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Tommy Hughes

Thomas Owen Hughes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 7, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1941
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds 1941-1948

Final Game: July 19, 1948
Died: November 28, 1990 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1939	19	DOV,BLT	D,AA	9	2	.818	2.91	20						105.0	90	46	34		39							1.229	7.7		3.3			DOV,BLT · ESHL,IL
1940	20	PHI-min	AA	14	11	.560	3.56	36	26					192.0	181	89	76		77							1.344	8.5		3.6			BLT · IL
1941	21	PHI	NL	9	14	.391	4.45	34	24	4	5	2	0	170.0	187	106	84	12	82	59	4	0	1	765	83	1.582	9.9	0.6	4.3	3.1	0.72
1942	22	PHI	NL	12	18	.400	3.06	40	31	5	19	0	1	253.0	224	105	86	8	99	77	0	1	1	1069	107	1.277	8.0	0.3	3.5	2.7	0.78	MVP-22

1946	26	PHI	NL	6	9	.400	4.38	29	13	6	3	2	1	111.0	123	64	54	5	44	34	1	0	2	491	78	1.505	10.0	0.4	3.6	2.8	0.77
1947	27	PHI	NL	4	11	.267	3.47	29	15	5	4	1	1	127.0	121	52	49	5	59	44	0	2	1	519	115	1.417	8.6	0.4	4.2	3.1	0.75
1948	28	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.45	7	5		3	0		33.0	31	12	9		13	8	1	0	2			1.333	8.5		3.5	2.2	0.62	SYR · IL
1948	28	CIN	NL	0	4	.000	9.00	12	4	3	0	0	0	27.0	43	28	27	3	24	7	0	0	2	147	44	2.481	14.3	1.0	8.0	2.3	0.29
1949	29	CIN-min	AA	0	0			3						6.0	10				7							2.833	15.0		10.5			TUL · TL
5 Yrs				31	56	.356	3.92	144	87	23	31	5	3	688.0	698	355	300	33	308	221	5	3	7	2991	91	1.462	9.1	0.4	4.0	2.9	0.72
162 Game Avg.				9	16	.356	3.92	42	26	7	9	1	1	203	205	105	88	10	91	65	1	1	2	880	91	1.462	9.1	0.4	4.0	2.9	0.72

PHI (4 yrs)				31	52	.373	3.72	132	83	20	31	5	3	661.0	655	327	273	30	284	214	5	3	5	2844	95	1.421	8.9	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75
CIN (1 yr)				0	4	.000	9.00	12	4	3	0	0	0	27.0	43	28	27	3	24	7	0	0	2	147	44	2.481	14.3	1.0	8.0	2.3	0.29

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
1941	21	PHI	NL	170.0	34	24	106	5.61	4.40	-0.33	0.00	100.8	4.77	-15	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	3	.453	.490	$
1942	22	PHI	NL	252.0	40	31	105	3.75	4.08	-0.16	0.00	98.9	4.20	15	1.7	1.0	-0.1	3.7	34	.544	.511	$	MVP-22

1946	26	PHI	NL	111.0	29	13	64	5.19	4.03	-0.24	0.00	100.2	4.28	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	0	.458	.492	$
1947	27	PHI	NL	127.0	29	15	52	3.69	4.67	-0.10	0.00	98.1	4.67	13	1.4	1.0	-0.1	2.5	29	.548	.509	$
1948	28	CIN	NL	27.0	12	4	28	9.33	4.53	-0.27	0.00	98.9	4.75	-14	-1.3	.8	0.0	-1.0	-11	.391	.492	$
5 Seasons				687.0	144	87	355	4.65	4.28	-0.21	0.00	99.4	4.46	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.3	4.9	56	.493	.499	$

PHI (4 yrs)				660.0	132	83	327	4.46	4.27	-0.21	0.00	99.5	4.45	1	0.3	1.0	-0.4	5.9	66	.503	.501	$
CIN (1 yr)				27.0	12	4	28	9.33	4.53	-0.27	0.00	98.9	4.75	-14	-1.3	.8	0.0	-1.0	-11	.391	.492	$

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	ROE
1948	28	CIN	NL	12	82	118	28	43	2	0	3	1	1	24	7	.364	.472	.458	.929	.370	54	1	0	5	0	0
1 Yr				12	82	118	28	43	2	0	3	1	1	24	7	.364	.472	.458	.929	.370	54	1	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				51	349	502	119	183	9	0	13	4	4	102	30	.364	.472	.458	.929	.370	230	4	0	21	0	0
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.324	.654	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	28	CIN	NL	-14.0	-1.3	86	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.94	-0.7	0.0	-8.0	-0.8	0.94	-7.9	0	1	2
5 Yrs				-29.3	-2.8	86	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.94	-0.7	0.0	-8.0	-0.8	0.94	-7.9	0	1	2

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
1941	21	PHI	NL	34	24	6	12	6	1	5	6	18	.250	0	0	5	2	10	42%	43.3	89	26			6	10	3.2		5.7
1942	22	PHI	NL	40	31	11	18	2	0	10	12	19	.387	0	0	19	0	21	68%	55.7	93	14			16	11	2.3		7.9

1946	26	PHI	NL	29	13	3	8	2	0	2	3	10	.231	0	0	3	2	6	46%	45.9	77	21			4	8	2.3		6.1
1947	27	PHI	NL	29	15	3	10	2	0	4	4	11	.267	0	0	4	1	8	53%	48.1	77	26			6	8	2.6		6.6
1948	28	CIN	NL	12	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	2	50%	35.8	48	21	8	1	1	3	1.3	0.7	4.5
5 Yrs				144	87	23	52	12	1	23	25	62	.287	0	0	31	5	47	54%	49	93	14	8	1	33	40	2.6	0.7	6.6
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	115	-11					4.3	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1941	21	PHI	NL	34	10	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0													8	2		1	9.8
1942	22	PHI	NL	40	9	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0													2	5		2	2.6

1946	26	PHI	NL	29	16	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0													10	3		3	6.0
1947	27	PHI	NL	29	14	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0													5	6		1	6.0
1948	28	CIN	NL	12	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0%	.943	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	3.4
5 Yrs				144	57	23	8	4	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0%	.943	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	27	19	1	8	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1941	21	PHI	NL	770		1.6%	7.7%	10.7%	2.5%	10%		78%
1942	22	PHI	NL	1069		0.8%	7.2%	9.3%	3.1%	15%		80%

1946	26	PHI	NL	491		1.0%	6.9%	9.0%	2.0%	8%		81%
1947	27	PHI	NL	545		0.9%	8.1%	10.8%	2.6%	12%		79%
1948	28	CIN	NL	147	71%	3.7%	8.5%	29.3%	6.1%	12%	1.44	132%	21	1	5%
5 Yrs				3022	71%	1.1%	7.5%	10.4%	2.7%	12%	1.44	81%	21	1	5%
MLB Averages					49%	1.3%	9.7%	9.6%	3.1%	13%	0.95	83%			10%

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
1941	21	PHI	NL		187			12												1
1942	22	PHI	NL		224			8												1

1946	26	PHI	NL		123			5												2
1947	27	PHI	NL		121			5												1
1948	28	CIN	NL	82	43			3	0	3	0	1	1	0	8	5	0	63%	0	2	0	43	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	65
5 Yrs				82	698			33	0	3	0	1	1	0	8	5	0	63%	0	7	0	43	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	65
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1941	21	9	14	.391	4.45	34	24	4	5	2	0	170.0	187	106	84	12	82	59	4	0	1	765	83	1.582	9.9	0.6	4.3	3.1	0.72	83
1942	22	21	32	.396	3.62	74	55	9	24	2	1	423.0	411	211	170	20	181	136	4	1	2	1834	95	1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75	95
1943	23	21	32	.396	3.62	74	55	9	24	2	1	423.0	411	211	170	20	181	136	4	1	2	1834	95	1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75	95
1944	24	21	32	.396	3.62	74	55	9	24	2	1	423.0	411	211	170	20	181	136	4	1	2	1834	95	1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75	95
1945	25	21	32	.396	3.62	74	55	9	24	2	1	423.0	411	211	170	20	181	136	4	1	2	1834	95	1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75	95
1946	26	27	41	.397	3.78	103	68	15	27	4	2	534.0	534	275	224	25	225	170	5	1	4	2325	91	1.421	9.0	0.4	3.8	2.9	0.76	91
1947	27	31	52	.373	3.72	132	83	20	31	5	3	661.0	655	327	273	30	284	214	5	3	5	2844	95	1.421	8.9	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.75	95
1948	28	31	56	.356	3.92	144	87	23	31	5	3	688.0	698	355	300	33	308	221	5	3	7	2991	91	1.462	9.1	0.4	4.0	2.9	0.72	91

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
1941	21	7	11	.389	4.88	168.0	198	101	91	13	87	58	4	1.696	10.6	4.7	3.1	0.67	0.7	34
1942	22	15	13	.536	3.71	255.0	254	117	105	9	112	78	0	1.435	9.0	4.0	2.8	0.70	0.3	40

1946	26	4	8	.333	5.20	109.0	136	70	63	6	49	33	1	1.697	11.2	4.0	2.7	0.67	0.5	29
1947	27	7	6	.538	3.89	118.0	126	57	51	5	61	41	0	1.585	9.6	4.7	3.1	0.67	0.4	29
1948	28	0	3	.000	9.32	28.0	45	32	29	3	25	7	0	2.500	14.5	8.0	2.3	0.28	1.0	12
5 Yrs		33	41	.446	4.50	678.0	759	377	339	36	334	217	5	1.612	10.1		2.9	0.65	0.5	144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1942 NL (22, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1942 NL 3.7 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1942 NL 40 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1942 NL 253.0 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 1942 NL 31 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1942 NL 19 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 12 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1941 NL 82 (7th) 1942 NL 99 (5th)
Hits s c a p y 1942 NL 224 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1942 NL 0.285 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1941 NL 14 (5th) 1942 NL 18 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 84 (9th) 1942 NL 86 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 4 (8th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1942 NL 1,069 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Pete Wood (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Lemongello (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie McAnally (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dizzy Trout (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Robertson (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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