Jim Hughes
James Michael Hughes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 2, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: St. Bernards (Playa del Rey, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 33rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Final Game: April 19, 1977
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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
1974 22 MIN AL 0 2 .000 5.23 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.1 8 8 6 2 4 0 8 0 1 1 42 72 1.161 7.0 1.7 3.5 7.0 2.00
1975 23 MIN AL 16 14 .533 3.82 37 34 1 12 2 0 249.2 241 119 106 17 127 3 130 13 2 10 1100 101 1.474 8.7 0.6 4.6 4.7 1.02
1976 24 MIN AL 9 14 .391 4.98 37 26 8 3 0 0 177.0 190 113 98 17 73 2 87 8 2 9 770 72 1.486 9.7 0.9 3.7 4.4 1.19
1977 25 MIN AL 0 0 2.08 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 194 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
4 Seasons 25 30 .455 4.30 78 62 11 16 2 0 441.1 443 241 211 36 205 5 226 21 5 20 1930 87 1.468 9.0 0.7 4.2 4.6 1.10
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .455 4.30 38 30 5 8 1 0 214 215 117 102 17 100 2 110 10 2 10 937 87 1.468 9.0 0.7 4.2 4.6 1.10

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
1974 22 MIN AL 2 42 37 8 8 0 0 2 1 2 4 8 .216 .293 .378 .671 .222 14 0 0 1 0 0
1975 23 MIN AL 37 1100 946 119 241 29 9 17 27 13 127 130 .255 .350 .358 .708 .279 339 22 13 11 3 3
1976 24 MIN AL 37 770 676 113 190 33 2 17 16 8 73 87 .281 .354 .411 .765 .298 278 23 8 5 8 2
1977 25 MIN AL 2 18 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .278 .250 .528 .250 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 78 1930 1675 241 443 62 11 36 44 23 205 226 .264 .350 .379 .729 .286 635 45 21 17 12 5
162 Game Avg. 38 937 814 117 215 30 5 17 21 11 100 110 .264 .350 .379 .729 .286 308 22 10 8 6 2
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
1974 22 MIN AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 51 77 24 1 1 0 2 2.0 2.0 5.2
1975 23 MIN AL 37 34 15 14 5 0 2 16 18 .471 1 2 12 2 17 50% 51 83 13 36 10 21 3 4.2 4.1 7.1
1976 24 MIN AL 37 26 7 13 6 3 4 11 15 .423 2 1 3 0 10 38% 44 80 18 24 11 12 8 4.8 6.1 6.0
3 Seasons 76 62 22 29 11 3 7 27 35 .435 3 3 16 2 28 45% 48 83 13 61 22 33 13 4.4 4.8 6.6
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
1975 23 MIN AL 37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1.115 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 9.3
1976 24 MIN AL 37 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 8 0.867 2 2 6 0 2 9 8 3 8 2 8 0 5.8
1977 25 MIN AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.033 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5
3 Seasons 76 16 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29% 1.004 4 2 9 1 3 12 12 4 11 3 11 0 6.6

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%
1974 22 MIN AL 42 48% 4.8% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 25% 2.33 64% 8 0 0%
1975 23 MIN AL 1100 47% 1.6% 11.8% 11.6% 5.0% 23% 1.39 73% 219 22 10%
1976 24 MIN AL 770 41% 2.2% 11.3% 9.5% 6.8% 27% 1.09 75% 151 23 15%
1977 25 MIN AL 18 50% 0.0% 5.6% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 0.20 89% 7 0 0%
4 Seasons 1930 45% 1.9% 11.7% 10.6% 5.7% 25% 1.25 74% 385 45 12%
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
1974 22 MIN AL 42 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 12 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
1975 23 MIN AL 1100 241 17 0 28 12 5 11 6 78 35 10 45% 20 10 2 416 27 13 68% 24 11 2 0 1 2 6 2 22 0
1976 24 MIN AL 770 190 17 0 18 10 7 6 11 48 28 6 58% 11 9 2 293 16 8 67% 15 6 1 1 0 1 6 0 31 0
1977 25 MIN AL 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1930 443 36 0 46 24 12 19 17 132 67 16 51% 32 20 4 732 44 23 66% 40 18 3 1 1 4 13 3 57 0
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+
1974 22 0 2 .000 5.23 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.1 8 8 6 2 4 0 8 0 1 1 42 72 1.161 7.0 1.7 3.5 7.0 2.00 72
1975 23 16 16 .500 3.88 39 36 1 13 2 0 260.0 249 127 112 19 131 3 138 13 3 11 1142 100 1.462 8.6 0.7 4.5 4.8 1.05 100
1976 24 25 30 .455 4.32 76 62 9 16 2 0 437.0 439 240 210 36 204 5 225 21 5 20 1912 87 1.471 9.0 0.7 4.2 4.6 1.10 87
1977 25 25 30 .455 4.30 78 62 11 16 2 0 441.1 443 241 211 36 205 5 226 21 5 20 1930 87 1.468 9.0 0.7 4.2 4.6 1.10 87

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
1974 22 0 1 .000 6.30 10.0 9 8 7 2 4 8 0 1.300 8.1 3.6 7.2 2.00 1.8 2
1975 23 12 14 .462 4.33 237.0 251 127 114 18 132 123 14 1.616 9.5 5.0 4.7 0.93 0.7 37
1976 24 5 12 .294 6.37 161.0 204 127 114 18 78 79 9 1.752 11.4 4.4 4.4 1.01 1.0 37
1977 25 0 0 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 0.0 2
4 Seasons 17 27 .386 5.16 412.0 468 263 236 38 215 211 23 1.658 10.2 4.6 0.98 0.8 78

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 AL--127--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1975 AL--106--9th
1976 AL--98--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 AL--10--6th
1976 AL--9--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--13--2nd
1976 AL--8--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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