Brandon Hughes vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Brandon Hughes
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 4.75 and 1.382 for Brandon Hughes. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Hughes and Cliff Lee

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
4.75
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
2.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.94
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
10.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1824
7.61
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.72
10.72
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
39.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.96
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
34.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Brandon Hughes and Cliff Lee

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.101
0.101
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Hughes and Cliff Lee

Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
600
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Brandon Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Brandon Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50