Jay Hughes vs. Stubby Overmire — Career Comparison

Jay Hughes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stubby Overmire
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Stubby Overmire 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 3.96 and 1.401 for Stubby Overmire. 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 Stubby Overmire

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.11
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
2.12
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.06
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.09
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.69
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.33
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.48
67.48
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.4
46.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.5
51.5
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.92
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.4
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.02
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
3.96
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3392
27
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1130.2
9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
8.31
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1259
10.02
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
3.1
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.59
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
3
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
2.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.554
0.554
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4539
37.55
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4906
39.05
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.54
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.26
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
4.53
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.401
1.401
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4111
34.01
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4570
36.38
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05

Fielding Stats for Jay Hughes and Stubby Overmire

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.13
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3576
27
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1192
9
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.81
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.19
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.22
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.63
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.647
2.647
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Hughes and Stubby Overmire

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
149
177.38
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
396.03
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
403
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
452
538.1
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
335
498.76
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
117.86
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
54
80.4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
83.33
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
43
64.02
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.24
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.42
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.71
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.96
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
34.52
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
11
16.38
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.14
52.54
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
17.4
25.9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
170.24
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
69
102.73
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
166.67
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
95
141.44
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
79.76
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
19
28.29
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
65.48
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
27
40.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
141.67
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
46
68.49
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.8
55.72
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
17.39
25.89
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
39
46.43
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
61.04
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
76
90.48
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
61.04
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
6.63
6.63
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.83
9.83
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
11
13.1
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
40.2
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.91
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.98
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.38
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.98
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0