Roy Hughes
[edit] Biography
Roy Hughes (Roy John Hughes) was born on January 11, 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1935 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .293 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Hughes played for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Roy Hughes's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 63 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 82
| 266
| 40
| 78
| 0
| 14
| .293
| .340
| .372
| 15
| 3
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 152
| 638
| 112
| 188
| 0
| 63
| .295
| .356
| .378
| 35
| 9
| 57
| 40
| 4
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 104
| 346
| 57
| 96
| 1
| 40
| .277
| .352
| .355
| 12
| 6
| 40
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 58
| 96
| 16
| 27
| 2
| 13
| .281
| .361
| .375
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 17
| 23
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .087
| .222
| .087
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| PHI
| N
| 65
| 237
| 22
| 54
| 1
| 16
| .228
| .291
| .270
| 5
| 1
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 9
|
| 1939
| Total
|
| 82
| 260
| 28
| 56
| 1
| 17
| .215
| .284
| .254
| 5
| 1
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 10
|
| 1940
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 126
| 478
| 86
| 137
| 1
| 28
| .287
| .337
| .351
| 16
| 6
| 35
| 30
| 1
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 7
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 69
| 222
| 34
| 58
| 0
| 8
| .261
| .311
| .306
| 8
| 1
| 16
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 4
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 89
| 276
| 23
| 65
| 0
| 22
| .236
| .287
| .283
| 11
| 1
| 19
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 350
| 1213
| 165
| 314
| 2
| 74
| .259
| .312
| .312
| 40
| 9
| 91
| 81
| 2
| 38
| 33
| 0
| 26
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 413
| 1369
| 231
| 391
| 3
| 131
| .286
| .350
| .366
| 65
| 18
| 131
| 94
| 5
| 28
| 47
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 763
| 2582
| 396
| 705
| 5
| 205
| .273
| .332
| .340
| 105
| 27
| 222
| 175
| 7
| 66
| 80
| 0
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .333
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 132
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 83
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 421
| 466
| 25
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 111
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 122
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 47
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 183
| 184
| 6
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1939
| Total
|
| 2B
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 194
| 197
| 6
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1940
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 133
| 157
| 8
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 146
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 48
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 100
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 83
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 49
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 170
| 0
| 0
| 210
| 340
| 30
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 295
| 424
| 38
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 345
| 0
| 0
| 911
| 1013
| 40
| 203
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ed Cole and Billy Sullivan to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Rollie Hemsley (February 10, 1938).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Joe Gallagher (June 13, 1939).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Al Hollingsworth (July 13, 1939).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers (April 28, 1940).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (January 21, 1946).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (March 25, 1947).
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