Josh Hader vs. Tommy Hughes — Career Comparison

Josh Hader
MillenialMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tommy Hughes
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Hader as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Hader posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.64 and WHIP 0.949 compared to 3.92 and 1.462 for Tommy Hughes. By the career numbers, Josh Hader had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Hader and Tommy Hughes

Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
8.22
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.88
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.14
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.41
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.54
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.73
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.42
60.42
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.99
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.64
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
3.92
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1537
27
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2064
27
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
512.1
9
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
9
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.95
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
698
9.13
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.14
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.43
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.48
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.03
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
14.56
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
2.89
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.56
14.56
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.005
2.005
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
2019
35.47
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2991
39.13
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
5.64
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.88
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
4.64
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1782
31.3
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2678
35.03
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.47
35.47
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Josh Hader and Tommy Hughes

Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
8.22
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1537
27
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512.1
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.32
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.63
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.97
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.31
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.115
0.115
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.257
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Hader and Tommy Hughes

Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
468
35100
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
152
389.74
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
546.15
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
64.1
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
58.97
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
8.78
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
69.23
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
82.05
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.82
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35.9
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-12.06
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.93
-7.51
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.38
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
161.54
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.9
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.69
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA