Jim Hughes
James Robert Hughes
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
Final Game: August 27, 1957
Died: August 12, 2001 in Chicago, IL
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Standard Pitching

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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 79 253 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 2 372 123 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 97 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 74 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 77 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 35 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67
6 Seasons 15 13 .536 3.83 172 1 90 0 0 39 296.0 278 143 126 30 152 7 165 5 1 11 1289 106 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 4 507 106 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 120 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 35 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 110 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 35 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 3.6 0.67

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
1956 33 CHC NL 25 206 166 35 43 4 0 4 4 2 30 20 .259 .379 .355 .735 .269 59 4 4 3 3 5
1956 33 TOT NL 30 254 209 42 53 4 1 7 5 2 34 28 .254 .364 .383 .747 .260 80 6 4 4 3 6
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
4 Seasons 118 838 713 106 182 26 3 24 7 7 100 108 .255 .346 .401 .747 .267 286 20 4 11 10 7
162 Game Avg. 67 479 407 61 104 15 2 14 4 4 57 62 .255 .346 .401 .747 .267 163 11 2 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
1 Season 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 31 BRO NL 60 60 41 8 4 33 24 9 73% 35 1 74 30 41% 9 1.943 38 11 11 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 1.309 8 8 7 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% 0.550 3 4 17 1 3 20 9 15 16 4 16 4 5.5
1956 33 BRO NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 1 0.269 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% 0.625 3 2 14 1 3 15 7 12 12 4 12 4 5.2
1957 34 CHW AL 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 0.517 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 3.8
4 Seasons 118 117 68 9 8 43 30 13 70% 46 2 104 48 46% 1.358 50 23 38 46 18 48 57 55 66 22 68 23 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1953 30 BRO NL
1954 31 BRO NL 373 41% 1.9% 15.6% 11.8% 5.9% 29% 0.74 69% 67 9 13%
1955 32 BRO NL 182 37% 5.5% 11.0% 10.4% 10.4% 46% 0.83 72% 30 5 17%
1956 33 TOT NL 254 34% 2.8% 11.0% 13.4% 4.7% 23% 0.87 70% 42 6 14%
1956 33 BRO NL 48 31% 6.3% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 40% 0.69 67% 10 2 20%
1956 33 CHC NL 206 34% 1.9% 9.7% 14.6% 3.9% 19% 0.92 70% 32 4 13%
1957 34 CHW AL 29 34% 0.0% 6.9% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 83% 14 0 0%
6 Seasons 838 38% 3.6% 19.7% 18.1% 6.3% 19% 0.79 71% 153 20 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 16 0 1
1953 30 BRO NL 80 6 2
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 229 53 7 0 8 2 4 3 3 12 4 0 33% 1 1 0 87 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 25
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 181 43 4 0 6 1 2 2 1 10 3 0 30% 1 1 0 71 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 25
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 Seasons 813 278 30 0 34 14 9 11 12 59 30 4 51% 10 11 0 328 7 7 50% 6 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 25
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 79 253 1.446 7.7 0.0 5.3 3.9 0.73 253
1953 30 6 4 .600 3.11 54 0 22 0 0 9 104.1 96 37 36 6 52 57 1 0 3 451 134 1.419 8.3 0.5 4.5 4.9 1.10 134
1954 31 14 8 .636 3.16 114 0 63 0 0 33 191.0 172 73 67 13 96 115 1 0 7 824 131 1.403 8.1 0.6 4.5 5.4 1.20 131
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 123 1.404 8.2 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.17 123
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 110 1.426 8.2 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09 110
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 106 1.453 8.5 0.9 4.6 5.0 1.09 106

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.27 88.0 80 36 32 6 41 50 1 1.375 8.2 4.2 5.1 1.22 0.6 48
1954 31 6 3 .667 3.13 89.0 79 34 31 7 46 60 0 1.404 8.0 4.7 6.1 1.30 0.7 60
1955 32 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 43 22 20 10 20 20 0 1.465 9.0 4.2 4.2 1.00 2.1 24
1956 33 2 4 .333 5.62 56.0 56 39 35 7 36 27 4 1.643 9.0 5.8 4.3 0.75 1.1 30
1957 34 0 0 12.60 5.0 13 8 7 0 3 2 0 3.200 23.4 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.0 4
6 Seasons 17 13 .567 3.85 299.0 288 142 128 30 158 167 5 1.492 8.7 5.0 1.06 0.9 172

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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