Jared Hughes vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Jared Hughes
MillenialConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Jared Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 2.96 and 1.284 for Jared Hughes. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jared Hughes and Carl Mays

Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
9.01
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
2.96
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1624
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
541.1
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
7.98
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.16
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
6.17
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.48
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2247
37.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
3.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
3.61
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1977
32.87
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.36
37.36
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Jared Hughes and Carl Mays

Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
9.01
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541.1
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.81
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.84
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.73
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.91
95.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jared Hughes and Carl Mays

Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
36133.33
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-55.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jared Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Jared Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50