68 500 435 56 109 16 2 12 3 3 60 65 .251 .341 .378 .719 .269 164 11 2 6 4 4
MLB Averages .259 .331 .386 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 29 BRO NL 4.6 0.5 83 0.6 2.3 -1.7 1.45 0.2 0.2 6.9 0.8 1.45 3.2 4 1 1
1953 30 BRO NL 9.9 1.0 374 1.8 8.0 -6.2 1.15 1.1 0.4 8.7 0.8 1.15 13.7 15 15 17
1954 31 BRO NL 8.2 0.8 387 3.4 13.7 -10.3 1.91 0.8 1.0 7.7 0.8 1.91 7.2 37 12 10
1955 32 BRO NL -0.2 -0.0 187 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 1.28 -0.5 0.5 -2.3 -0.2 1.28 -3.2 8 8 6
1956 33 TOT NL -9.9 -1.0 247 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 .51 0.1 -1.6 -11.5 -1.1 0.51 -0.5 3 3 19
1956 33 BRO NL -1.0 -0.1 50 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .25 0.1 -0.9 -3.6 -0.3 0.25 -0.1 0 2 3
1956 33 CHC NL -8.9 -0.9 197 -0.6 1.7 -2.2 .58 0.0 -1.0 -7.8 -0.8 0.58 -0.4 3 1 16
1957 34 CHW AL -3.5 -0.3 29 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .50 -0.3 -1.0 -5.6 -0.5 0.50 -4.1 1 0 3
6 Yrs 9.1 0.9 1307 4.2 30.2 -26.0 1.28 1.4 1.9 3.9 0.5 1.28 16.5 68 39 56

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
1956 33 TOT NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
1956 33 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
1 Yr 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

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
1952 29 BRO NL 6 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 4 1.449 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 5 0 5 1 9.3
1953 30 BRO NL 48 48 20 4 3 11 9 2 82% 12 0 40 14 35% 4 1.154 15 15 17 17 4 27 23 25 25 15 26 14 5.4
1954 31 BRO NL 60 60 41 8 4 33 24 9 73% 35 1 74 30 41% 9 1.908 37 12 10 35 13 12 38 22 32 14 33 17 4.3
1955 32 BRO NL 24 24 15 0 2 8 6 2 75% 9 1 14 5 36% 8 1.282 8 8 6 9 2 13 9 15 16 3 17 1 5.3
1956 33 TOT NL 30 29 10 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 11 79% .511 3 3 19 1 3 21 9 16 16 4 17 4 5.5
1956 33 BRO NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 1 .245 0 2 3 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 4 0 7.2
1956 33 CHC NL 25 24 8 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 7 70% 6 .579 3 1 16 1 3 16 7 13 12 4 13 4 5.2
1957 34 CHW AL 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 .500 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 3.8
6 Yrs 172 171 90 15 12 55 39 16 71% 59 2 149 63 42% 1.278 68 39 56 65 24 78 82 85 96 37 100 38 5.1

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%
1952 29 BRO NL 79 53% 0.0% 10.1% 13.9% 2.5% 13% 0.53 76% 17 2 12%
1953 30 BRO NL 372 58% 1.6% 13.2% 11.0% 5.4% 25% 0.80 73% 84 6 7%
1954 31 BRO NL 373 59% 1.9% 15.6% 11.8% 5.9% 29% 0.74 69% 67 9 13%
1955 32 BRO NL 182 63% 5.5% 11.0% 10.4% 10.4% 46% 0.83 72% 30 5 17%
1956 33 TOT NL 254 67% 3.0% 11.9% 14.4% 5.1% 23% 0.88 75% 43 6 14%
1956 33 BRO NL 48 69% 6.3% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 40% 0.69 67% 10 2 20%
1956 33 CHC NL 206 66% 2.1% 10.6% 16.0% 4.3% 19% 0.94 77% 33 4 12%
1957 34 CHW AL 29 66% 0.0% 6.9% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 83% 14 0 0%
6 Yrs 1289 60% 2.4% 13.0% 12.0% 5.9% 27% 0.78 73% 255 28 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.2% 9.9% 6.7% 27% 0.96 81% 11%

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
1952 29 BRO NL 79 16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 1 1 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1953 30 BRO NL 372 80 6 1 19 2 4 3 3 27 14 6 52% 0 2 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1954 31 BRO NL 373 76 7 0 22 5 2 3 4 35 20 3 57% 6 4 0 151 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 32 BRO NL 182 41 10 0 3 7 3 5 5 5 2 0 40% 3 3 0 72 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1956 33 TOT NL 236 53 7 0 8 2 4 3 3 12 4 0 33% 1 1 0 89 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 18
1956 33 BRO NL 48 10 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1956 33 CHC NL 188 43 4 0 6 1 2 2 1 10 3 0 30% 1 1 0 73 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 18
1957 34 CHW AL 29 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 57% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1271 278 30 1 57 16 13 14 15 92 47 10 51% 11 11 0 516 8 8 50% 7 7 1 0 0 1 4 0 25 18
MLB Averages 51% 55%

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+
1952 29 2 1 .667 1.45 6 0 2 0 0 0 18.2 16 4 3 0 11 8 0 0 1 79 258 1.446 7.7 0.0 5.3 3.9 0.73 258
1953 30 6 4 .600 3.11 54 0 22 0 0 9 104.1 96 37 36 6 52 57 1 0 3 451 135 1.419 8.3 0.5 4.5 4.9 1.10 135
1954 31 14 8 .636 3.16 114 0 63 0 0 33 191.0 172 73 67 13 96 115 1 0 7 824 132 1.403 8.1 0.6 4.5 5.4 1.20 132
1955 32 14 10 .583 3.35 138 0 78 0 0 39 233.2 213 95 87 23 115 1 135 1 0 10 1006 124 1.404 8.2 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.17 124
1956 33 15 13 .536 3.71 168 1 88 0 0 39 291.0 266 137 120 30 149 7 163 5 1 11 1260 111 1.426 8.2 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09 111
1957 34 15 13 .536 3.83 172 1 90 0 0 39 296.0 278 143 126 30 152 7 165 5 1 11 1289 107 1.453 8.5 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09 107

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
1952 29 2 0 1.000 1.50 18.0 17 3 3 0 12 8 0 1.611 8.5 6.0 4.0 0.67 0.0 6
1953 30 5 4 .556 3.31 87.0 81 36 32 6 42 50 1 1.414 8.4 4.3 5.2 1.19 0.6 48
1954 31 6 3 .667 3.10 90.0 78 34 31 7 45 60 0 1.367 7.8 4.5 6.0 1.33 0.7 60
1955 32 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 42 22 20 10 19 20 0 1.419 8.8 4.0 4.2 1.05 2.1 24
1956 33 2 4 .333 5.63 56.0 56 39 35 7 36 28 4 1.643 9.0 5.8 4.5 0.78 1.1 30
1957 34 0 0 10.80 5.0 13 7 6 0 3 2 0 3.200 23.4 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.0 4
6 Yrs 17 13 .567 3.82 299.0 287 141 127 30 157 168 5 1.485 8.6 5.1 1.07 0.9 172

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL  48 (7th)
1954 NL  60 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1953 NL  9 (3rd)
1954 NL  24 (1st)
1955 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 NL  20 (10th)
1954 NL  41 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 NL  1.8 (10th)
1954 NL  3.4 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 NL  1.1 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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