Phil Hughes vs. Jeff Montgomery — Career Comparison

Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jeff Montgomery
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Montgomery 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 118), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 96), and home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 81). Jeff Montgomery held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 97). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Phil Hughes.

Pitching Stats for Phil Hughes and Jeff Montgomery

Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.25
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.48
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.94
46.94
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
4.52
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.27
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2606
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
868.2
9
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
8.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
3.07
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
7.25
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
7.59
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
38.31
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3637
37.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
5.69
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
4.77
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.6
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.4
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.7
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3254
33.71
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68

Fielding Stats for Phil Hughes and Jeff Montgomery

Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.25
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2606
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
868.2
9
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.34
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.89
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.07
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.02
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.96
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Hughes and Jeff Montgomery

Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
290
8700
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
700
210000
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
540
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.82
-54.69
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
240
Jeff Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA