Billy Buckner vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Billy Buckner
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Phil Hughes posted a stronger line than Billy Buckner. Phil Hughes posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.52 vs 6.02) and WHIP (1.324 vs 1.630). By the career numbers, Phil Hughes 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 Billy Buckner and Phil Hughes

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.45
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.34
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
6.02
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
10.93
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
9.65
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.93
10.93
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.33
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.63
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
6.36
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.61
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
39.94
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
6.19
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.62
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.618
1.618
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
35.48
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5088
35.47
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.94
39.94
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Billy Buckner and Phil Hughes

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.45
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.34
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.23
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
95.45
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.477
0.477
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Buckner and Phil Hughes

Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
44
880
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
540
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
540
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.78
35.52
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
33.93
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
240
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Billy Buckner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Buckner
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA