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Phil Hughes

Philip Joseph Hughes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: June 24, 1986 in Mission Viejo, CA
High School: Foothill (Santa Ana, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2007
Team: Yankees 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.7M (11), 1 yr/$3.2M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.113, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Christy Mathewson… #7. Pete Alexander…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Christy Mathewson… #7. Pete Alexander…

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
2004	18	NYY-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	18		0.800	7.2	0.0	0.0	14.4		YNK · GULF
2005	19	NYY-min	A,A+	9	1	.900	2.19	17	16	0	1	0	0	86.1	54	25	21	1	20	0	93	6	0	3	330		0.857	5.6	0.1	2.1	9.7	4.65	CHS,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2006	20	NYY-min	AA,A+	12	6	.667	2.16	26	26	0	0	0	0	146.0	92	37	35	5	34	0	168	3	0	5	558		0.863	5.7	0.3	2.1	10.4	4.94	TRE,TAM · EL,FLOR
2007	21	NYY-min	AAA,AA,A+	4	1	.800	1.91	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	21	9	8	0	12	0	42	1	0	2	142		0.876	5.0	0.0	2.9	10.0	3.50	SWB,TRE,TAM · IL,EL,FLOR
2007	21	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	4.46	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.2	64	39	36	8	29	0	58	2	0	4	306	102	1.280	7.9	1.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
2008	22	NYY-min	AAA,A	3	0	1.000	4.79	8	6	0	0	0	0	35.2	37	19	19	2	11	0	37	2	0	2	156		1.346	9.3	0.5	2.8	9.3	3.36	SWB,CHS · IL,SALL
2008	22	NYY	AL	0	4	.000	6.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	34.0	43	26	25	3	15	0	23	1	0	2	157	68	1.706	11.4	0.8	4.0	6.1	1.53
2009	23	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	17	4	4	2	3	0	19	0	0	0	77		1.034	7.9	0.9	1.4	8.8	6.33	SWB · IL
2009	23	NYY	AL	8	3	.727	3.03	51	7	6	0	0	3	86.0	68	31	29	8	28	1	96	5	2	4	351	152	1.116	7.1	0.8	2.9	10.0	3.43
2010	24	NYY	AL	18	8	.692	4.19	31	29	0	0	0	0	176.1	162	83	82	25	58	1	146	0	1	9	730	103	1.248	8.3	1.3	3.0	7.5	2.52	AS
2011	25	NYY-min	AA,A-	1	0	1.000	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	18	0	0	0	55		1.000	5.8	0.6	3.2	11.6	3.60	TRE,STI · EL,NYPL
2011	25	NYY	AL	5	5	.500	5.79	17	14	1	1	1	0	74.2	84	48	48	9	27	2	47	4	0	3	334	77	1.487	10.1	1.1	3.3	5.7	1.74
5 Seasons				36	23	.610	4.46	120	71	7	1	1	3	443.2	421	227	220	53	157	4	370	12	3	22	1878	100	1.303	8.5	1.1	3.2	7.5	2.36
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.610	4.46	43	25	2	0	0	1	158	150	81	78	19	56	1	132	4	1	8	669	100	1.303	8.5	1.1	3.2	7.5	2.36

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2007	21	NYY	AL	72.2	13	39	46	2	.9	7	0.6	$
2008	22	NYY	AL	34.0	8	26	22	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$406,350
2009	23	NYY	AL	86.0	7	31	52	1	1.2	21	2.0	$
2010	24	NYY	AL	176.1	29	83	106	1	1.0	23	2.4	$447,000	AS
2011	25	NYY	AL	74.2	14	48	48	1	.9	-0	0.0	$2,700,000
5 Seasons				443.2	71	227	274	5	1.0	47	4.6	$3,553,350

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
2007	21	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	CLE	1	0	1.000	1.59	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	21	0.529	4.8	1.6	0.0	9.5

2009	23	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	MIN	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
2009	23	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	LAA	0	1	.000	3.38	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
2009	23	NYY	AL	WS	W	PHI	0	0		16.20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	2.400	10.8	5.4	10.8	5.4	0.50
2010	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	MIN	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	25	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	7.7	6.00
2010	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	L	TEX	0	2	.000	11.42	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	14	11	11	1	7	3	6	0	0	2	46	2.423	14.5	1.0	7.3	6.2	0.86
2011	25	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	15.4
4 Seasons (7 Series)							2	3	.400	5.40	16	3	2	0	0	0	30.0	34	18	18	3	12	3	29	0	0	3	134	1.533	10.2	0.9	3.6	8.7	2.42
4 ALDS							2	0	1.000	1.59	8	1	1	0	0	0	17.0	14	3	3	1	2	0	19	0	0	1	66	0.941	7.4	0.5	1.1	10.1	9.50
2 ALCS							0	3	.000	9.53	5	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	18	12	12	1	8	3	9	0	0	2	60	2.294	14.3	0.8	6.4	7.1	1.13
1 WS							0	0		16.20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	2.400	10.8	5.4	10.8	5.4	0.50

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH	Pos	Awards
2004	18	NYY-min	Rk	3	0	0						0	YNK · GULF
2005	19	NYY-min	A,A+	17	0	0						0	CHS,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2006	20	NYY-min	A+,AA	26	0	0						0	TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2007	21	NYY-min	AAA,A+,AA	8	0	0						0	SWB,TAM,TRE · IL,FLOR,EL
2007	21	NYY	AL	13	0	0						0	1
2008	22	NYY-min	A,AAA	8	0	0						0	CHS,SWB · SALL,IL
2008	22	NYY	AL	8	0	0						0	/1
2009	23	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	0						0	SWB · IL
2009	23	NYY	AL	51	0	0						0	1
2010	24	NYY	AL	31	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1	1	AS
2011	25	NYY-min	A-,AA	3	0	0						0	STI,TRE · NYPL,EL
5 Seasons				103	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
162 Game Avg.				162	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	24	NYY	AL	2	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$447,000	1	AS
1 Season				2	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$447,000

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
2009	23	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
2007	NYY	AL	21	P	13	13	0	72.2	14	4	9	1	1	.929	0	0	1.61	1.00	.955	1.60	1.59	9	3	25%
2008	NYY	AL	22	P	8	8	0	34.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.32	0.63	.952	1.59	1.59	8	0	0%
2009	NYY	AL	23	P	51	7	0	86.0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.94	0.18	.953	1.53	1.51	5	2	29%
2010	NYY	AL	24	P	31	29	0	176.1	20	7	13	0	1	1.000	0	0	1.02	0.65	.953	1.63	1.61	10	5	33%	AS
2011	NYY	AL	25	P	17	14	1	74.2	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	-2	-5	0.96	0.47	.949	1.60	1.59	7	0	0%
	5 Seasons			P	120	71	1	443.2	56	19	36	1	2	.982	-2	0	1.12	0.46	.953	1.60	1.56	39	10	20%
	5 Seasons			TOT	120	71	1	443.2	56	19	36	1	2	.982	-2	-5	1.12	0.46	.953	1.60	1.56	39	10	20%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2010 *	Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 18 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2010 AL .692 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2011 AL 1 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 2010 AL 25 (7th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2010 AL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 2007 AL born 1986-06-24 (2nd) 2008 AL born 1986-06-24 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2008	22	New York Yankees	$406,350

2010	24	New York Yankees	$447,000
2011	25	New York Yankees	$2,700,000

2012	26	New York Yankees	$3,200,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,553,350	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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