Jim Bagby vs. Vern Hughes — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vern Hughes
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore TerrapinsFederal LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bagby built a career as a starting pitcher and Vern Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bagby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.18 and 1.412 for Vern Hughes. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby and Vern Hughes

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
1.56
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.03
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.43
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.07
59.07
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.82
65.82
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.66
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
3.11
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.18
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5465
27
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1821.2
9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
9.31
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.94
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.26
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
2.22
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.498
0.498
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.529
0.529
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.18
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.16
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7533
37.22
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.45
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
3.8
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7042
34.79
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.22
37.22
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby and Vern Hughes

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.665
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby and Vern Hughes

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
269.34
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
724
600
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
660
546.96
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
119.34
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.7
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.01
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.97
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
35.64
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52.64
43.63
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
163.26
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.51
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
57.18
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
49.72
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.25
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.56
46.04
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
26.52
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
91
75.41
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.96
7.96
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.86
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA