Phil Hughes career ERA
4.52Career Regular Season
Phil Hughes has a career ERA of 4.52 over 12 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 3.03 in 2009.
- Most recent: 6.34 in 2018.
Average of 12 regular seasons, 2007 through 2018. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
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| 2007 |  NYY | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4.46 | 72.2 | 58 | 29 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 2008 | NYY | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6.62 | 34.0 | 23 | 15 | 1.71 | 0 |
| 2009 | NYY | 51 | 8 | 3 | 3.03 | 86.0 | 96 | 28 | 1.12 | 3 |
| 2010 | NYY | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4.19 | 176.1 | 146 | 58 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2011 | NYY | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5.79 | 74.2 | 47 | 27 | 1.49 | 0 |
| 2012 | NYY | 32 | 16 | 13 | 4.23 | 191.1 | 165 | 46 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 2013 | NYY | 30 | 4 | 14 | 5.19 | 145.2 | 121 | 42 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 2014 |  MIN | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3.52 | 209.2 | 186 | 16 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 2015 | MIN | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4.40 | 155.1 | 94 | 16 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 2016 | MIN | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5.95 | 59.0 | 34 | 13 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 2017 | MIN | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5.87 | 53.2 | 38 | 13 | 1.58 | 0 |
| 2018 |  MIN/SD | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.34 | 32.2 | 32 | 10 | 1.65 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV