Tom Hughes vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Tom Hughes
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Tom Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Hughes and Gary Wayne

Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
1.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.59
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.45
78.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
3.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7932
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2644
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2610
8.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
2.9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
4.66
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11032
37.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1292
4.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10078
34.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Tom Hughes and Gary Wayne

Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6477
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2159
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
2.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
3.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.33
92.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.919
1.919
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Hughes and Gary Wayne

Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
236.99
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1038
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
958
553.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
109.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
16.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
28.32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.41
37.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
153.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
133.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
51.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
45.66
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
93.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64.61
37.34
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
22.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
283
163.58
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
22.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88.89
88.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA