League Leaders Who Led?

Tex Hughson

1941–1949  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'3", 198 lb  ·  b. 1916 Buda, TX

Career 96–54 · 2.94 ERA · 693 SO · 1375.2 IP · 225 G · 53 H · 21 RBI · .119 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
1 best in baseball 4 league only
26 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1942 Best season

Spanning 1942–1944, peaking at 3 titles in 1942.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×2
Team records #10 Red Sox career ERA

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,150th League titles 5
  • 1,845th Best in baseball 1
  • 1,117th Top-5 finishes 26

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games 2 1st 2 yrs (1942–1943) 1942 AL 22 1943 AL 20 1944 #3
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1942 AL 281.0 1943 #2 1946 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1944 AL 1.05 1946 #2
Wins 1 1st — 1942 22
Pitcher Putouts — #2 — 1946 #2
Pitcher Assists — #3 — 1942 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 1942 #2 1943 #3 1946 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1947 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1942 #2 1946 #3
Earned Run Average — #3 — 1944 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1944 1 WHIP 1.05
1943 1 CG 20
1942 3 W 22 IP 281.0 CG 22

Pitching

  led the league   8 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1941 BOS AL 5 3 4.13 12 8 0 61.0 70 28 3 13 22 1.36
1942 BOS AL 22 6 2.59 38 30 4 281.0 258 81 10 75 113 1.19
1943 BOS AL 12 15 2.64 35 32 2 266.0 242 78 23 73 114 1.18
1944 BOS AL 18 5 2.26 28 23 5 203.1 172 51 4 41 112 1.05
1946 BOS AL 20 11 2.75 39 35 3 278.0 252 85 15 51 172 1.09
1947 BOS AL 12 11 3.33 29 26 0 189.1 173 70 17 71 119 1.29
1948 BOS AL 3 1 5.12 15 0 0 19.1 21 11 0 7 6 1.45
1949 BOS AL 4 2 5.33 29 2 3 77.2 82 46 5 41 35 1.58
Career — — 96 54 2.94 225 156 17 1375.2 1,270 450 77 372 693 1.19

Batting

8 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 BOS AL 12 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 .059 .158 .059 .217
1942 BOS AL 38 102 8 18 3 0 0 6 8 26 0 .177 .236 .206 .442
1943 BOS AL 35 86 5 9 0 0 0 3 7 33 0 .105 .181 .105 .286
1944 BOS AL 28 66 6 10 0 0 0 4 8 15 0 .152 .243 .152 .395
1946 BOS AL 39 91 5 12 1 0 0 4 8 28 0 .132 .202 .143 .345
1947 BOS AL 29 61 3 2 1 0 0 2 5 22 0 .033 .106 .049 .155
1948 BOS AL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 BOS AL 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .046 .046 .046 .091
Career — — 225 447 29 53 5 0 0 21 38 134 0 .119 .189 .130 .319

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1941 BOS AL P 12 — — 3 11 0 1 14 1.000 1.17
1942 BOS AL P 38 — — 16 59 1 7 76 .987 1.97
1943 BOS AL P 35 — — 10 61 2 3 73 .973 2.03
1944 BOS AL P 28 — — 9 35 3 0 47 .936 1.57
1946 BOS AL P 39 — — 18 34 1 0 53 .981 1.33
1947 BOS AL P 29 — — 10 25 1 3 36 .972 1.21
1948 BOS AL P 15 — — 1 1 1 0 3 .667 0.13
1949 BOS AL P 29 — — 3 5 0 2 8 1.000 0.28
Career — — P 225 — — 70 231 9 16 310 .971 1.34