Phil Hughes
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #23, New York Yankees | Foothill HS (CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 7 5.95 12 11 0 59 34 1.51
2017 4 3 5.87 14 9 0 53.2 38 1.58
2018 0 0 6.34 23 2 0 32.2 32 1.65
12 Seasons 88 79 4.52 290 211 3 1,291 1,040 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 12 1-7 5.95 59 34 1.51
2017 14 4-3 5.87 53.2 38 1.58
2018 23 0-0 6.34 32.2 32 1.65
12 Seasons 290 88-79 4.52 1,291 1,040 1.31
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA 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 5.77
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 7.8 90.8 111.3 19.2 41.1 .292 .541 .378 .363 .414 37.0 15.6 5.3 5.87 5.89
2018 32 562 109 19 17.4 12.5 92.2 112.4 19.3 45.0 .321 .667 .403 .433 .537 45.0 21.1 6.6 6.34 9.01
Player 4631 1052 96 9.1 7.4 90.6 116.9 16.9 38.8 .306 .547 .362 .376 .432 41.1 15.2 4.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hughes relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(55.5%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(17.6%) ,
Cutter
(16.2%) ,
Sinker
(10.1%) ,
Changeup
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 36.7 63.3 25.2 29.9 8.2 32.7 39.0 28.2 15.6 17.1 3.9 17.1 21.9 24.3
2016 36.3 63.7 27.8 27.8 8.0 34.9 41.5 23.6 14.6 17.9 3.8 20.3 23.6 19.8
2017 30.2 69.8 31.8 30.7 7.3 37.5 37.0 25.5 15.1 12.0 3.1 22.4 25.0 22.4
2018 28.4 71.6 39.4 27.5 4.6 39.4 34.9 25.7 19.3 7.3 1.8 20.2 27.5 23.9
Player 34.6 65.4 28.4 29.4 7.6 34.7 38.7 26.5 15.7 15.3 3.5 19.0 23.4 23.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.0 27.3 25.2 30.4 6.1 7.6 6.3
2016 2.8 23.1 29.2 29.7 6.6 8.0 6.6
2017 1.0 24.5 31.8 24.0 8.3 9.9 7.8
2018 1.8 17.4 29.4 25.7 7.3 17.4 12.5
Player 2.0 24.9 27.7 28.6 6.7 9.1 7.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD R 312 90.6 19.3 -1.6 9.3ARM 1.8 14.6 -1.1 9.3ARM 2.1
2018 Cutter SD R 91 87.2 25.1 3.3 1.4ARM -3.6 11.3 3.0 1.4ARM -4.0
2018 Curveball SD R 99 78.4 55.1 -0.5 8.7GLV -0.6 -9.2 -0.4 8.7GLV -0.5
2018 Sinker SD R 57 89.8 25.5 0.8 17.5ARM 3.0 9.1 0.2 17.5ARM 2.8
2018 Changeup SD R 3 80.7 31.9 -2.5 15.8ARM 2.3 10.1 -3.4 15.8ARM 2.5
2017 Changeup MIN R 129 82.4 31.9 -0.1 11.3ARM -2.4 9.8 -1.3 11.3ARM -2.3
2017 Curveball MIN R 182 77.2 55.4 -0.4 7.4GLV -1.6 -7.3 -0.7 7.4GLV -1.2
2017 Cutter MIN R 167 86.1 27.0 1.9 0.4ARM -2.6 10.9 1.6 0.4ARM -2.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 291 90.0 18.8 -1.7 8.3ARM -0.2 15.7 -1.4 8.3ARM 0.2
2017 Sinker MIN R 138 89.4 24.2 0.6 14.1ARM -0.7 10.5 0.3 14.1ARM -1.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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-Seam Fastball -3.3 -10 312 55.5 82 .347 .773 .487 25.0 18.3 19.0 .361 .873 .531 55.0
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 99 17.6 21 .238 .238 .214 25.0 19.0 11.4 .239 .292 .229 23.5
2018 Cutter -0.4 0 91 16.2 31 .207 .379 .263 18.8 41.9 28.9 .270 .421 .307 35.3
2018 Sinker -3.1 -2 57 10.1 16 .500 .714 .550 9.4 0.0 0.0 .353 .658 .466 42.9
2018 Changeup 7.8 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .007 .014 .008 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 3 291 32.1 86 .259 .383 .308 19.5 18.6 18.6 .266 .431 .313 33.3
2017 Curveball -2.2 -4 182 20.1 44 .318 .591 .385 5.6 9.1 7.3 .317 .548 .362 30.0
2017 Cutter -2.6 -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 -6.1 -8 129 14.2 28 .423 .808 .534 8.6 7.1 6.3 .331 .758 .467 45.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 152 617 -2 4 -4 -2 -4
2009 350 1,452 18 14 -8 -7 16
2010 727 2,997 15 17 -14 -12 6
2011 332 1,284 -3 9 -11 -5 -10
2012 815 3,217 5 7 -14 -12 -14
2013 638 2,534 7 2 -15 -10 -17
2014 853 3,039 4 22 -9 -4 12
2015 651 2,254 0 5 -8 -5 -8
2016 259 907 3 -2 -6 -2 -7
2017 242 907 -4 3 -10 -3 -15
2018 151 562 -6 0 -4 -3 -12
Player 5,170 19,770 37 80 -104 37 -53
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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 67.9 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 22.1 8.4 89.4
Player 4,631 56.0 69.3 87.6 27.1 75.7 43.9 69.5 50.7 14.5 8.9 81.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 28 31 64 38
2016 1 1 1 2 7 42 11 1 1 4 90 2 4 22 31 45 18
2017 7 5 2 2 32 37 2 1 16 12 93 3 7 11 28 32 28
2018 18 17 39 31
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 11 10.5 1 4 10 3 27.3
2017 22.3 12 9.8 2 5 10 2 16.7
2018 22.8 11 10.2 1 4 8 4 36.4
Player 22.5 34 30.4 4 13 28 9 26.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 11 12 9 11 11 8 11 9 9 6 11 12 11 9 12 10 6 8 11 13 9 9 13 13 9 12 12 16 12 12 8
2017 12 9 4 12 12 12 12 11 9 7 11 14 7 6 12 13 7 10 6 11 7 8 14 13 9 8 10 15 9 9 6
2018 11 14 8 11 11 9 12 10 8 6 8 11 13 8 8 12 9 9 11 12 10 12 12 13 9 7 11 13 13 10 6
Player 34 35 21 34 34 29 35 30 26 19 30 37 31 23 32 35 22 27 28 36 26 29 39 39 27 27 33 44 34 31 20
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018
Fastball Velocity 90.6 -0.5 ↓ 90.1 -1.3 ↓ 88.8 1.0 ↑ 89.8
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 -0.1 ↓ 85.8 -3.4 ↓ 82.4 -1.7 ↓ 80.7
Breaking Velocity 77.4 0.2 ↑ 77.6 -0.4 ↓ 77.2 1.2 ↑ 78.4
Exit Velocity 89.8 1.9 ↑ 91.7 -0.9 ↓ 90.8 1.4 ↑ 92.2
Launch Angle 15.7 1.2 ↑ 16.9 2.3 ↑ 19.2 0.1 ↑ 19.3
Barrel % 7.6 0.4 ↑ 8.0 1.9 ↑ 9.9 7.5 ↑ 17.4
Hard Hit % 40.6 3.3 ↑ 43.9 -6.9 ↓ 37.0 8.0 ↑ 45.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.1 0.6 ↑ 37.7 3.4 ↑ 41.1 3.9 ↑ 45.0
xBA .302 0.018 ↑ .320 -0.028 ↓ .292 0.029 ↑ .321
BA .293 0.020 ↑ .313 0.003 ↑ .316 -0.002 ↓ .314
xwOBA .365 0.019 ↑ .384 -0.021 ↓ .363 0.070 ↑ .433
wOBA .347 0.015 ↑ .362 0.016 ↑ .378 0.025 ↑ .403
xSLG .523 0.025 ↑ .548 -0.007 ↓ .541 0.126 ↑ .667
SLG .501 0.005 ↑ .506 0.047 ↑ .553 0.047 ↑ .600
K% 14.4 -1.3 ↓ 13.1 2.5 ↑ 15.6 5.5 ↑ 21.1
BB% 2.5 2.5 ↑ 5.0 0.3 ↑ 5.3 1.3 ↑ 6.6
Swing % 51.4 -2.2 ↓ 49.2 1.4 ↑ 50.6 0.1 ↑ 50.7
Whiff% 12.4 1.7 ↑ 14.1 1.2 ↑ 15.3 6.8 ↑ 22.1
In Zone % 57.2 -1.4 ↓ 55.8 -0.1 ↓ 55.7 -3.6 ↓ 52.1
Out of Zone % 42.8 1.4 ↑ 44.2 0.1 ↑ 44.3 3.6 ↑ 47.9
Out of Zone Swing % 30.3 -6.9 ↓ 23.4 -0.3 ↓ 23.1 4.0 ↑ 27.1
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 0.6 ↑ 34.7 -3.0 ↓ 31.7 2.1 ↑ 33.8
First Pitch Strike % 71.7 -1.4 ↓ 70.3 -2.4 ↓ 67.9 -7.0 ↓ 60.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 259 .362 170 14 8.2 89 22 24.7
2017 Shifts 242 .378 143 10 7.0 99 29 29.3
2018 Shifts 151 .403 82 5 6.1 69 16 23.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 907 17.0 27.5% 2.5% 426 24.5 0.0% 16.9%
2011 329 14.5 56.2% 0.9% 212 21.4 1.9% 5.2%
2012 1002 14.5 55.8% 0.6% 404 21.1 1.2% 6.2%
2013 730 14.9 50.7% 2.6% 398 22.9 0.0% 9.0%
2014 816 15.6 42.0% 0.6% 321 21.7 0.6% 6.9%
2015 643 17.3 30.5% 4.7% 343 25.4 2.9% 27.4%
2016 274 17.3 32.1% 2.9% 137 26.6 2.9% 32.8%
2017 269 17.7 22.3% 4.1% 132 25.7 0.0% 16.7%
2018 156 15.6 41.0% 0.0% 86 22.1 0.0% 2.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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