Glen Hobbie vs. Jay Hughes — Career Comparison

Glen Hobbie
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jay Hughes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Glen Hobbie built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 4.2 and 1.435 for Glen Hobbie. By the career numbers, Jay Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Glen Hobbie and Jay Hughes

Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.02
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.11
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.21
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.06
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.44
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.69
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.58
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.33
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.36
43.36
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.48
67.48
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.86
59.86
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.32
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.92
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.02
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3789
27
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1263
9
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283
9.14
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
8.31
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
3.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
3.1
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
4.86
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
3
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.31
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.27
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.28
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5490
39.12
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4539
37.55
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.39
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.82
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.26
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4956
35.32
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4111
34.01
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Glen Hobbie and Jay Hughes

Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.03
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.13
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.21
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3783
27
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3576
27
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261
9
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
9
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.61
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.81
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
2.01
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.19
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.78
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.22
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
2.63
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.36
94.36
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.647
2.647
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.86
59.86
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Glen Hobbie and Jay Hughes

Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
392.63
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
149
177.38
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
434
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
398
550.23
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
538.1
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
52
71.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
117.86
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
58.06
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
83.33
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.29
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.24
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.71
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.53
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.57
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.82
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
34.52
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
13.89
19.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.14
52.54
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
70
96.77
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
170.24
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
74
102.3
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
166.67
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
25
34.56
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
79.76
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
16
22.12
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
65.48
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
37
51.15
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
141.67
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
3.47
4.8
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.8
55.72
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.38
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
21
29.03
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
172
237.79
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.48
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.97
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
11
13.1
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Glen Hobbie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.38
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Glen Hobbie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100