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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 80 83 2 5 0 4.99 -0.4
Birth Date6-29-1982
Height5' 10"
Weight190 lbs
Age41 years, 9 months, 0 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2009 KCA MLB 8 1 14.0 0 2 0 13 8 15 2 106 8.4 5.1 1.3 9.6 0% .306 1.50 4.99 5.14 86 2.94 63.1 0.4
2010 KCA MLB 57 0 56.3 1 3 0 59 24 34 3 112 9.4 3.8 0.5 5.4 0% .301 1.47 4.07 3.83 114 5.82 131.4 -0.6
2011 MIN MLB 15 0 12.7 1 0 0 19 8 11 4 105 13.5 5.7 2.8 7.8 0% .395 2.13 7.56 9.95 112 5.60 130.2 -0.1
CareerMLB80183.025091406091109.94.31.06.538%.3151.584.764.991095.30119.7-0.4

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2004 BUR A MDW 8 8 52.0 4 2 0 39 15 36 2 6.8 2.6 0.3 6.2 0% .245 1.04 3.51 1.56 0 0.00 0.0
2004 WIL A+ CRL 18 18 108.3 5 5 0 95 31 68 5 7.9 2.6 0.4 5.7 0% .265 1.16 3.59 2.41 0 0.00 0.0
2005 HDS A+ CLF 19 19 92.0 5 7 0 119 45 87 13 11.6 4.4 1.3 8.5 0% -.707 1.78 5.43 5.67 0 0.00 0.0
2007 WIC AA TXS 25 16 108.0 6 2 1 98 45 77 5 102 8.2 3.8 0.4 6.4 0% .280 1.32 3.83 3.08 95 3.96 81.3
2007 gcr Wnt AFL 6 6 22.0 1 0 0 16 8 17 1 6.5 3.3 0.4 7.0 0% .250 1.09 3.94 2.45 0 0.00 0.0
2008 NWA AA TXS 20 4 52.7 5 2 3 47 16 43 3 88 8.0 2.7 0.5 7.3 0% .299 1.20 3.34 2.90 88 4.15 85.0
2008 OMA AAA PCL 12 11 55.3 3 2 0 65 25 36 8 107 10.6 4.1 1.3 5.9 0% .324 1.63 5.41 5.05 113 5.75 117.6
2009 KCA MLB AL 8 1 14.0 0 2 0 13 8 15 2 106 8.4 5.1 1.3 9.6 0% .306 1.50 4.99 5.14 86 2.94 63.1
2009 OMA AAA PCL 34 11 87.3 3 3 1 79 41 76 6 83 8.1 4.2 0.6 7.8 0% .297 1.37 4.08 3.51 98 4.21 88.6
2010 KCA MLB AL 57 0 56.3 1 3 0 59 24 34 3 112 9.4 3.8 0.5 5.4 0% .301 1.47 4.07 3.83 114 5.82 131.4
2010 SJU Wnt PWL 3 3 15.7 2 1 0 15 4 13 1 8.6 2.3 0.6 7.5 0% .326 1.21 2.93 4.01 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MIN MLB AL 15 0 12.7 1 0 0 19 8 11 4 105 13.5 5.7 2.8 7.8 0% .395 2.13 7.56 9.95 112 5.60 130.2
2011 ROC AAA INT 43 2 56.7 3 1 1 55 24 68 6 92 8.7 3.8 1.0 10.8 0% .325 1.39 3.58 4.29 90 4.65 95.0
2012 GWN AAA INT 54 0 65.3 3 2 4 68 37 55 2 9.4 5.1 0.3 7.6 0% .324 1.61 3.71 3.31 101 5.33 111.0
2012 EST Wnt DWL 12 0 9.3 1 0 0 9 4 1 0 8.7 3.9 0.0 1.0 0% .290 1.39 4.53 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 GWN AAA INT 12 0 12.0 0 2 0 17 9 14 0 12.8 6.8 0.0 10.5 0% .436 2.17 3.36 6.75 95 6.09 132.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 227 0.4361 0.4141 0.6915 0.5657 0.2969 0.7857 0.5526 0.3085
2010 1019 0.4612 0.4239 0.8241 0.6021 0.2714 0.8657 0.7450 0.1759
2011 281 0.4911 0.4413 0.7742 0.6377 0.2517 0.8068 0.6944 0.2258
Career15270.46300.42560.79520.60320.27160.84300.70710.2048

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-09-20 2009-09-29 DTD 9 9 Left Elbow Nerve Injury Ulnar Neuritis -
2005-07-22 2005-09-10 Minors 50 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 MIN $429,000
2010 KCA $400,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$829,500
2 yrTotal$829,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 75 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/15/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Atlanta 5/10/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/17/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.429M (2011). Claimed by Minnesota off waivers 1/26/11 after being DFA by Kansas City 1/18/11. Signed by Minnesota 3/11.
  • 1 year/$0.4005M (2010). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Kansas City 9/5/09.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2003 (11-312) (Delta State).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Dusty Hughes threw 1,632 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Change (82mph), also mixing in a Cutter (84mph), Sinker (88mph) and Curve (74mph).