What years did Collin McHugh play?

Collin McHugh played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2023.

Was Collin McHugh a pitcher?

Yes. Collin McHugh pitched in the major leagues, recording 71 wins and 967 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Collin McHugh hit?

Collin McHugh hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Collin McHugh's career batting average?

Collin McHugh batted .071 over his career, with 2 hits in 28 at bats.

What was Collin McHugh's career ERA?

Collin McHugh finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 71-47 with 967 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Collin McHugh have?

Collin McHugh recorded 967 career strikeouts.

Collin McHugh

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2023)

Collin McHugh was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2023 for 5 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 12 seasons. Across 346 career appearances, he went 71-47 with a 3.72 ERA and 967 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13685.4.

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 12, 2026

W–L 71–47

ERA 3.72

WHIP 1.23

SO 967

Pitcher PIV 13685.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 191 lb
Born: 6/19/1987 in Covington, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 2012-08-23
Last Game: 2023-09-05

Full name: Collin Alexander McHugh

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Career Pitching Statistics

Collin McHugh — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
71	47	346	127	1	0	1	992.2	940	410	106	280	967	3.72	13685.4

Career ERA 3.72 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 9.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Collin McHugh Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	NYN	NL	0	4	8	4	0	0	21.1	27	18	8	17	7.59	4.01 (-89%)	-1034.4
2013	NYN	NL	0	1	3	1	0	0	7.0	12	8	3	3	10.29	—	0.0
2013	COL	NL	0	3	4	4	0	0	19.0	33	21	2	8	9.95	3.87 (-157%)	-661.6
2014	HOU	AL	11	9	25	25	0	0	154.2	117	47	41	157	2.73	3.74 (+27%)	2530.5
2015	HOU	AL	19	7	32	32	0	0	203.2	207	88	53	171	3.89	3.96 (+2%)	2021.7
2016	HOU	AL	13	10	33	33	1	0	184.2	206	89	54	177	4.34	4.19 (-4%)	1159.2
2017	HOU	AL	5	2	12	12	0	0	63.1	62	25	20	62	3.55	4.36 (+18%)	861.7
2018	HOU	AL	6	2	58	0	0	0	72.1	45	16	21	94	1.99	4.15 (+52%)	2625.6
2019	HOU	AL	4	5	35	8	0	0	74.2	62	39	30	82	4.70	4.51 (-4%)	136.9
2021	TBA	AL	6	1	37	7	0	1	64.0	48	11	12	74	1.55	4.27 (+64%)	3472.9
2022	ATL	NL	3	2	58	0	0	0	69.1	51	20	14	75	2.60	3.97 (+35%)	2214.7
2023	ATL	NL	4	1	41	1	0	0	58.2	70	28	22	47	4.30	4.33 (+1%)	358.4
Career · 12 seasons			71	47	346	127	1	1	992.2	940	410	280	967	3.72	—	13,685

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

Collin McHugh — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
346	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.071	.071	.071	.143	0

Career AVG .071 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 71.5% below league average.

Career OBP .071 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 77.6% below league average.

Career SLG .071 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 82.5% below league average.

Career OPS .143 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 80.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Collin McHugh Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	NYN	NL	8	4	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYN	NL	3	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	COL	NL	4	4	0	1	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	HOU	AL	25	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	HOU	AL	32	8	1	1	4	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	33	6	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	HOU	AL	12	2	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	HOU	AL	58	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	HOU	AL	35	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	TBA	AL	37	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	ATL	NL	58	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	ATL	NL	41	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			346	28	1	2	12	.071	—	—	—	—	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

Collin McHugh — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Collin McHugh — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2022	NLDS1	ATL	2	.000
2021	ALDS2	TBA	2	.000
2018	ALCS	HOU	3	.000
2018	ALDS2	HOU	1	.000
2017	ALCS	HOU	1	.000
2017	WS	HOU	1	.000
2015	ALDS1	HOU	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Collin McHugh — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	12	3	0	27.0	17	12	8	20	4.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Collin McHugh — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	NLDS1	ATL	0	0	2	0	3.1	3	1	1	4	2.70
2021	ALDS2	TBA	0	1	2	1	3.2	3	3	1	2	7.36
2018	ALCS	HOU	0	0	3	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2018	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0.00
2017	ALCS	HOU	0	0	1	0	4.0	0	0	1	3	0.00
2017	WS	HOU	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	3	3	4	13.50
2015	ALDS1	HOU	1	1	2	2	10.0	9	5	2	2	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Collin McHugh — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	173	6	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	173	22	1	2	0	0	.091

Pitching — Home / Away

Collin McHugh — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	173	503.2	461	196	134	491	3.50
Away	173	489.0	479	214	146	476	3.94

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Collin McHugh — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2023-09-05	ATL	STL	—	3.0	6	4	4	0	3	1
2023-08-27	ATL	SFG	—	1.1	3	4	4	4	1	0
2023-08-21	ATL	NYN	—	3.1	3	0	0	0	5	0
2023-08-20	ATL	SFG	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-08-13	ATL	NYN	—	2.1	2	1	0	1	2	0
2023-08-09	ATL	PIT	—	2.2	1	1	1	0	4	1
2023-08-06	ATL	CHC	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2023-08-04	ATL	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2023-08-02	ATL	LAA	—	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023-07-30	ATL	MIL	—	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Collin McHugh — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	346	127	61	107	6	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Collin McHugh — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2012	NYN	P	8	4	0	3	0	1
2013	NYN	P	3	1	2	3	0	0
2013	COL	P	4	4	1	3	0	0
2014	HOU	P	25	25	12	21	2	2
2015	HOU	P	32	32	13	31	1	1
2016	HOU	P	33	33	11	19	0	2
2017	HOU	P	12	12	3	5	1	3
2018	HOU	P	58	0	3	5	1	0
2019	HOU	P	35	8	6	6	1	1
2021	TBA	P	37	7	1	3	0	0
2022	ATL	P	58	0	5	3	0	1
2023	ATL	P	41	1	4	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Collin McHugh Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	346

Awards & Honors

Collin McHugh — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2014	Rookie of the Month	September

Salary History

Collin McHugh — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$529,000
2015	HOU	AL	$516,300
Total Career Earnings			$1,045,300

Award Voting History

Collin McHugh — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	5.0	210	0
2014	Rookie of the Year	AL	4th	21.0	150	0

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Collin McHugh: the record in brief

According to the bio, Collin McHugh debuted on August 23, 2012 and played a final game on September 5, 2023. The season rows list, in order, the New York Mets (2012 to 2013), the Colorado Rockies (2013), the Houston Astros (2014 through 2019), the Tampa Bay Rays (2021), and the Atlanta Braves (2022 through 2023). At 6 feet, 2 inches and 191 pounds, McHugh is listed as a pitcher. The bio says McHugh batted and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is June 19, 1987, in Covington, GA, USA. The bio lists the given name Collin Alexander.

McHugh's career pitching line is 71 wins, 47 losses and a 3.72 ERA over 346 appearances. Also on McHugh's record: 967 strikeouts. That 3.72 ERA compares with a 4.12 league average across the same seasons, 9.8% better. 2015 brought McHugh a season-high 19 wins. 2016 produced McHugh's most strikeouts, 177. In 2014, one of the busiest seasons, McHugh posted a 2.73 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.74.

Frequently Asked Questions about Collin McHugh

What years did Collin McHugh play?: Collin McHugh played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2023.
Was Collin McHugh a pitcher?: Yes. Collin McHugh pitched in the major leagues, recording 71 wins and 967 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Collin McHugh hit?: Collin McHugh hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Collin McHugh's career batting average?: Collin McHugh batted .071 over his career, with 2 hits in 28 at bats.
What was Collin McHugh's career ERA?: Collin McHugh finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 71-47 with 967 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Collin McHugh have?: Collin McHugh recorded 967 career strikeouts.