Phil Hughes

Q: When was Phil Hughes born?

Phil Hughes was born on June 24, 1986.

Q: Where was Phil Hughes born?

Phil Hughes was born in Mission Viejo, CA .

Q: How tall is Phil Hughes?

Phil Hughes is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Phil Hughes weigh when playing?

Phil Hughes weighed 240 lbs (108 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Phil Hughes in the Hall of Fame?

Phil Hughes has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Phil Hughes drafted?

Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Phil Hughes have?

Phil Hughes had 1,040 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Phil Hughes played for?

Phil Hughes played for 3 teams; the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres.

Q: How many World Series has Phil Hughes won?

Phil Hughes has won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Phil Hughes retire?

Phil Hughes last played in 2018.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 240lb (196cm, 108kg)

Born: June 24, 1986 in Mission Viejo, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA).

High School: Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA)

Debut: April 26, 2007 (Age 20-306d, 19,068th in major league history)
vs. TOR 4.1 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: August 8, 2018 (Age 32-045d)
vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Philip Joseph Hughes

Nicknames: Peej

Twitter: @PJHughes45

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

ERA

4.52

290

211

1291.0

1040

WHIP

1.314

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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2004	18	NYY-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	18			0.800	7.2	0.0	0.0	14.4		YNK GULF
2005	19	NYY-min	A,A+	9	1	.900	2.19	17	16	0	1	0	0	86.1	54	25	21	1	20	0	93	6	0	3	330			0.857	5.6	0.1	2.1	9.7	4.65	CHS,TAM SALL,FLOR
2006	20	NYY-min	AA,A+	12	6	.667	2.16	26	26	0	0	0	0	146.0	92	37	35	5	34	0	168	3	0	5	558			0.863	5.7	0.3	2.1	10.4	4.94	TRE,TAM EL,FLOR
2007	21	NYY-min	AAA,AA,A+	4	1	.800	1.91	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	21	9	8	0	12	0	42	1	0	2	142			0.876	5.0	0.0	2.9	10.0	3.50	SWB,TRE,TAM IL,EL,FLOR
2007	21	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	4.46	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.2	64	39	36	8	29	0	58	2	0	4	306	102	4.35	1.280	7.9	1.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
2008	22	NYY-min	AAA,A	3	0	1.000	4.79	8	6	0	0	0	0	35.2	37	19	19	2	11	0	37	2	0	2	156			1.346	9.3	0.5	2.8	9.3	3.36	SWB,CHS IL,SALL
2008	22	NYY	AL	0	4	.000	6.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	34.0	43	26	25	3	15	0	23	1	0	2	157	67	4.34	1.706	11.4	0.8	4.0	6.1	1.53
2009	23	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	17	4	4	2	3	0	19	0	0	0	77			1.034	7.9	0.9	1.4	8.8	6.33	SWB IL
2009	23	NYY	AL	8	3	.727	3.03	51	7	6	0	0	3	86.0	68	31	29	8	28	1	96	5	2	4	351	152	3.22	1.116	7.1	0.8	2.9	10.0	3.43
2010	24	NYY	AL	18	8	.692	4.19	31	29	0	0	0	0	176.1	162	83	82	25	58	1	146	0	1	9	730	103	4.25	1.248	8.3	1.3	3.0	7.5	2.52	AS
2011	25	NYY-min	AA,A-	1	0	1.000	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	18	0	0	0	55			1.000	5.8	0.6	3.2	11.6	3.60	TRE,STI EL,NYPL
2011	25	NYY	AL	5	5	.500	5.79	17	14	1	1	1	0	74.2	84	48	48	9	27	2	47	4	0	3	334	74	4.58	1.487	10.1	1.1	3.3	5.7	1.74
2012	26	NYY	AL	16	13	.552	4.19	32	32	0	1	0	0	191.1	196	101	89	35	46	0	165	6	0	3	815	101	4.56	1.265	9.2	1.6	2.2	7.8	3.59
2013	27	NYY	AL	4	14	.222	5.19	30	29	0	0	0	0	145.2	170	91	84	24	42	4	121	5	0	6	642	77	4.50	1.455	10.5	1.5	2.6	7.5	2.88
2014	28	MIN	AL	16	10	.615	3.52	32	32	0	1	0	0	209.2	221	88	82	16	16	1	186	5	0	1	855	111	2.65	1.130	9.5	0.7	*0.7*	8.0	*11.63*	CYA-7
2015	29	MIN	AL	11	9	.550	4.40	27	25	1	1	0	0	155.1	184	76	76	29	16	0	94	2	0	1	651	92	4.70	1.288	10.7	1.7	0.9	5.4	5.88
2016	30	MIN	AL	1	7	.125	5.95	12	11	0	1	0	0	59.0	76	40	39	11	13	0	34	0	0	0	259	71	5.08	1.508	11.6	1.7	2.0	5.2	2.62
2017	31	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	14			1.667	9.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	ROC IL
2017	31	MIN	AL	4	3	.571	5.87	14	9	3	0	0	0	53.2	72	38	35	12	13	2	38	1	0	0	244	76	5.43	1.584	12.1	2.0	2.2	6.4	2.92
2018	32	MIN-min	A+	2	0	1.000	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	11	3	3	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	42			1.200	9.9	0.0	0.9	8.1	9.00	FTM FLOR
2018	32	TOT	MLB	0	0		6.34	23	2	14	0	0	0	32.2	44	23	23	11	10	1	32	1	0	0	152	64	6.59	1.653	12.1	3.0	2.8	8.8	3.20
2018	32	MIN	AL	0	0		6.75	7	2	4	0	0	0	12.0	14	9	9	4	5	1	8	1	0	0	55	65	7.66	1.583	10.5	3.0	3.8	6.0	1.60
2018	32	SDP	NL	0	0		6.10	16	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	30	14	14	7	5	0	24	0	0	0	97	64	5.97	1.694	13.1	3.0	2.2	10.5	4.80
12 Yrs				88	79	.527	4.52	290	211	25	5	1	3	1291.0	1384	684	648	191	313	12	1040	32	3	33	5496	93	4.22	1.314	9.6	1.3	2.2	7.3	3.32
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.527	4.52	39	29	3	1	0	0	175	188	93	88	26	42	2	141	4	0	4	746	93	4.22	1.314	9.6	1.3	2.2	7.3	3.32

NYY (7 yrs)				56	50	.528	4.53	182	132	7	2	1	3	780.2	787	419	393	112	245	8	656	23	3	31	3335	95	4.31	1.322	9.1	1.3	2.8	7.6	2.68
MIN (5 yrs)				32	29	.525	4.43	92	79	8	3	0	0	489.2	567	251	241	72	63	4	360	9	0	2	2064	92	4.02	1.287	10.4	1.3	1.2	6.6	5.71
SDP (1 yr)				0	0		6.10	16	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	30	14	14	7	5	0	24	0	0	0	97	64	5.97	1.694	13.1	3.0	2.2	10.5	4.80

AL (12 yrs)				88	79	.527	4.49	274	211	15	5	1	3	1270.1	1354	670	634	184	308	12	1016	32	3	33	5399	94	4.20	1.308	9.6	1.3	2.2	7.2	3.30
NL (1 yr)				0	0		6.10	16	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	30	14	14	7	5	0	24	0	0	0	97	64	5.97	1.694	13.1	3.0	2.2	10.5	4.80

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2009	23	NYY	AL	0.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	24	NYY	AL	0.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-409	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	AS

2012	26	NYY	AL	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	27	NYY	AL	-0.1	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-218	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2014	28	MIN	AL	-0.1	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7
2015	29	MIN	AL	0.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-142	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2016	30	MIN	AL	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2018	32	2TM	2LG	0.0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2018	32	MIN	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2018	32	SDP	NL	0.0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				-0.3	32	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-168	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				-1.3	162	101	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-168	0	0	0	10	0	0

NYY (4 Yrs)				-0.1	11	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-222	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
MIN (4 Yrs)				-0.2	5	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
SDP (1 Yr)				0.0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

AL (8 Yrs)				-0.3	16	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-170	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
NL (1 Yr)				0.0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2007	21	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	23	NYY	AL,WS	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2010	24	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	25	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	26	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

AL (5 Yrs)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WS (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0			/1

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					Standard											DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2007	21	NYY	AL	P	13	13	0	72.2	14	4	9	1	1	.929	.955	0	0	1.61	1.60	1.00	1.59	4	9	3	25.0	26.6	0
2008	22	NYY	AL	P	8	8	0	34.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	.952	1	35	1.32	1.59	0.63	1.59	2	8	0	0.0	27.1	0
2009	23	NYY	AL	P	51	7	0	86.0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	.953	0	0	0.94	1.53	0.18	1.51	4	5	2	28.6	26.4	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	P	31	29	0	176.1	20	7	13	0	1	*1.000*	.953	-1	-6	1.02	1.63	0.65	1.61	9	10	5	33.3	26.2	0	AS
2011	25	NYY	AL	P	17	14	1	74.2	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	.949	-1	-16	0.96	1.60	0.47	1.59	3	7	0	0.0	28.0	0
2012	26	NYY	AL	P	32	32	1	191.1	22	7	14	1	0	.955	.954	-2	-13	0.99	1.57	0.66	1.56	3	4	3	42.9	25.4	0
2013	27	NYY	AL	P	30	29	0	145.2	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	.957	-1	-8	0.80	1.54	0.43	1.53	6	8	3	27.3	26.1	0
2014	28	MIN	AL	P	32	32	1	209.2	19	10	8	1	2	.947	.950	-7	-40	0.77	1.46	0.56	1.46	1	14	1	6.7	26.6	0	CYA-7
2015	29	MIN	AL	P	27	25	1	155.1	22	5	17	0	0	1.000	.954	0	0	1.27	1.52	0.81	1.51	1	7	2	22.2	31.7	0
2016	30	MIN	AL	P	12	11	1	59.0	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	.950	-1	-20	1.37	1.40	0.75	1.39	0	1	0	0.0	29.0	0
2017	31	MIN	AL	P	14	9	0	53.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	.948	1	22	0.84	1.32	0.36	1.32	0	3	3	50.0	26.5	0
2018	32	2TM	2LG	P	23	2	0	32.2	0	0	0	0	0			-1	-37	0.00	1.46	0.00	1.47	0	1	0	0.0	28.0	0
2018	32	MIN	AL	P	7	2	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	1.28	0.00	1.30	0	0	0			0
2018	32	SDP	NL	P	16	0	0	20.2	0	0	0	0	0			-1	-58	0.00	1.57	0.00	1.55	0	1	0	0.0	28.0	0
12 Yrs					290	211	5	1291.0	146	49	94	3	4	.979	.953	-12	-11	1.00	1.53	0.49	1.52	33	77	22	22.2	27.0	0

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
2007	21	NYY	AL	P	2	0	5.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0

2009	23	NYY	AL,WS	P	9	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	P	4	4	17.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.08	1.00	6	0	0.0
2011	25	NYY	AL	P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0
2012	26	NYY	AL	P	2	2	6.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0
5 Yrs					19	6	39.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.92	0.21	6	0	0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Phil Hughes?

Phil Hughes is 38 years old.

When was Phil Hughes born?

Phil Hughes was born on June 24, 1986.

Where was Phil Hughes born?

Phil Hughes was born in Mission Viejo, CA.

How tall is Phil Hughes?

Phil Hughes is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Phil Hughes weigh when playing?

Phil Hughes weighed 240 lbs (108 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Phil Hughes play?

Phil Hughes played 12 seasons.

Is Phil Hughes in the Hall of Fame?

Phil Hughes has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Phil Hughes drafted?

Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA).

What position did Phil Hughes play?

Phil Hughes was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Phil Hughes have?

Phil Hughes had 1,040 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Phil Hughes played for?

Phil Hughes played for 3 teams; the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres.

How many World Series has Phil Hughes won?

Phil Hughes has won 1 World Series.

When did Phil Hughes retire?

Phil Hughes last played in 2018.

What is Phil Hughes' Twitter account?

Phil Hughes is on Twitter at PJHughes45.

What are Phil Hughes' nicknames?

Peej is a nickname for Phil Hughes.

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