Tommy
Hughes
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 7, 1919 in Usa, PA, WILKES-BARRE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1950    1951    1953    1954   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 OAK AL   8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1942 22 OAK AL   8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1943 23 OAK AL   8 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1944 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1945 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1946 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 9 9
1947 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1948 28 OAK AL $ 2,120,000 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1949 29 OAK AL $ 2,120,000 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1950 30 OAK AL $ 2,120,000 7 8 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1951 31 OAK AL $ 4,500,000 6 8 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1952 32 BSN NL $ 4,500,000 7 8 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1953 33 BSN NL $ 4,500,000 7 8 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1954 34 BSN NL $ 4,500,000 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1955 35 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1956 36 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1957 37 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 6 6 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 5
1958 38 BSN NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 22 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 23 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 28 OAK AL $ 2,120,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 29 OAK AL $ 2,120,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 30 OAK AL $ 2,120,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 31 OAK AL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 32 BSN NL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 33 BSN NL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 34 BSN NL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 35 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 36 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 37 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 38 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1941 21 AAA   4 4 .500 9 9 0 0 0 54.3 63 27 0 34 31 4.47 .292 .388 .324 .712  
    AA   5 3 .625 12 12 0 0 0 84.7 80 33 3 34 66 3.51 .252 .325 .341 .665  
1942 22 AAA   6 9 .400 23 23 0 0 0 143.3 170 76 14 77 80 4.77 .300 .384 .430 .814  
    AA   4 2 .667 6 6 2 0 0 44.3 32 18 6 16 34 3.65 .196 .268 .319 .587  
1943 23 AAA   1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 39 8 1 14 12 2.06 .287 .353 .390 .743  
    AA   11 7 .611 24 24 2 1 0 169.3 151 49 8 59 139 2.60 .237 .302 .320 .622  
1944 24 OAK AL 4 1 .800 13 3 1 0 0 32.3 36 16 1 23 8 4.45 .295 .407 .410 .817 2.0
    AAA   10 6 .625 22 22 0 0 0 150.7 148 61 6 78 113 3.64 .256 .345 .341 .685  
1945 25 OAK AL 13 18 .419 42 42 7 0 0 305.3 296 148 18 140 106 4.36 .254 .334 .364 .698 12.8
1946 26 OAK AL 9 14 .391 25 25 2 0 0 165.7 196 99 9 95 86 5.38 .298 .384 .415 .799 2.4
1947 27 OAK AL 6 13 .316 31 31 3 0 0 216.7 226 104 11 117 94 4.32 .276 .363 .381 .744 8.6
1948 28 OAK AL 11 15 .423 35 35 2 0 0 236.7 222 114 12 147 131 4.34 .251 .357 .344 .700 14.3
1949 29 OAK AL 9 16 .360 37 37 1 0 0 240.3 218 98 14 140 128 3.67 .247 .349 .351 .700 17.9
1950 30 OAK AL 18 7 .720 41 41 3 0 0 279.7 252 121 18 171 171 3.89 .244 .351 .344 .695 23.5
1951 31 OAK AL 10 7 .588 27 27 1 0 0 176.7 149 77 11 102 105 3.92 .231 .336 .343 .679 13.7
1952 32 OAK AL 8 9 .471 27 27 1 0 0 166.3 141 88 14 102 112 4.76 .230 .338 .355 .693 8.5
  BSN NL 2 2 .500 8 8 0 0 0 53.7 40 20 4 44 43 3.35 .207 .353 .316 .669 4.6
  TOT   10 11 .476 35 35 1 0 0 220.0 181 108 18 146 155 4.42 .224 .342 .346 .688 13.1
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 42.7 29 11 1 27 39 2.32 .190 .311 .235 .546  
1953 33 BSN NL 20 8 .714 43 43 4 1 0 309.7 225 105 19 172 235 3.05 .203 .308 .290 .598 29.0
1954 34 BSN NL 21 14 .600 41 41 4 0 0 275.3 238 121 20 159 197 3.96 .233 .336 .340 .677 20.1
1955 35 BSN NL 18 14 .563 40 40 5 0 0 290.3 222 126 29 167 218 3.91 .214 .320 .351 .671 18.7
1956 36 BSN NL 2 4 .333 26 11 0 0 2 91.7 86 45 8 45 63 4.42 .249 .332 .394 .727 3.8
1957 37 BSN NL 5 3 .625 36 3 0 0 1 66.0 61 39 8 39 41 5.32 .250 .354 .398 .752 1.8
1958 38 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 1 10.7 10 9 3 7 8 7.60 .250 .354 .500 .854 0.0
15 Years Sim 157 145 .520 483 414 34 1 4 2916.9 2618 1330 199 1670 1746 4.10 .242 .342 .353 .695 181.8
5 Years AAA 24 21 .533 65 65 0 0 0 426.0 449 183 22 230 275 3.87 .272 .361 .364 .725  
3 Years AA 20 12 .625 42 42 4 1 0 298.3 263 100 17 109 239 3.02 .235 .303 .326 .629  
8 Years Minors 44 33 .571 107 107 4 1 0 724.3 712 283 39 339 514 3.52 .257 .338 .348 .687  
Season Average 10 9 .526 32 27 2 0 0 194.5 174 88 13 111 116 4.10 .242 .342 .353 .695  
Career Highs 21 18 1.000 43 43 7 1 2 309.7 296 148 29 172 235 7.60 .298 .407 .500 .854  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1290 624 97 745 966   .232 .323 .339 .661
vs LH   1328 706 102 925 780   .253 .365 .368 .732
Home 83 69 .546 247 209 18 1 2 1503.6 1273 634 91 843 891 3.79 .231 .333 .330 .663
Away 74 76 .493 236 205 16 0 2 1413.3 1345 696 108 827 855 4.43 .254 .354 .377 .731
Mar/Apr 25 26 .490 88 73 5 0 2 509.0 499 274 45 292 312 4.85 .262 .360 .392 .752
May 36 25 .590 86 77 7 0 0 549.3 463 223 26 314 338 3.65 .230 .334 .330 .663
June 24 29 .453 84 76 6 0 0 530.6 506 272 47 326 304 4.61 .253 .358 .376 .734
July 22 25 .468 80 69 5 0 0 463.3 428 221 33 262 292 4.29 .248 .348 .368 .716
August 23 20 .535 67 57 6 0 0 404.3 358 164 22 211 208 3.65 .239 .332 .333 .665
Sep/Oct 27 20 .574 78 62 5 1 2 460.3 364 176 26 265 292 3.44 .218 .325 .310 .635
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1944 24 OAK AL 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1945 25 OAK AL 42 106 3 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 37 .132 .148 .160 .309 -0.3 0.0
1946 26 OAK AL 25 59 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 .051 .051 .068 .119 -3.4 0.0
1947 27 OAK AL 31 64 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .063 .104 .063 .167 -2.0 0.0
1948 28 OAK AL 35 79 8 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 22 .101 .123 .152 .275 -0.4 0.0
1949 29 OAK AL 37 77 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .078 .101 .078 .179 -2.4 0.0
1950 30 OAK AL 41 93 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 28 .108 .134 .129 .263 -0.4 0.0
1951 31 OAK AL 27 57 6 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .193 .193 .246 .439 1.9 0.0
1952 32 OAK AL 27 53 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .094 .158 .113 .271 -0.7 0.0
  BSN NL 8 16 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .313 .353 .375 .728 2.2 0.5
  TOT   35 69 9 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 19 .145 .203 .174 .377 1.5 0.5
1953 33 BSN NL 43 102 6 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 27 .108 .125 .137 .262 -2.7 0.0
1954 34 BSN NL 41 85 4 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .141 .180 .153 .333 1.5 0.0
1955 35 BSN NL 40 98 6 12 1 0 2 10 0 0 5 32 .122 .162 .194 .356 3.0 0.0
1956 36 BSN NL 26 23 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .174 .167 .261 .428 1.1 0.0
1957 37 BSN NL 36 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1958 38 BSN NL 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
15 Years Sim 483 930 51 106 19 0 3 60 0 0 28 283 .114 .139 .144 .283 -3.6 0.7
162 Game Average 311 17 35 6 0 1 20 0 0 9 94 .114 .139 .144 .283 -1.2  
Career Highs 43 106 9 14 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 37 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   575 36 67 13 0 1 36 0 0 19 183 .117 .144 .144 .289 -5.0
vs LH   355 15 39 6 0 2 24 0 0 9 100 .110 .131 .144 .275 -4.6
Home 247 436 26 52 9 0 3 24 0 0 10 137 .119 .138 .161 .299 -2.7
Away 232 494 25 54 10 0 0 36 0 0 18 146 .109 .140 .130 .270 -6.9
RISP   232 0 35 7 0 2 58 0 0 7 75 .151 .173 .207 .380 4.4
Close/Late   47 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .106 .143 .128 .271 -0.6
Mar/Apr 88 161 16 20 6 0 0 9 0 0 7 42 .124 .160 .161 .321 0.2
May 86 182 5 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 8 52 .121 .157 .137 .294 -1.0
June 76 178 9 23 5 0 1 16 0 0 2 62 .129 .139 .174 .313 -0.7
July 80 149 10 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 46 .094 .129 .101 .230 -3.7
August 67 127 7 13 0 0 2 9 0 0 2 41 .102 .115 .150 .264 -1.9
Sep/Oct 78 133 4 14 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 40 .105 .125 .135 .260 -2.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 24 OAK AL P 13 3 32.3 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1945 25 OAK AL P 42 42 305.3 14 77 2 5 .978 2.68    
1946 26 OAK AL P 25 25 165.7 17 28 1 4 .978 2.44    
1947 27 OAK AL P 31 31 216.7 8 43 0 3 1.000 2.12    
1948 28 OAK AL P 35 35 236.7 13 34 0 4 1.000 1.79    
1949 29 OAK AL P 37 37 240.3 12 42 0 6 1.000 2.02    
1950 30 OAK AL P 41 41 279.7 18 50 1 4 .986 2.19    
1951 31 OAK AL P 27 27 176.7 14 27 0 0 1.000 2.09    
1952 32 OAK AL P 27 27 166.3 9 26 1 5 .972 1.89    
  BSN NL P 8 8 53.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.01    
  TOT   P 35 35 220.0 12 35 1 6 .979 1.92    
1953 33 BSN NL P 43 43 309.7 19 61 1 6 .988 2.33    
1954 34 BSN NL P 41 41 275.3 16 45 0 6 1.000 1.99    
1955 35 BSN NL P 40 40 290.3 16 50 1 4 .985 2.05    
1956 36 BSN NL P 26 11 91.7 8 13 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1957 37 BSN NL P 36 3 66.0 2 16 0 3 1.000 2.45    
1958 38 BSN NL P 11 0 10.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   483 414 2916.9 170 530 7 52 .990 2.16    
Career Highs   43 43 309.7 19 77 2 6 1.000 2.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1957 37 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 0 6.77 .333 .333 .500 .833
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 0 6.77 .333 .333 .500 .833
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-10-4.34
1949-2-3.67
1950-7-3.89
1951-7-3.92
1953-2-3.05
1954-9-3.96
Wins
1950-9-18
1953-5-20
1954-1-21
1955-8-18
Losses
1945-6-18
1949-8-16
Winning Pct
1950-6-.720
1951-10-.588
1953-5-.714
1954-8-.600
Games Started
1945-4-42
1950-7-41
1953-5-43
1954-7-41
Innings Pitched
1945-7-305.3
1950-10-279.7
1953-7-309.7
Hits Allowed
1945-4-296
Strikeouts
1949-8-128
1950-2-171
1953-4-235
1954-7-197
1955-7-218
Walks Allowed
1945-7-140
1948-4-147
1949-6-140
1950-2-171
1953-2-172
1954-3-159
1955-4-167
CAR-17-1670
Hits per 9IP
1948-8-8.4
1949-2-8.2
1950-5-8.1
1951-3-7.6
1952-2-7.6
1953-1-6.5
1954-8-7.8
1955-5-6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1946-5-4.7
1948-4-5.0
1949-4-4.8
1950-5-5.5
1951-8-5.3
1952-5-6.1
1953-4-6.8
1954-8-6.4
1955-8-6.8
WHiP
1953-5-1.28
OAVG
1948-9-.251
1949-2-.247
1950-6-.244
1951-3-.231
1952-3-.230
1953-1-.203
1954-8-.233
1955-5-.214
OOBP
1953-5-.308
OSLG
1945-8-.364
1948-2-.344
1949-4-.351
1950-3-.344
1951-2-.343
1952-4-.355
1953-2-.290
1954-4-.340
1955-7-.351
OOPS
1948-9-.700
1949-4-.700
1950-5-.695
1951-3-.679
1952-7-.693
1953-2-.598
1954-7-.677
1955-8-.671
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 119    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Oakland in 1941
Injured on 6/19/1943 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/30/1943 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 8/1/1944
Had first career hit on 4/8/1945, off Frank Barrett (CIN)
Injured on 7/13/1946 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
6/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,120,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/1948, off Bill Kennedy (MIN)
Injured on 5/5/1949 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1950, going 6-0, 2.05
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Injured on 7/29/1951 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 9 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Boston (N) on 7/31/1952 (Going to OAK: 2B Pete Runnels, P Willard Schmidt. Going to BSN: P Tommy Hughes)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
9/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/6/1956 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year