Dick Hughes vs. Phil Maton — Career Comparison

Dick Hughes
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Maton
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Maton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.005 compared to 3.98 and 1.281 for Phil Maton. By the career numbers, Dick Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hughes and Phil Maton

Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.99
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
9.11
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.59
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.97
68.97
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.78
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.98
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1417
27
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472.1
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
6.47
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
7.87
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.85
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.01
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.23
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
3.49
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.35
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
6.74
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
10.27
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.91
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
35.29
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2018
38.45
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.92
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.96
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
4.46
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.262
1.262
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
32.86
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1765
33.63
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Dick Hughes and Phil Maton

Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.99
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
9.11
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
27
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1417
27
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
9
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472.1
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.53
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.23
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.71
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.79
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.33
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.76
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.26
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.29
94.29
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hughes and Phil Maton

Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
71
398.13
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478
57360
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
549.53
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.29
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.29
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
8.59
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.29
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
84.11
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
39.25
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.22
-6.86
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
20.56
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
43
241.12
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.61
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA