Jay Hughes vs. Jason Simontacchi — Career Comparison

Jay Hughes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Simontacchi
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jason Simontacchi 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 5.09 and 1.496 for Jason Simontacchi. 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 Jason Simontacchi

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.11
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.43
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.06
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.69
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.66
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.33
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.48
67.48
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.47
60.47
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.21
55.21
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.92
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.02
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
5.09
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
8.31
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
10.1
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.44
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
3.1
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.16
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
3
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.83
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4539
37.55
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
39.27
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.26
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
5.39
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4111
34.01
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1385
35.05
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Jay Hughes and Jason Simontacchi

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.45
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3576
27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1070
27
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1192
9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
356.2
9
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.81
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.78
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.19
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.39
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.22
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.22
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.17
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.647
2.647
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.64
54.64
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Hughes and Jason Simontacchi

Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
177.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
522.41
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
116
600
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
538.1
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
563.79
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
117.86
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
19
98.28
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
83.33
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.24
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.71
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
34.52
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.14
52.54
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
18.5
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
170.24
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
20
103.45
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
166.67
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
21
108.62
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
79.76
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
10
51.72
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
65.48
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
141.67
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
12
62.07
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.8
55.72
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
14.58
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.48
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
175.86
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
3.41
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.1
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA