Tommy Hughes vs. Ron Taylor — Career Comparison

Tommy Hughes
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Taylor
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.462 compared to 3.93 and 1.349 for Ron Taylor. By the career numbers, Tommy Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Hughes and Ron Taylor

Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.88
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.52
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.14
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.41
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.73
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.14
51.14
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.42
60.42
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.81
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.92
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
3.93
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2064
27
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
9
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
698
9.13
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
8.93
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.43
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.03
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.35
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
2.89
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
5.22
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.24
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2991
39.13
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3339
37.56
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.17
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
4.64
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
4.16
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2678
35.03
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3090
34.76
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.56
37.56

Fielding Stats for Tommy Hughes and Ron Taylor

Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.53
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.19
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2399
27
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799.2
9
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.45
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.9
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.87
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.31
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.257
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Hughes and Ron Taylor

Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
152
389.74
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
2434.71
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
546.15
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
575.21
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
64.1
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.97
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
8.78
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
6.98
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
69.23
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
69.42
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
82.05
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
13
64.46
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.08
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.82
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.9
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.93
-7.51
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.82
-18.94
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.38
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
161.54
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
68
337.19
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
1.78
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Tommy Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.9
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.69
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA