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Brandon Hughes

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 29
B/T: S/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: December 1, 1995 in Sterling Heights, MI, United States
MLB debut: May 17, 2022
Drafted: 2017, round 16
College: Michigan State
Salary, 2024: $740,000

dbWAR: -.9
IP: 17.2
ERA: 8.15
FIP: 8.71
K/9: 10.7
FIP−: 214

Brandon Hughes was 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.

FIP8.71

K/910.7

WHIP1.92

WAR-.8

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2024	AZ	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
2023	CHC	17	0	13.2	0	3	0	14	11	17	8	7.24	4.65	1.61	11.2	5.3	167	107	0.0
2022	CHC	57	0	57.2	2	3	8	42	20	68	21	3.12	4.64	1.09	10.6	3.3	79	117	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	40.3%	141	82.0	2,500	44.0%	52.5%	33	.212	.818
Four-Seam Fastball	32.9%	115	92.4	2,349	46.1%	17.3%	20	.400	1.580
Sinker	26.9%	94	92.5	2,256	43.6%	8.9%	23	.391	1.092

Brandon Hughes's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.