Phil Hughes
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #23, New York Yankees | Foothill HS (CA)

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 0 0 6.75 7 2 0 12.0 8 1.58
12 Seasons 88 79 4.52 290 211 3 1291.0 1040 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 7 0-0 6.75 12.0 8 1.58
12 Seasons 290 88-79 4.52 1291.0 1040 1.31

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 2255 539 41 7.6 6.3 89.8 113.1 15.7 37.1 .302 .523 .347 .365 .419 40.6 14.4 2.5 4.40 5.74
2016 30 907 212 17 8.0 6.6 91.7 116.9 16.9 37.7 .320 .548 .362 .384 .427 43.9 13.1 5.0 5.95 6.61
2017 31 907 192 19 9.9 7.9 90.8 111.3 19.2 41.1 .292 .541 .378 .363 .415 37.0 15.7 4.5 5.87 5.89
2018 32 562 109 19 17.4 12.6 92.2 112.4 19.3 45.0 .321 .667 .403 .433 .538 45.0 21.2 6.0 6.34 9.01
Player 4631 1052 96 9.1 7.4 90.6 116.9 16.9 38.8 .306 .548 .362 .376 .432 41.1 15.2 3.8
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hughes relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(55.5%) ,
Curveball
(17.6%) ,
Cutter
(16.2%) ,
Sinker
(10.1%) ,
Changeup
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 36.7 25.2 29.9 8.2 32.7 39.0 28.2 2.0 27.3 25.2 30.4 6.1 7.6 6.3
2016 36.3 27.8 27.8 8.0 34.9 41.5 23.6 2.8 23.1 29.2 29.7 6.6 8.0 6.6
2017 30.2 31.8 30.7 7.3 37.5 37.0 25.5 1.0 24.5 31.8 24.0 8.3 9.9 7.9
2018 28.4 39.4 27.5 4.6 39.4 34.9 25.7 1.8 17.4 29.4 25.7 7.3 17.4 12.6
Player 34.6 28.4 29.4 7.6 34.7 38.7 26.5 2.0 24.9 27.7 28.6 6.7 9.1 7.4
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 Curveball SD R 99 78.4 55.1 -0.4 -1 8.7 -0.7 -7
2018 4-Seamer SD R 312 90.6 19.3 -1.6 -9 9.3 1.8 25
2018 Cutter SD R 91 87.2 25.1 3.1 11 1.4 -3.6 -163
2018 Sinker SD R 57 89.8 25.5 0.9 4 17.5 3.0 20
2018 Changeup SD R 3 80.7 31.9 -2.5 -7 15.8 2.3 17
2017 Changeup MIN R 129 82.4 31.9 -0.1 0 11.3 -2.4 -18
2017 Curveball MIN R 182 77.2 55.4 -0.3 -1 7.4 -1.6 -18
2017 4-Seamer MIN R 291 90.0 18.8 -1.7 -10 8.3 -0.2 -2
2017 Sinker MIN R 138 89.4 24.2 0.6 3 14.1 -0.7 -5
2017 Cutter MIN R 167 86.1 27.0 1.8 6 0.4 -2.6 -119
2016 4-Seamer MIN R 398 91.0 15.2 0.7 4 6.7 -0.8 -11
2016 Sinker MIN R 66 91.1 16.7 -3.9 -19 11.5 -2.6 -18
2016 Curveball MIN R 206 77.6 54.3 -0.2 0 13.8 3.7 37
2016 Changeup MIN R 34 85.8 26.4 -2.8 -10 7.4 -5.0 -40
2016 Cutter MIN R 200 88.2 20.8 4.5 18 1.3 -0.6 -32
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 4-Seamer 2.6 8 312 55.5 82 .347 .773 .487 25.0 18.3 19.0 .361 .873 .531 55.0
2018 Curveball -0.9 -1 99 17.6 21 .238 .238 .214 25.0 19.0 11.4 .239 .293 .229 23.5
2018 Cutter -0.2 0 91 16.2 31 .207 .379 .263 16.7 41.9 28.9 .270 .421 .307 35.3
2018 Sinker 4.5 3 57 10.1 16 .500 .714 .550 9.4 0.0 0.0 .353 .658 .466 42.9
2018 Changeup -1.0 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .007 .014 .008 0.0
2017 4-Seamer -2.1 -6 291 32.1 86 .259 .383 .308 19.5 18.6 18.6 .266 .431 .313 33.3
2017 Curveball 2.9 5 182 20.1 44 .318 .591 .385 5.6 9.1 7.3 .318 .549 .363 30.0
2017 Cutter 2.7 4 167 18.4 44 .300 .675 .433 21.6 27.3 19.4 .297 .601 .401 53.6
2017 Sinker 1.7 2 138 15.2 40 .378 .568 .435 12.8 10.0 13.8 .287 .555 .358 32.4
2017 Changeup 5.2 7 129 14.2 28 .423 .808 .534 8.6 7.1 6.3 .331 .758 .467 45.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,255 57.2 67.3 89.6 30.3 79.1 43.8 71.7 51.4 12.4 9.3 78.6
2016 907 55.8 69.6 87.2 23.4 75.5 44.2 70.3 49.2 14.1 8.9 80.2
2017 907 55.7 72.5 86.3 23.1 76.3 43.7 68.2 50.6 15.3 7.9 84.7
2018 562 52.1 72.4 82.1 27.1 61.6 44.5 60.9 50.7 21.8 8.4 89.4
Player 4,631 56.0 69.3 87.6 27.1 75.7 43.9 69.5 50.7 14.4 8.9 81.2
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 2 1 1 1 30 1 10 7 3 12 100 1 58 24 31 64 38
2016 1 1 1 2 7 42 11 1 1 4 90 2 4 16 31 45 17
2017 7 5 2 2 34 37 2 1 16 12 93 3 7 9 29 32 24
2018 14 17 39 32
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 11 10.1 1 3 9 3 27.3
2017 22.3 12 10.0 2 6 9 3 25.0
2018 22.8 11 11.9 -1 5 8 5 45.5
Player 22.5 34 32.0 2 14 26 11 32.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 10 11 8 11 11 8 11 10 10 10 10 7 8 10 11 9 12 9 11 14 6 9 11 9 11 13 10 9 10 13
2017 12 7 14 6 12 13 12 10 12 6 12 11 6 8 13 13 9 8 5 9 16 10 10 6 6 12 13 8 8 10 14
2018 11 13 14 12 10 14 10 16 11 11 13 12 8 10 9 13 13 13 8 12 14 10 10 12 12 14 15 9 14 12 14
Player 34 30 39 26 33 38 30 37 33 27 35 33 21 26 32 37 31 33 22 32 44 26 29 29 27 37 41 27 31 32 41
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.6 90.1 -0.5 ↓ 88.8 -1.3 ↓ 1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 85.8 -0.1 ↓ 82.4 -3.4 ↓ -1.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 77.4 77.6 0.2 ↑ 77.2 -0.4 ↓ 1.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.8 91.7 1.9 ↑ 90.8 -0.9 ↓ 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 15.7 16.9 1.2 ↑ 19.2 2.3 ↑ 0.1 ↑
Barrel % 7.6 8 0.4 ↑ 9.9 1.9 ↑ 7.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.6 43.9 3.3 ↑ 37 -6.9 ↓ 8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 37.1 37.7 0.6 ↑ 41.1 3.4 ↑ 3.9 ↑
xBA .302 .32 0.018 ↑ .292 -0.028 ↓ 0.029 ↑
BA .293 .313 0.02 ↑ .316 0.003 ↑ -0.002 ↓
xwOBA .365 .384 0.019 ↑ .363 -0.021 ↓ 0.07 ↑
wOBA .347 .362 0.015 ↑ .378 0.016 ↑ 0.025 ↑
xSLG .523 .548 0.025 ↑ .541 -0.007 ↓ 0.126 ↑
SLG .501 .506 0.005 ↑ .553 0.047 ↑ 0.047 ↑
K% 14.4 13.1 -1.3 ↓ 15.7 2.6 ↑ 5.5 ↑
BB% 2.5 5 2.5 ↑ 4.5 -0.5 ↓ 1.5 ↑
Swing % 51.4 49.2 -2.2 ↓ 50.6 1.4 ↑ 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 12.4 14.1 1.7 ↑ 15.3 1.2 ↑ 6.5 ↑
In Zone % 57.2 55.8 -1.4 ↓ 55.7 -0.1 ↓ -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 42.8 44.2 1.4 ↑ 44.3 0.1 ↑ 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.3 23.4 -6.9 ↓ 23.1 -0.3 ↓ 4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 34.7 0.6 ↑ 31.8 -2.9 ↓ 2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 71.7 70.3 -1.4 ↓ 68.2 -2.1 ↓ -7.3 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 259 .362 170 14 8.2 89 22 24.7
2017 242 .378 143 10 7.0 99 29 29.3
2018 151 .403 82 5 6.1 69 16 23.2

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 909 17.0 27.4% 2.8% 442 25.0 0.0% 19.7%
2011 329 14.5 56.2% 0.9% 220 21.7 1.8% 8.6%
2012 1004 14.5 55.7% 0.8% 416 21.3 1.2% 8.2%
2013 731 14.9 50.6% 2.7% 410 22.9 0.0% 11.5%
2014 817 15.7 42.0% 0.7% 333 21.9 0.6% 9.6%
2015 643 17.3 30.5% 4.7% 352 25.5 2.8% 28.4%
2016 275 17.3 32.0% 3.3% 139 26.6 2.9% 33.1%
2017 269 17.7 22.3% 4.1% 134 25.7 0.0% 17.9%
2018 156 15.6 41.0% 0.0% 88 22.1 0.0% 4.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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