Pitcher · 2024
Brandon Hughes
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- S/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- December 1, 1995 in Sterling Heights, MI, USA
- MLB debut
- May 17, 2022
- Drafted
- 2017, round 16
- College
- Michigan State
- Salary, 2024
- $740,000
- dbWAR
- -.8 1 season(s)
- IP
- 17.2
- ERA
- 8.15
- FIP
- 8.71
- K/9
- 10.7
- FIP−
- 214 100 = avg
Brandon Hughes is a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2024 he struck out 21 batters over 17.2 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.15 was 99.8% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 8.71 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.5% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.6%. His -0.8 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 35 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .152 | .200 | .152 | .168 | 34.3% |
| vs RHB | 54 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 9 | .442 | .537 | 1.116 | .647 | 16.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Hughes throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2024.
| Slider | 141 | 82.0 | 2,500 | 44.0% | 52.5% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 115 | 92.4 | 2,349 | 46.1% | 17.3% | |
| Sinker | 94 | 92.5 | 2,256 | 43.6% | 8.9% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 8.15 | 8.71 | 1.92 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 200 | 214 | -0.8 | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.