Long Tom Hughes

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name=Tom Hughes
position=Pitcher

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bgcolor1=#c6011f
bgcolor2=#072764
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=November 29, 1878
city-state|Chicago|Illinois
deathdate=death date and age|1956|2|8|1878|11|29
city-state|Chicago|Illinois
debutdate= September 7
debutyear= 1900
debutteam= Chicago Orphans
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=1913
finalteam=Washington Senators
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=131-175
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.09
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=1368
teams=
* Chicago Orphans (1900-1901)
* Baltimore Orioles/New York Highlanders (1902, 1904)
* Boston Americans (1902-1903)
* Washington Senators (1904-1909, 1911-1913)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1903

Thomas James Hughes (November 29, 1878 - February 8, 1956) was a right handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From by|1900 through by|1913, Hughes played for the Chicago Orphans (1900-01), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Boston Americans (1902-03), New York Highlanders (1904) and Washington Senators (1904-09, 1911-13). He debuted on September 7, 1900, and played his final game on October 3, 1913. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hughes was knicknamed "Long Tom" for his height, a then-impressive 6'1". His younger brother, Ed Hughes, also played for Chicago (NL) and Boston (AL).

Career

In by|1901 Hugues completed 32 of his 35 starts for Chicago, including 308-1/3 innings pitched. Despite his 10-23 mark, in part due to low run support, he recorded a 3.24 earned run average while striking out 225 opponents, the third-best ever for a National League rookie. He jumped to the American League the following season, while dividing his playing time between Baltimore and Boston. In by|1903 he became the third starter in the Boston rotation, behind Cy Young and Bill Dineen. Hughes responded with a 20-7 mark and a 2.57 ERA, helping his team to clinch the AL title. He pitched in the first World Series ever, losing Game Three.

Before the by|1904 season, Hughes was sent to the Highlanders in exchange for Jesse Tannehill in an unpopular trade in Boston. Hughes came up short in New York and was traded to the Senators during the midseason. Again, he suffered low run support in 1905, when he went 17-20 with a 2.35 ERA. The next three seasons he averaged a 2.89 ERA, with a career-best 2.21 in 1908, and a 18-15 mark the same year.

Hughes was sent to the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in the 1909 midseason. In 1910 he topped the league with 31 wins (against 12 losses), a .721 W/L %, and 222 strikeouts while pitching 326 innings. The next year he returned to Washington for his last three major league seasons.

In a 13-season career, Hugues posted a 131-175 record with 1368 strikeouts and a 3.09 ERA in 2644 innings, including 25 shutouts and 227 complete games.

Hughes retired from baseball in 1918. He died of pneumonia in Chicago, Illinois at age 77.

Milestone

*On August 3, by|1906 Hughes became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run which accounted for the "only run in the game", when he hit a solo shot in the 10th inning off St. Louis Browns pitcher Fred Glade, at Sportsman's Park II, to give Washington a 1–0 victory. Since then, the feat has been matched only by Red Ruffing (1932), Spud Chandler (1938) and Early Wynn (1959) in the American League, and Jim Bunning (1965), Juan Pizarro (1971) and Bob Welch (1983) in the National League.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster
* List of Major League Baseball saves champions
* MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1906senators.stm 1906 Senators]
* [http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/58798 Answer Bag]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hughes_Long_Tom.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hugheto01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Hughes_(hugheto01) BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Hughes.Tom01.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
* [http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/baseballs-losingest-pitchers/ The Hardball Times]
* [http://www.americanassociationalmanac.com/minneapolis.php Minneapolis Millers history]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Phught103.htm Retrosheet]