Rube Benton vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Benton posted a stronger line than Phil Hughes. Rube Benton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.09 vs 4.52) and WHIP (1.265 vs 1.324). By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Hughes

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.54
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.51
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.79
69.79
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
648
4.52
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2472
8.84
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
2.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.24
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
38.31
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.3
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684
4.77
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9732
34.79
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Hughes

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.493
0.493
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Hughes

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
540
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.88
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
240
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA