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Birth Date	7-4-1985
Height	6' 7"
Weight	240 lbs

Age	38 years, 9 months, 15 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.72015
: -1.02016
: -0.52017
: 0.32018
: 0.22019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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
2011	PIT	MLB	12	11.0	0	1	0	9	4	10	1	96	7.4	3.3	0.8	8.2	0%	.258	1.18	3.44	4.09	109	5.24	121.9	-0.1
2012	PIT	MLB	66	75.7	2	2	2	65	22	50	7	95	7.7	2.6	0.8	5.9	0%	.250	1.15	4.08	2.85	100	4.90	112.2	-0.1
2013	PIT	MLB	29	32.0	2	3	0	37	16	23	2	100	10.4	4.5	0.6	6.5	0%	.333	1.66	4.08	4.78	107	5.30	127.0	-0.3
2014	PIT	MLB	63	64.3	7	5	0	51	19	36	4	100	7.1	2.7	0.6	5.0	0%	.246	1.09	3.95	1.96	111	4.84	118.6	-0.3
2015	PIT	MLB	76	67.0	3	1	0	70	19	36	3	91	9.4	2.6	0.4	4.8	0%	.306	1.33	3.83	2.28	104	5.62	131.3	-0.7
2016	PIT	MLB	67	59.3	1	1	1	62	22	34	6	92	9.4	3.3	0.9	5.2	59%	.295	1.42	4.71	3.03	112	6.40	141.6	-1.0
2017	MIL	MLB	67	59.7	5	3	1	49	24	48	4		7.4	3.6	0.6	7.2	63%	.278	1.22	3.94	3.02	104	5.86	124.8	-0.5
2018	CIN	MLB	72	78.7	4	3	7	57	23	59	4	100	6.5	2.6	0.5	6.8	66%	.252	1.02	3.23	1.94	97	4.59	102.5	0.3
2019	CIN	0	47	48.3	3	4	1	41	19	34	6	98	7.6	3.5	1.1	6.3	63%	.254	1.24	4.67	4.10	102	4.64	94.7	0.4
2019	PHI	0	25	23.0	2	1	0	16	8	20	7	101	6.3	3.1	2.7	7.8	55%	.164	1.04	6.42	3.91	119	4.55	94.3	0.2
2019	TOT	MLB	72	71.3	5	5	1	57	27	54	13	99	7.2	3.4	1.6	6.8	61%	.228	1.18	5.24	4.04	107	4.61	94.6	0.6
Career		MLB	524	519.0	29	24	12	457	176	350	44	86	7.9	3.1	0.8	6.1	62%	.263	1.22	4.11	2.88	105	5.21	117.5	-2.0

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
2006	HIC	A	SAL	10	10	48.1	5	4	0	46	31	25	6	72	8.6	5.8	1.1	4.7	0%	.253	1.60	6.19	5.80	131	5.54	116.3
2006	WPT	A-	NYP	5	5	23.1	1	2	0	14	7	11	2	38	5.5	2.7	0.8	4.3	0%	.185	0.91	4.78	2.73	117	3.94	82.7
2007	HIC	A	SAL	27	27	145.3	8	9	0	162	54	109	11	111	10.0	3.3	0.7	6.8	0%	.318	1.49	4.29	4.65	103	5.56	114.1
2008	LYN	A+	CRL	21	21	105.7	3	9	0	108	50	54	7	103	9.2	4.3	0.6	4.6	0%	.291	1.49	4.93	4.60	118	5.84	119.5
2008	ALT	AA	EAS	6	6	31.0	2	2	0	35	16	18	4	99	10.2	4.6	1.2	5.2	0%	.290	1.65	5.38	4.94	118	5.94	121.5
2008	SUR	Wnt	AFL	8	8	20.3	0	3	0	32	8	15	5		14.2	3.5	2.2	6.7	0%	.365	1.97	7.72	10.64	0	0.00	0.0
2009	ALT	AA	EAS	17	7	46.3	1	6	3	55	16	36	1	100	10.7	3.1	0.2	7.0	0%	.355	1.53	3.15	3.89	90	5.66	119.0
2009	PIR	Rk	GCL	3	3	6.0	0	0	0	3	1	5	0	84	4.5	1.5	0.0	7.5	0%	.214	0.67	2.64	1.50	90	3.71	78.1
2010	ALT	AA	EAS	30	23	150.7	12	8	0	166	41	120	15	87	9.9	2.4	0.9	7.2	0%	.322	1.37	4.09	4.42	0	0.00	0.0
2011	PIT	MLB	NL	12	0	11.0	0	1	0	9	4	10	1	96	7.4	3.3	0.8	8.2	0%	.258	1.18	3.44	4.09	109	5.24	121.9
2011	ALT	AA	EAS	13	11	61.7	3	4	0	62	18	33	2	84	9.0	2.6	0.3	4.8	0%	.287	1.30	4.02	4.09	105	4.89	99.9
2011	IND	AAA	INT	35	0	42.7	3	1	0	35	18	45	1		7.4	3.8	0.2	9.5	0%	.309	1.24	2.90	2.11	80	3.48	71.1
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	66	0	75.7	2	2	2	65	22	50	7	95	7.7	2.6	0.8	5.9	0%	.250	1.15	4.08	2.85	100	4.90	112.2
2012	IND	AAA	INT	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		4.5	4.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.250	1.00	1.65	0.00	83	3.71	77.2
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	29	0	32.0	2	3	0	37	16	23	2	100	10.4	4.5	0.6	6.5	0%	.333	1.66	4.08	4.78	107	5.30	127.0
2013	ALT	AA	EAS	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	90	4.5	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.333	0.50	-0.69	0.00	51	2.81	61.1
2013	IND	AAA	INT	18	1	21.0	1	0	2	17	7	18	0	102	7.3	3.0	0.0	7.7	0%	.293	1.14	2.63	0.43	84	3.50	76.0
2014	PIT	MLB	NL	63	0	64.3	7	5	0	51	19	36	4	100	7.1	2.7	0.6	5.0	0%	.246	1.09	3.95	1.96	111	4.84	118.6
2014	IND	AAA	INT	7	0	7.7	1	1	4	5	2	7	0		5.9	2.3	0.0	8.2	0%	.263	0.91	2.69	1.17	80	3.09	65.3
2015	PIT	MLB	NL	76	0	67.0	3	1	0	70	19	36	3	91	9.4	2.6	0.4	4.8	0%	.306	1.33	3.83	2.28	104	5.62	131.3
2016	PIT	MLB	NL	67	0	59.3	1	1	1	62	22	34	6	92	9.4	3.3	0.9	5.2	59%	.295	1.42	4.71	3.03	112	6.40	141.6
2016	IND	AAA	INT	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	7	3	5	1		10.5	4.5	1.5	7.5	79%	.333	1.67	5.67	7.50	110	5.14	113.4
2017	MIL	MLB	NL	67	0	59.7	5	3	1	49	24	48	4		7.4	3.6	0.6	7.2	63%	.278	1.22	3.94	3.02	104	5.86	124.8
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	72	0	78.7	4	3	7	57	23	59	4	100	6.5	2.6	0.5	6.8	66%	.252	1.02	3.23	1.94	97	4.59	102.5
2019	CIN	MLB	NL	47	0	48.3	3	4	1	41	19	34	6	98	7.6	3.5	1.1	6.3	63%	.254	1.24	4.67	4.10	102	4.64	94.7
2019	PHI	MLB	NL	25	0	23.0	2	1	0	16	8	20	7	101	6.3	3.1	2.7	7.8	55%	.164	1.04	6.42	3.91	119	4.55	94.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2011	190	0.4368	0.4474	0.8235	0.5542	0.3645	0.9130	0.7179	0.1765
2012	1115	0.3489	0.4978	0.7568	0.6632	0.4091	0.8643	0.6633	0.2432
2013	518	0.3320	0.4749	0.7520	0.6860	0.3699	0.8559	0.6563	0.2480
2014	850	0.4176	0.5035	0.7734	0.6761	0.3798	0.8792	0.6383	0.2266
2015	957	0.3971	0.5152	0.7870	0.6816	0.4055	0.8726	0.6923	0.2130
2016	885	0.3797	0.4983	0.7937	0.6637	0.3971	0.8969	0.6881	0.2063
2017	928	0.3707	0.4537	0.7292	0.6599	0.3322	0.8767	0.5567	0.2708
2018	1132	0.3648	0.5018	0.7447	0.6513	0.4159	0.8587	0.6421	0.2553
2019	1077	0.3027	0.4680	0.7679	0.6626	0.3835	0.8704	0.6910	0.2321
Career	7652	0.3657	0.4889	0.7644	0.6636	0.3883	0.8729	0.6557	0.2356

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
2013-06-06	2013-08-02	15-DL	57	48	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2009-05-17	2009-08-05	Minors	80	0	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	NYN	$700,000
2019	CIN	$2,125,000
2018	CIN	$2,125,000
2017	MIL	$950,000
2017	PIT	$694,672
2016	PIT	$2,175,000
2015	PIT	$1,075,000
2014	PIT	$
2013	PIT	$504,500
2012	PIT	$481,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$10,830,172
8 yr	Total	$10,830,172

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 162 d	SSG Baseball	1 year/$700,000 (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by Houston as a free agent 2/17/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May opt out of contract 3/18/20 if not on Major League roster. Released by Houston 3/19/20 (Hughes exercised right to opt out). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 6/30/20, 1 year/$700,000. Retired 2/14/21.
2 years/$4.5M (2018-19), plus 2020 club option. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 12/26/17. 18:$2.125M, 19:$2.125M, 20:$3M club option ($0.25M club option). Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 games. $75,000 each for 55, 60 games. Claimed by Philadelphia off waivers from Cincinnati 8/15/19. Philadelphia declined 2020 option 11/4/19.
1 year/$2.825M (2017). Re-signed by Toronto 1/12/17 (avoided arbitration). Released by Pittsburgh 3/30/17 (due 45 days' salary, $694,672). 1 year/$0.95M (2017). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 4/2/17. May earn additional $0.25M in performance bonuses based on games pitched. Non-tendered by Milwaukee 12/1/17.
1 year/$2.175M (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.075M (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2014). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/6/14.
1 year/$504,500 (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/1/13.
1 year/$481,000 (2012). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 9/6/11.
Drafted by Pittsburgh 2006 (4-110) (Long Beach State). $305,000 signing bonus.

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	11	5	13	1	.245	1.07	3.09	3.29	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	8	4	8	1	.259	1.16	3.45	3.66	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	5	1	.269	1.22	3.70	3.93	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	3	0	.278	1.28	3.93	4.17	-0.1
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.286	1.33	4.14	4.39	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jared Hughes threw 8,138 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph).