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Tom Hughes

Thomas James Hughes (Long Tom)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 29, 1878 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1900
Teams (by GP): Senators/Americans/Orphans/Highlanders/Orioles 1900-1913

Final Game: October 3, 1913
Died: February 8, 1956 in Chicago, IL
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, IL
Relatives: Brother of Ed Hughes
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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
1900 21 CHC NL 1 1 .500 5.14 3 3 0 3 0 0 21.0 31 14 12 0 7 12 1 0 0 99 71 1.810 13.3 0.0 3.0 5.1 1.71
1901 22 CHC NL 10 23 .303 3.24 37 35 2 32 1 0 308.1 309 166 111 4 115 225 17 0 16 1325 101 1.375 9.0 0.1 3.4 6.6 1.96
1902 23 TOT AL 10 8 .556 3.71 22 21 1 16 1 0 157.2 171 88 65 2 56 60 3 0 8 677 100 1.440 9.8 0.1 3.2 3.4 1.07
1902 23 BLA AL 7 5 .583 3.90 13 13 0 12 1 0 108.1 120 57 47 2 32 45 2 0 6 461 96 1.403 10.0 0.2 2.7 3.7 1.41
1902 23 BOS AL 3 3 .500 3.28 9 8 1 4 0 0 49.1 51 31 18 0 24 15 1 0 2 216 109 1.520 9.3 0.0 4.4 2.7 0.63
1903 24 BOS AL 20 7 .741 2.57 33 31 2 25 5 0 244.2 232 95 70 5 60 112 9 1 2 999 118 1.193 8.5 0.2 2.2 4.1 1.87
1904 25 TOT AL 10 23 .303 3.59 35 32 3 26 1 0 260.2 274 139 104 7 82 123 11 0 8 1105 76 1.366 9.5 0.2 2.8 4.2 1.50
1904 25 NYY AL 7 11 .389 3.70 19 18 1 12 1 0 136.1 141 72 56 3 48 75 5 0 6 580 74 1.386 9.3 0.2 3.2 5.0 1.56
1904 25 WSH AL 3 12 .200 3.47 16 14 2 14 0 0 124.1 133 67 48 4 34 48 6 0 2 525 77 1.343 9.6 0.3 2.5 3.5 1.41
1905 26 WSH AL 17 20 .459 2.35 39 35 4 26 6 0 291.1 239 113 76 3 79 149 10 1 6 1149 112 1.092 7.4 0.1 2.4 4.6 1.89
1906 27 WSH AL 7 17 .292 3.62 30 24 5 18 1 0 204.0 230 118 82 5 81 90 3 0 5 885 73 1.525 10.1 0.2 3.6 4.0 1.11
1907 28 WSH AL 7 14 .333 3.11 34 23 10 18 2 4 211.0 206 104 73 1 47 102 12 0 4 857 78 1.199 8.8 0.0 2.0 4.4 2.17
1908 29 WSH AL 18 15 .545 2.21 43 31 11 24 3 4 276.1 224 91 68 3 77 165 6 0 13 1071 103 1.089 7.3 0.1 2.5 5.4 2.14
1909 30 WSH AL 4 7 .364 2.69 22 13 6 7 2 1 120.1 113 56 36 1 33 77 5 0 4 498 91 1.213 8.5 0.1 2.5 5.8 2.33
1911 32 WSH AL 11 17 .393 3.47 34 27 6 17 2 0 223.0 251 128 86 7 77 86 4 0 7 954 94 1.471 10.1 0.3 3.1 3.5 1.12
1912 33 WSH AL 13 10 .565 2.94 31 26 5 11 1 0 196.0 201 99 64 8 78 108 6 1 4 828 114 1.423 9.2 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.38
1913 34 WSH AL 4 12 .250 4.30 36 12 18 4 0 6 129.2 129 81 62 6 61 59 15 0 6 562 69 1.465 9.0 0.4 4.2 4.1 0.97
13 Yrs 132 174 .431 3.09 399 313 73 227 25 15 2644.0 2610 1292 909 52 853 1368 102 3 83 11009 93 1.310 8.9 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.60
162 Game Avg. 13 17 .431 3.09 38 30 7 22 2 1 253 249 123 87 5 81 131 10 0 8 1051 93 1.310 8.9 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.60
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
WSH (9 yrs) 84 124 .404 3.02 285 205 67 139 17 15 1776.0 1726 857 595 38 567 884 67 2 51 7329 90 1.291 8.7 0.2 2.9 4.5 1.56
BOS (2 yrs) 23 10 .697 2.69 42 39 3 29 5 0 294.0 283 126 88 5 84 127 10 1 4 1215 116 1.248 8.7 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.51
CHC (2 yrs) 11 24 .314 3.36 40 38 2 35 1 0 329.1 340 180 123 4 122 237 18 0 16 1424 98 1.403 9.3 0.1 3.3 6.5 1.94
NYY (2 yrs) 14 16 .467 3.79 32 31 1 24 2 0 244.2 261 129 103 5 80 120 7 0 12 1041 84 1.394 9.6 0.2 2.9 4.4 1.50
AL (11 yrs) 121 150 .446 3.06 359 275 71 192 24 15 2314.2 2270 1112 786 48 731 1131 84 3 67 9585 92 1.297 8.8 0.2 2.8 4.4 1.55
NL (2 yrs) 11 24 .314 3.36 40 38 2 35 1 0 329.1 340 180 123 4 122 237 18 0 16 1424 98 1.403 9.3 0.1 3.3 6.5 1.94

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
1900 21 CHC NL 21.0 3 3 14 6.00 5.34 -0.06 0.00 97.0 5.24 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .460 .499 $
1901 22 CHC NL 308.1 37 35 166 4.85 4.70 -0.05 0.00 98.0 4.65 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.4 1.6 20 .490 .498 $
1902 23 BLA AL 108.1 13 13 57 4.74 4.86 -0.67 0.00 105.0 5.81 14 1.5 -0.1 2.3 24 .612 .509 $
1902 23 BOS AL 49.1 9 8 31 5.66 4.90 0.33 0.00 99.0 4.52 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .441 .497 $
1903 24 BOS AL 244.2 33 31 95 3.49 3.97 0.27 0.00 102.0 3.77 12 1.3 1.0 -0.3 3.3 29 .540 .508 $
1904 25 NYY AL 136.1 19 18 72 4.75 3.50 0.31 0.00 105.0 3.35 -20 -2.2 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .386 .487 $
1904 25 WSH AL 124.1 16 14 67 4.85 3.65 -0.46 0.00 103.0 4.23 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .447 .495 $
1905 26 WSH AL 291.1 39 35 113 3.49 3.69 0.01 0.00 99.0 3.64 7 0.9 1.0 -0.2 3.2 30 .522 .505 $
1906 27 WSH AL 204.0 30 24 118 5.21 3.70 -0.35 0.00 98.0 3.96 -27 -3.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -10 .401 .482 $
1907 28 WSH AL 211.0 34 23 104 4.44 3.71 -0.46 0.00 95.0 3.96 -11 -1.3 1.0 -0.2 0.4 7 .463 .492 $
1908 29 WSH AL 276.1 43 31 91 2.96 3.50 -0.05 0.00 95.0 3.37 12 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.8 35 .537 .510 $
1909 30 WSH AL 120.1 22 13 56 4.19 3.59 -0.09 0.00 99.0 3.64 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.2 2 .467 .496 $
1911 32 WSH AL 223.0 34 27 128 5.17 4.69 -0.14 0.00 98.0 4.73 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.2 0.8 15 .468 .493 $
1912 33 WSH AL 196.0 31 26 99 4.55 4.42 0.26 0.00 100.0 4.16 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 0.9 13 .477 .496 $
1913 34 WSH AL 129.2 36 12 81 5.62 3.94 0.36 0.00 101.0 3.61 -28 -3.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.9 -16 .418 .482 $
13 Seasons 2644.0 399 313 1292 4.40 4.03 -0.05 0.00 99.2 4.05 -83 -8.5 1.0 -2.5 12.2 141 .479 .496 $
WSH (9 yrs) 1776.0 285 205 857 4.34 3.88 -0.10 0.00 98.2 3.91 -78 -8.1 1.0 -1.5 6.2 78 .472 .494 $
BOS (2 yrs) 294.0 42 39 126 3.86 4.12 0.28 0.00 101.5 3.90 6 0.8 1.0 -0.3 3.2 28 .519 .502 $
CHC (2 yrs) 329.1 40 38 180 4.92 4.74 -0.05 0.00 97.9 4.69 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.5 1.6 21 .487 .498 $
NYY (2 yrs) 244.2 32 31 129 4.75 4.10 -0.13 0.00 105.0 4.44 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.2 14 .478 .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
1903 24 BOS AL WS W PIT 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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+
1900 21 1 1 .500 5.14 3 3 0 3 0 0 21.0 31 14 12 0 7 12 1 0 0 99 71 1.810 13.3 0.0 3.0 5.1 1.71 71
1901 22 11 24 .314 3.36 40 38 2 35 1 0 329.1 340 180 123 4 122 237 18 0 16 1424 98 1.403 9.3 0.1 3.3 6.5 1.94 98
1902 23 21 32 .396 3.47 62 59 3 51 2 0 487.0 511 268 188 6 178 297 21 0 24 2101 98 1.415 9.4 0.1 3.3 5.5 1.67 98
1903 24 41 39 .513 3.17 95 90 5 76 7 0 731.2 743 363 258 11 238 409 30 1 26 3100 104 1.341 9.1 0.1 2.9 5.0 1.72 104
1904 25 51 62 .451 3.28 130 122 8 102 8 0 992.1 1017 502 362 18 320 532 41 1 34 4205 96 1.347 9.2 0.2 2.9 4.8 1.66 96
1905 26 68 82 .453 3.07 169 157 12 128 14 0 1283.2 1256 615 438 21 399 681 51 2 40 5354 98 1.289 8.8 0.1 2.8 4.8 1.71 98
1906 27 75 99 .431 3.15 199 181 17 146 15 0 1487.2 1486 733 520 26 480 771 54 2 45 6239 94 1.322 9.0 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.61 94
1907 28 82 113 .421 3.14 233 204 27 164 17 4 1698.2 1692 837 593 27 527 873 66 2 49 7096 92 1.306 9.0 0.1 2.8 4.6 1.66 92
1908 29 100 128 .439 3.01 276 235 38 188 20 8 1975.0 1916 928 661 30 604 1038 72 2 62 8167 93 1.276 8.7 0.1 2.8 4.7 1.72 93
1909 30 104 135 .435 2.99 298 248 44 195 22 9 2095.1 2029 984 697 31 637 1115 77 2 66 8665 93 1.272 8.7 0.1 2.7 4.8 1.75 93
1910 31 104 135 .435 2.99 298 248 44 195 22 9 2095.1 2029 984 697 31 637 1115 77 2 66 8665 93 1.272 8.7 0.1 2.7 4.8 1.75 93
1911 32 115 152 .431 3.04 332 275 50 212 24 9 2318.1 2280 1112 783 38 714 1201 81 2 73 9619 93 1.291 8.9 0.1 2.8 4.7 1.68 93
1912 33 128 162 .441 3.03 363 301 55 223 25 9 2514.1 2481 1211 847 46 792 1309 87 3 77 10447 95 1.302 8.9 0.2 2.8 4.7 1.65 95
1913 34 132 174 .431 3.09 399 313 73 227 25 15 2644.0 2610 1292 909 52 853 1368 102 3 83 11009 93 1.310 8.9 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.60 93

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
1900 21 1 1 .500 4.50 24.0 33 13 12 0 7 14 1 1.667 12.4 2.6 5.3 2.00 0.0 3
1901 22 23 15 .605 3.28 343.0 353 139 125 5 131 251 19 1.411 9.3 3.4 6.6 1.92 0.1 37
1902 23 12 8 .600 3.28 181.0 187 73 66 2 61 69 3 1.370 9.3 3.0 3.4 1.13 0.1 22
1903 24 19 10 .655 2.89 268.0 278 96 86 6 72 123 11 1.306 9.3 2.4 4.1 1.71 0.2 33
1904 25 11 15 .423 4.76 242.0 309 142 128 8 92 114 12 1.657 11.5 3.4 4.2 1.24 0.3 35
1905 26 18 12 .600 3.15 277.0 276 108 97 3 91 141 12 1.325 9.0 3.0 4.6 1.55 0.1 39
1906 27 8 13 .381 5.10 189.0 270 119 107 6 95 84 4 1.931 12.9 4.5 4.0 0.88 0.3 30
1907 28 9 12 .429 4.50 196.0 245 109 98 1 56 95 14 1.536 11.3 2.6 4.4 1.70 0.0 34
1908 29 15 12 .556 3.50 247.0 271 107 96 4 93 147 7 1.474 9.9 3.4 5.4 1.58 0.1 43
1909 30 6 6 .500 3.90 113.0 135 54 49 1 39 73 6 1.540 10.8 3.1 5.8 1.87 0.1 22
1911 32 13 11 .542 3.66 219.0 262 99 89 7 80 85 4 1.562 10.8 3.3 3.5 1.06 0.3 34
1912 33 13 8 .619 3.19 189.0 210 74 67 8 81 104 6 1.540 10.0 3.9 5.0 1.28 0.4 31
1913 34 5 8 .385 5.36 121.0 143 80 72 7 68 55 17 1.744 10.6 5.1 4.1 0.81 0.5 36
13 Yrs 153 131 .539 3.77 2609.0 2972 1213 1092 58 966 1355 116 1.509 10.3 4.7 1.40 0.2 399

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1908 AL  3.8 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.09 (195th)

Wins s c a p y
1903 AL  20 (7th)
1908 AL  18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1903 AL  .741 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1905 AL  1.092 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 AL  7.383 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  6.568 (1st)
1902 AL  3.425 (6th)
1905 AL  4.603 (10th)
1907 AL  4.351 (8th)
1908 AL  5.374 (4th)
1912 AL  4.959 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1905 AL  39 (9th)
1908 AL  43 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1907 AL  4 (1st)
1908 AL  4 (2nd)
1909 AL  1 (9th)
1913 AL  6 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1901 NL  308.3 (9th)
Career  2,644.0 (199th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 NL  225 (3rd)
1905 AL  149 (8th)
1908 AL  165 (3rd)
Career  1,368 (234th)

Games Started s c a p y
1901 NL  35 (8th)
1905 AL  35 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1901 NL  32 (9th)
1908 AL  24 (8th)
Career  227 (104th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1903 AL  5 (4th)
1905 AL  6 (3rd)
1911 AL  2 (9th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1904 AL  7 (5th)
1906 AL  5 (4th)
1908 AL  3 (7th)
1911 AL  7 (4th)
1912 AL  8 (2nd)
1913 AL  6 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  115 (2nd)
1904 AL  82 (9th)
1906 AL  81 (7th)
1908 AL  77 (6th)
1911 AL  77 (8th)
Career  853 (192nd)

Hits s c a p y
1901 NL  309 (8th)
1911 AL  251 (6th)
Career  2,610 (204th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1907 AL  2.170 (8th)
1908 AL  2.143 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  0.117 (10th)
1902 AL  0.114 (5th)
1907 AL  0.043 (10th)
Career  0.177 (129th)

Losses s c a p y
1901 NL  23 (2nd)
1904 AL  23 (2nd)
1905 AL  20 (5th)
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1911 AL  17 (3rd)
Career  174 (84th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  111 (7th)
1904 AL  104 (4th)
1906 AL  82 (8th)
1907 AL  73 (10th)
1908 AL  68 (9th)
1911 AL  86 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1901 NL  16 (3rd)
1902 AL  8 (6th)
1904 AL  8 (10th)
1908 AL  13 (2nd)
Career  83 (171st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  17 (3rd)
1903 AL  9 (9th)
1907 AL  12 (7th)
1913 AL  15 (1st)
Career  102 (76th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1901 NL  1,325 (7th)
Career  11,009 (209th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1907 AL  10 (4th)
1908 AL  11 (6th)
1913 AL  18 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1900 NL  born 1878-11-29 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 51 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  10. Bob Groom (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Bob Rush (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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