Jerry Hughes  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Hughes can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Hughes has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Hughes also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He has quick feet and can catch runners napping at first or second base. Hughes's follow-through leaves him in a vulnerable position, so he has trouble with comebackers. Hughes is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hughes has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Hughes as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 BER 95 69 88 86 47 38 54 55 52 50 63 50 63 0 0 0 32 4 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 42 367
2004 BER 93 69 88 86 47 38 54 55 52 50 63 50 65 0 0 0 34 5 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 42 364
2005 BER 92 68 87 86 47 38 54 55 52 50 63 50 65 0 0 0 35 7 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 360
2006 BER 92 68 87 86 47 38 54 55 52 50 63 50 65 0 0 0 35 7 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 360
2007 BER 95 69 88 86 47 38 54 55 52 50 63 50 65 0 0 0 36 8 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 365
Ratings Delta   +3 +1 +1                           +1 +1             +5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.