Phil Hughes

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2018)

W–L 88–79
ERA 4.52
WHIP 1.31
SO 1,040
Pitcher PIV -5910.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 240 lb
Born
6/24/1986 in Mission Viejo, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2007-04-26
Last Game
2018-08-08
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Philip Joseph Hughes

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
88 79 290 211 5 1 3 1291.0 1,384 648 191 313 1,040 4.52 -5910.0

Career ERA 4.52 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 9.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2007 NYA AL 5 3 13 13 0 0 0 72.7 64 36 29 58 4.46 4.47 (avg) 219.1
2008 NYA AL 0 4 8 8 0 0 0 34.0 43 25 15 23 6.62 4.32 (-53%) -12.0
2009 NYA AL 8 3 51 7 0 0 3 86.0 68 29 28 96 3.03 4.32 (+30%) 2399.8
2010 NYA AL 18 8 31 29 0 0 0 176.3 162 82 58 146 4.19 4.08 (-3%) -763.3
2011 NYA AL 5 5 17 14 1 1 0 74.7 84 48 27 47 5.79 3.94 (-47%) -1188.2
2012 NYA AL 16 13 32 32 1 0 0 191.3 196 89 46 165 4.19 4.01 (-4%) -2624.8
2013 NYA AL 4 14 30 29 0 0 0 145.7 170 84 42 121 5.19 3.87 (-34%) -2297.5
2014 MIN AL 16 10 32 32 1 0 0 209.7 221 82 16 186 3.52 3.74 (+6%) 5960.5
2015 MIN AL 11 9 27 25 1 0 0 155.3 184 76 16 94 4.40 3.96 (-11%) -2860.0
2016 MIN AL 1 7 12 11 1 0 0 59.0 76 39 13 34 5.95 4.19 (-42%) -1311.1
2017 MIN AL 4 3 14 9 0 0 0 53.7 72 35 13 38 5.87 4.36 (-35%) -1439.5
2018 MIN AL 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 5 8 6.75 4.15 (-63%) -1053.5
2018 SDN NL 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 20.7 30 14 5 24 6.10 4.15 (-47%) -939.4
Career · 13 seasons 88 79 290 211 5 1 3 1,291.0 1,384 648 313 1,040 4.52 — -5,910

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
290 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2007 NYA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 NYA AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 NYA AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 NYA AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 NYA AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 NYA AL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 NYA AL 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 MIN AL 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 MIN AL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 MIN AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 MIN AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 MIN AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 SDN NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 290 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2012 ALCS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 ALDS1 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 ALDS1 NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 ALCS NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 ALDS1 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 WS NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALDS2 NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 4 18 5 0 39.7 41 20 18 38 4.54

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2012 ALCS NYA 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 3 1 3 1 3.00
2012 ALDS1 NYA 0 0 1 1 0 6.7 4 1 3 8 1.35
2011 ALDS1 NYA 0 0 2 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 4 0.00
2010 ALCS NYA 0 2 2 2 0 8.7 14 11 7 6 11.42
2010 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 0 1 6 0.00
2009 ALCS NYA 0 1 3 0 0 2.7 4 1 1 3 3.38
2009 ALDS1 NYA 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 5 2 1 3 9.00
2009 WS NYA 0 0 3 0 0 1.7 2 3 2 1 16.20
2007 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 2 0 0 5.7 3 1 0 6 1.59

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home15300000—
Away137180000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home153669.27483651545494.91
Away137621.16362831594914.10

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2018-08-08 SDPMILL 100000000
2018-07-28 SDPAZL 000000000
2018-07-27 SDPAZL 000000000
2018-07-24 SDPNYNL 000000000
2018-07-22 SDPPHIL 000000000
2018-07-14 SDPCHCL 000000000
2018-07-11 SDPLADL 000000000
2018-07-08 SDPAZW 000000000
2018-07-07 SDPAZL 000000000
2018-06-20 SDPOAKL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2018-08-08 SDPMIL — 3.0322032
2018-07-28 SDPAZ — 1.0422010
2018-07-27 SDPAZ — 1.0100000
2018-07-24 SDPNYN — 1.0200010
2018-07-22 SDPPHI — 1.0100230
2018-07-14 SDPCHC — 1.0333011
2018-07-11 SDPLAD — 1.0100000
2018-07-08 SDPAZ — 1.0000020
2018-07-07 SDPAZ — 2.0211021
2018-06-20 SDPOAK — 2.0633031

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 290 211 49 94 3 4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2007 NYA P 13 13 4 9 1 1
2008 NYA P 8 8 2 3 0 0
2009 NYA P 51 7 4 5 0 0
2010 NYA P 31 29 7 13 0 1
2011 NYA P 17 14 2 6 0 0
2012 NYA P 32 32 7 14 1 0
2013 NYA P 30 29 3 10 0 0
2014 MIN P 32 32 10 8 1 2
2015 MIN P 27 25 5 17 0 0
2016 MIN P 12 11 3 6 0 0
2017 MIN P 14 9 2 3 0 0
2018 MIN P 7 2 0 0 0 0
2018 SDN P 16 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 290

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 MIN AL $9,200,000
2015 MIN AL $9,200,000
2014 MIN AL $8,000,000
2013 NYA AL $7,150,000
2012 NYA AL $3,200,000
2011 NYA AL $2,700,000
2010 NYA AL $447,000
2008 NYA AL $406,350
Total Career Earnings $40,303,350

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2014 Cy Young Award AL 7th 6.0 210 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Phil Hughes (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ivan Nova
    90-77, 4.38 ERA
  2. 96
    Brandon McCarthy
    69-75, 4.20 ERA
  3. 92
    Cory Lidle
    82-72, 4.57 ERA
  4. 92
    Odalis Perez
    73-82, 4.46 ERA
  5. 91
    Colby Lewis
    77-72, 4.70 ERA
  6. 86
    Gavin Floyd
    74-76, 4.37 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Phil Hughes

What years did Phil Hughes play?
Phil Hughes played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2018.
Was Phil Hughes a pitcher?
Yes. Phil Hughes pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 1040 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Phil Hughes hit?
Phil Hughes hit 0 career home runs.