Guy Cooper vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Guy Cooper
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Cooper 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 5.33 and 1.444 for Guy Cooper. By the career numbers, Phil Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Cooper and Phil Hughes

Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.69
52.69
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
38.31
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
31
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Guy Cooper and Phil Hughes

Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.02
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3873
27
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1291
9
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.66
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.02
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Cooper and Phil Hughes

Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
900
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
540
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-60
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.82
-54.69
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
240
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA