Phil Hughes vs. Mike Mayers — Career Comparison

Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Mayers
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Mayers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Hughes led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 204 vs 125), home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 91). Role difference aside, Phil Hughes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Phil Hughes and Mike Mayers

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
5.21
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
9.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.33
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.61
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.29
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
7.25
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
9.08
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
39.47
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.37
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.31
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.79
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1033
35.39
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47

Fielding Stats for Phil Hughes and Mike Mayers

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.66
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.02
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.96
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.55
96.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.137
0.137
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Hughes and Mike Mayers

Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
8700
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
40800
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
540
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
240
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA