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Jim Hughes

James Michael Hughes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 11, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: St. Bernard HS (Playa del Rey, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 33rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Team: Twins 1974-1977

Final Game: April 19, 1977
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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
1969	17	MIN-min	Rk	3	5	.375	3.71	13	8					63.0	64	34	26	0	33								1.540	9.1	0.0	4.7			TWN · GULF
1970	18	MIN-min	A-,A	3	8	.273	4.14	26	20		3	1	0	124.0	115	82	57	7	96	1	124	6	0	6			1.702	8.3	0.5	7.0	9.0	1.29	SCL,ORL · NORL,FLOR
1971	19	MIN-min	A	6	8	.429	3.02	38	10				4	125.0	111	59	42	4	65		119						1.408	8.0	0.3	4.7	8.6	1.83	WRA · MIDW
1972	20	MIN-min	A	13	9	.591	2.58	32	28					192.0	163	72	55	8	62								1.172	7.6	0.4	2.9			LBG · CARL
1973	21	MIN-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.98	32	27		10	1	0	172.0	187	102	76	12	72	4	87	7	1	6			1.506	9.8	0.6	3.8	4.6	1.21	TAC · PCL
1974	22	MIN-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.83	30	26		9	0	0	179.0	189	108	96	31	67	1	116	8	3	13			1.430	9.5	1.6	3.4	5.8	1.73	TAC · PCL
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	75	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-min	AAA	9	10	.474	5.15	30	22		6	0	1	159.0	177	106	91	20	104	3	76	3	0	6			1.767	10.0	1.1	5.9	4.3	0.73	TAC · PCL
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	209	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
1978	26	TEX-min	AAA	1	2	.333	8.10	8	6		0	0	0	30.0	43	32	27	2	24	1	10	0	0	4			2.233	12.9	0.6	7.2	3.0	0.42	TUC · PCL
1979	27	LAD-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.00	17	0		0	0	1	36.0	34	14	12	2	24	3	27	0	0	2			1.611	8.5	0.5	6.0	6.8	1.13	ABQ · PCL
4 Yrs				25	30	.455	4.30	78	62	11	16	2	0	441.1	443	241	211	36	205	5	226	21	5	20	1930	88	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	88	1.468	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.6	1.10

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
1974	22	MIN	AL	10.1	2	2	8	6.97	4.40	-0.11	0.13	108.0	5.01	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.388	.499	$
1975	23	MIN	AL	249.2	37	34	119	4.29	4.30	0.01	0.11	101.9	4.48	5	0.6	1.5	-0.1	2.6	32	.516	.504	$
1976	24	MIN	AL	177.0	37	26	113	5.75	3.95	0.10	0.07	99.8	3.91	-36	-3.7	.8	-0.1	-2.2	-19	.400	.477	$25,000
1977	25	MIN	AL	4.1	2	0	1	2.08	4.76	-0.04	-0.38	99.3	4.38	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.559	.501	$
4 Seasons				441.1	78	62	241	4.91	4.16	0.04	0.09	101.2	4.26	-32	-3.2	.8	-0.3	0.4	13	.459	.495	$25,000

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
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	1
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	20
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	11
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	0
4 Yrs				78	1930	1675	241	443	62	11	36	44	23	205	226	.264	.350	.379	.729	.286	635	45	21	17	12	5	32
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	16
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.377	.702	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	22	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	47	-0.3	0.9	-1.1	1.13	0.0	-0.3	-2.3	-0.2	1.13	0.1	0	0	0
1975	23	MIN	AL	2.1	0.2	1156	-0.1	20.8	-20.9	1.11	-1.1	1.0	1.6	0.2	1.11	-9.4	2	0	1
1976	24	MIN	AL	-27.4	-2.8	813	-2.0	11.3	-13.3	.85	-2.3	-0.1	-29.9	-3.0	0.85	-25.4	2	1	6
1977	25	MIN	AL	1.2	0.1	18	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.03	1.3	0	0	2
4 Yrs				-26.1	-2.6	2034	-2.3	33.0	-35.3	1.00	-3.3	0.9	-29.3	-2.9	1.00	-33.4	4	1	9

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
1974	22	MIN	AL	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	1	0	1	50%	50.5	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	2	2	12	2	17	50%	50.6	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%	44.0	80	18	24	11	12	8	4.8	6.1	6.0
3 Yrs				76	62	22	29	11	3	7	27	35	.435	4	3	16	2	28	45%	48	83	13	61	22	33	13	4.4	4.8	6.6
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1975	23	MIN	AL	37	3	1	1	0	4	0	0%	5	1.110	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	2	9.3
1976	24	MIN	AL	37	11	8	2	1	12	5	42%	8	.847	2	1	6	0	2	9	8	3	8	2	8	5.8
1977	25	MIN	AL	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0%	5	.026	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	6.5
3 Yrs				76	16	11	3	1	17	5	29%		.992	4	1	9	1	3	12	12	4	11	3	11	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	22	MIN	AL	42	52%	4.8%	19.1%	9.5%	4.8%	25%	2.33	64%	8	0	0%
1975	23	MIN	AL	1100	53%	1.6%	11.8%	11.6%	5.0%	23%	1.39	73%	219	22	10%
1976	24	MIN	AL	770	59%	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 Yrs				1930	55%	1.9%	11.7%	10.6%	5.7%	25%	1.25	74%	385	45	12%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			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
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	4	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	4	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 Yrs				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	9	3	57	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	10.1	8	8	6	2	4	0	8	0	1	1	42	75	1.161	7.0	1.7	3.5	7.0	2.00	75
1975	23	16	16	.500	3.88	39	36	1	13	2	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	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	441.1	443	241	211	36	205	5	226	21	5	20	1930	88	1.468	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.6	1.10	88

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
1974	22	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	8	8	7	2	4	8	0	1.200	7.2	3.6	7.2	2.00	1.8	2
1975	23	12	14	.462	4.39	236.0	252	128	115	18	133	123	14	1.631	9.6	5.1	4.7	0.92	0.7	37
1976	24	5	12	.294	6.32	161.0	205	126	113	18	79	79	9	1.764	11.5	4.4	4.4	1.00	1.0	37
1977	25	0	0		1.80	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	1.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		17	27	.386	5.16	412.0	468	263	236	38	217	211	23	1.663	10.2		4.6	0.97	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)

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 Monitor

Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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