Harry Byrd vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Harry Byrd and Phil Hughes are fairly close on the surface numbers. Harry Byrd posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.35 vs 4.52) and home runs allowed (0.77 per nine innings vs 1.33). Phil Hughes had the advantage in WHIP (1.324 vs 1.515). By the career numbers, Harry Byrd 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 Harry Byrd and Phil Hughes

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.03
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
4.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
4.52
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
9.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
9.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.77
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
3.86
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3675
39.96
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.39
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
4.81
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
35.66
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5088
35.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Phil Hughes

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.78
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.493
0.493
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.99
22.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Phil Hughes

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
187
385.57
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
540
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.6
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
82.47
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
14.48
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.72
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
8.34
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
123.71
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
240
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
41.24
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA