Ike Butler vs. Tommy Hughes — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Hughes
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Butler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.462 compared to 5.34 and 1.831 for Ike Butler. By the career numbers, Tommy Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Tommy Hughes

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.88
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.08
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.14
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.73
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.63
35.63
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.42
60.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.41
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.34
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.92
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2064
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
9.13
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.48
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.03
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.89
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.769
0.769
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
39.13
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.3
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.64
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.462
1.462
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2678
35.03
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Tommy Hughes

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.26
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
27
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.25
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.58
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.31
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Tommy Hughes

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
389.74
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
53
538.98
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
546.15
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
64.1
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.97
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
15.19
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.42
8.78
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
69.23
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
82.05
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.08
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.82
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
122.03
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35.9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
3.09
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.93
-7.51
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
15.38
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
63
161.54
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
4.54
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.69
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA