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.

What teams did Phil Hughes play for?

Phil Hughes played for 3 teams: the New York Yankees (2007–2013), the Minnesota Twins (2014–2018), and the San Diego Padres (2018).

Did Phil Hughes win a Cy Young Award?

No. Phil Hughes did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Phil Hughes win?

Phil Hughes was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Phil Hughes's career stats?

In 290 games, Phil Hughes went 88-79 with a 4.52 ERA, 1,040 strikeouts, 1,291.0 innings pitched, and 3 saves.

What was Phil Hughes's salary?

Phil Hughes's last recorded salary was $9,200,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,200,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $406,350, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Phil Hughes play?

Phil Hughes played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Phil Hughes and how much did he weigh?

Phil Hughes was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 240 pounds.

What was Phil Hughes's career ERA?

Phil Hughes finished with a 4.52 career ERA, going 88-79 with 1,040 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Phil Hughes have?

Phil Hughes recorded 1,040 career strikeouts.

Is Phil Hughes in the Hall of Fame?

No. Phil Hughes has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Phil Hughes

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

Phil Hughes was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2018 for the New York Yankees, the Minnesota Twins, and the San Diego Padres, a span of 12 seasons. Across 290 career appearances, he went 88-79 with a 4.52 ERA and 1,040 strikeouts. Phil Hughes was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

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

Phil Hughes — 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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Phil Hughes Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	72.2	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	176.1	162	82	58	146	4.19	4.08 (-3%)	-763.3
2011	NYA	AL	5	5	17	14	1	1	0	74.2	84	48	27	47	5.79	3.94 (-47%)	-1188.2
2012	NYA	AL	16	13	32	32	1	0	0	191.1	196	89	46	165	4.19	4.01 (-4%)	-2624.8
2013	NYA	AL	4	14	30	29	0	0	0	145.2	170	84	42	121	5.19	3.87 (-34%)	-2297.5
2014	MIN	AL	16	10	32	32	1	0	0	209.2	221	82	16	186	3.52	3.74 (+6%)	5960.5
2015	MIN	AL	11	9	27	25	1	0	0	155.1	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	53.2	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	20.2	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

Phil Hughes — 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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Phil Hughes Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	NYA	AL	13	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYA	AL	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	NYA	AL	51	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	NYA	AL	31	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYA	AL	17	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYA	AL	32	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYA	AL	30	3	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	MIN	AL	32	6	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	MIN	AL	27	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIN	AL	12	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	MIN	AL	14	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIN	AL	7	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SDN	NL	16	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			290	18	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

Phil Hughes — 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

Phil Hughes — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2012	ALCS	NYA	1	.000
2012	ALDS1	NYA	1	.000
2011	ALDS1	NYA	2	.000
2010	ALCS	NYA	2	.000
2010	ALDS2	NYA	1	.000
2009	ALCS	NYA	3	.000
2009	ALDS1	NYA	3	.000
2009	WS	NYA	3	.000
2007	ALDS2	NYA	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Phil Hughes — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	4	18	5	0	39.2	41	20	18	38	4.54

Playoff Pitching by Year

Phil Hughes — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2012	ALCS	NYA	0	1	1	1	3.0	3	1	3	1	3.00
2012	ALDS1	NYA	0	0	1	1	6.2	4	1	3	8	1.35
2011	ALDS1	NYA	0	0	2	0	2.1	2	0	0	4	0.00
2010	ALCS	NYA	0	2	2	2	8.2	14	11	7	6	11.42
2010	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	0	1	6	0.00
2009	ALCS	NYA	0	1	3	0	2.2	4	1	1	3	3.38
2009	ALDS1	NYA	0	0	3	0	2.0	5	2	1	3	9.00
2009	WS	NYA	0	0	3	0	1.2	2	3	2	1	16.20
2007	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	2	0	5.2	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

Phil Hughes — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	153	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	137	18	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Phil Hughes — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	153	669.2	748	365	154	549	4.91
Away	137	621.1	636	283	159	491	4.10

Last 10 Games — Batting

Phil Hughes — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2018-08-08	SDP	MIL	L	1
2018-07-28	SDP	AZ	L	0
2018-07-27	SDP	AZ	L	0
2018-07-24	SDP	NYN	L	0
2018-07-22	SDP	PHI	L	0
2018-07-14	SDP	CHC	L	0
2018-07-11	SDP	LAD	L	0
2018-07-08	SDP	AZ	W	0
2018-07-07	SDP	AZ	L	0
2018-06-20	SDP	OAK	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Phil Hughes — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-08-08	SDP	MIL	—	3.0	3	2	2	0	3	2
2018-07-28	SDP	AZ	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0
2018-07-27	SDP	AZ	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-07-24	SDP	NYN	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2018-07-22	SDP	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	3	0
2018-07-14	SDP	CHC	—	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1
2018-07-11	SDP	LAD	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-07-08	SDP	AZ	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2018-07-07	SDP	AZ	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
2018-06-20	SDP	OAK	—	2.0	6	3	3	0	3	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Phil Hughes — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	290	211	49	94	3	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Phil Hughes — 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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Phil Hughes Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	290

Salary History

Phil Hughes's recorded salaries total $40,303,350 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hughes's career ran from 2007 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007 and 2009.

Phil Hughes — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$40,303,350

Award Voting History

Phil Hughes — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2014	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	6.0	210	0

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Career Spans

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Phil Hughes: the record in brief

Phil Hughes played a first major league game on April 26, 2007 and a last one on August 8, 2018. The team column moves through the New York Yankees (2007 through 2013), the Minnesota Twins (2014 through 2018), and the San Diego Padres (2018). Hughes played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on June 24, 1986, in Mission Viejo, CA, USA, Hughes was listed at 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds. The bio lists the given name Philip Joseph.

The pitching table credits Hughes with a 88-79 record and a 4.52 ERA in 290 games. The same table counts 1,040 strikeouts. The league ERA over Hughes's seasons was 4.12, so the 4.52 figure ran 9.7% worse than average. No season topped the 18 wins of 2010. Hughes struck out 186 batters in 2014, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.52 in 2014, when the league's was 3.74.

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.
What teams did Phil Hughes play for?: Phil Hughes played for 3 teams: the New York Yankees (2007–2013), the Minnesota Twins (2014–2018), and the San Diego Padres (2018).
Did Phil Hughes win a Cy Young Award?: No. Phil Hughes did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Phil Hughes win?: Phil Hughes was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Phil Hughes's career stats?: In 290 games, Phil Hughes went 88-79 with a 4.52 ERA, 1,040 strikeouts, 1,291.0 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
How much did Phil Hughes earn in his career?: Phil Hughes's recorded salaries total $40,303,350 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hughes's career ran from 2007 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007 and 2009.
What was Phil Hughes's salary?: Phil Hughes's last recorded salary was $9,200,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,200,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $406,350, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Phil Hughes play?: Phil Hughes played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Phil Hughes and how much did he weigh?: Phil Hughes was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 240 pounds.
What was Phil Hughes's career ERA?: Phil Hughes finished with a 4.52 career ERA, going 88-79 with 1,040 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Phil Hughes have?: Phil Hughes recorded 1,040 career strikeouts.
Is Phil Hughes in the Hall of Fame?: No. Phil Hughes has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.