Jay Hughes vs. Matt Manning — Career Comparison

Jay Hughes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Manning
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Manning 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 4.43 and 1.287 for Matt Manning. By the career numbers, Jay Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jay Hughes and Matt Manning

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.11
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.06
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.69
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.33
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.48
67.48
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.52
95.52
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.92
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.02
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.43
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
9
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
8.31
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
8.57
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.06
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
3.1
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
3.01
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
3
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
6.31
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.035
1.035
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4539
37.55
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1087
38.52
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.26
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.287
1.287
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4111
34.01
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
975
34.55
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Jay Hughes and Matt Manning

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.13
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.81
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3576
27
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1192
9
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.81
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.74
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.19
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.92
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.22
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.74
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.67
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.647
2.647
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
102
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Hughes and Matt Manning

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
177.38
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
30600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
538.1
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
117.86
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
83.33
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.24
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.71
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
34.52
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.14
52.54
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
170.24
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
166.67
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
79.76
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
65.48
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
141.67
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.8
55.72
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.48
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.1
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA