Jack Bruner vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Jack Bruner
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Bruner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 4.91 and 1.782 for Jack Bruner. By the career numbers, Phil Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bruner and Phil Hughes

Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.25
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.91
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
7.36
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
4.58
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
41.4
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.13
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.782
1.782
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
33.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Jack Bruner and Phil Hughes

Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.02
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3873
27
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1291
9
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.66
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.02
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bruner and Phil Hughes

Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1200
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
540
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.81
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.54
-24.78
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
240
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jack Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA