Jake Arrieta vs. Jim Hughes — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Jim Hughes
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Arrieta and Jim Hughes are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 87 for Jake Arrieta and 86 for Jim Hughes, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 90 and 89 respectively. If forced to pick, Jake Arrieta gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Hughes

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.59
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.26
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.49
79.49
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.98
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
4.3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
441.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.03
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.73
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
3.19
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
4.18
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
4.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.977
0.977
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.36
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6755
37.71
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1930
39.36
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
4.39
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
4.91
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.22
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.75
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.92
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
34.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Hughes

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.59
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.26
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
441.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.65
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.28
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.16
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.94
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.64
92.64
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.62
89.62
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.218
1.218
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.49
79.49
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Hughes

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
407.04
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
78
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
600
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
538.03
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
2.16
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Jim Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA