How Phil Hughes's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Phil Hughes totaled 5,496 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 2014, posting 855, well above the starting pitcher average of 470.4 that year. The lowest point came in 2018 at 152, well below the starting pitcher average of 406.9 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 259 in 2016 to 244 in 2017 and 152 in 2018, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 152 to 855 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Phil Hughes Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Phil Hughes
| Phil Hughes
Batters Faced | Phil Hughes
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 5496 | 38.31 |
| Season Avg. | 458 | 38.31 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3070.18 | 38.31 |
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Phil Hughes Batters Faced Per Season
Phil Hughes's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Phil Hughes Batters Faced by Team
Phil Hughes's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Phil Hughes Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Phil Hughes's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Phil Hughes Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Phil Hughes's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Phil Hughes Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Phil Hughes's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
