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Luke Hughes 2BBlue Jays

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date8-2-1984
Height5' 11"
Weight205 lbs
Age28 years, 9 months, 17 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
0.12010
-0.52011
-0.32012
-0.22013
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YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2010 MIN 25 2 7 7 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .286 .286 .714 .326 0.5 -0.0 0.1
2011 MIN 26 96 317 287 31 64 12 0 7 97 24 79 3 1 2 30 3 2 .223 .289 .338 .230 -3.3 -1.5 -0.5
2012 MIN 27 4 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 .200 .182 .200 .229 -0.2 0.1 -0.0
2012 OAK 27 4 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .049 -2.5 -0.3 -0.3
Career1063483173269120810524923223343.218.277.331.226-5.5-1.6-0.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2004 ELZ Rk 44 159 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .336 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BLT A 72 325 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 FTM A+ 23 92 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .239 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 FTM A+ 95 368 .236 .257 .323 .375 .000 .282 102 -8 8.2 0.8 7.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 NBR AA 92 362 .282 .270 .339 .409 .000 .329 104 8.8 10.2 -1.9 2.8 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 NBR AA 70 319 .319 .260 .331 .392 .000 .376 102 20.9 8.9 0 -6.7 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ROC AAA 29 117 .266 .265 .329 .414 .000 .370 103 0.8 3.3 0.3 -3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 NBR AA 56 229 .281 .270 .337 .409 .000 .280 98 5 6.4 0.5 -2.6 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ROC AAA 37 157 .288 .258 .326 .387 .000 .319 103 4.8 4.4 0.1 0.3 -1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 TWI Rk 4 15 .304 .233 .293 .314 .000 .300 90 0.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 MIN MLB 2 7 .326 .260 .342 .384 .000 .333 104 0.5 0.2 0 -0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1
2010 ROC AAA 22 81 .243 .264 .334 .410 .000 .321 96 -1.6 2.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 MIN MLB 96 317 .230 .255 .314 .399 .000 .282 100 -9.2 5.7 -2.2 -1.5 2.3 -3.3 -0.5 -3.3 -0.5
2011 ROC AAA 30 129 .179 .265 .324 .411 .000 .237 104 -6.6 1.2 0.1 0.3 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PRT Wnt 19 86 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MIN MLB 4 11 .229 .245 .298 .382 .000 .286 103 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2012 OAK MLB 4 13 .049 .258 .311 .431 .000 .143 96 -2.7 0.2 0 -0.3 -0.1 -2.5 -0.3 -2.5 -0.3
2012 MID AA 7 31 .123 .260 .328 .408 .000 .222 95 -1.5 0.2 0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 LVG AAA 28 121 .273 .276 .343 .422 .000 .423 110 1.3 1.5 -0.1 0.2 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 SAC AAA 35 121 .283 .289 .349 .451 .000 .293 102 1 0.7 0 0.3 -1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PRT Wnt 17 73 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 AUS int 3 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .143 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB348.226.255.314.400.259.279100-11.78.9-2.3-1.62.2-5.4-0.7-5.4-0.7

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2004 ELZ Rk 159 20 40 8 1 3 19 9 30 1 3 .284 .340 .418 .135 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BLT A 325 42 75 14 2 7 42 21 63 4 2 .257 .320 .390 .134 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 FTM A+ 92 9 17 3 1 0 7 2 15 0 0 .202 .225 .262 .060 .000 0.0 0.4 0.0
2006 FTM A+ 368 31 77 15 0 4 37 23 72 6 2 .231 .289 .312 .081 .236 0.0 7.6 0.0
2007 NBR AA 362 56 89 18 2 9 43 34 68 4 1 .283 .355 .438 .156 .282 0.0 2.8 0.0
2008 NBR AA 319 53 91 15 3 15 40 28 70 4 1 .319 .384 .551 .232 .319 0.0 -6.7 0.0
2008 ROC AAA 117 17 30 7 1 3 21 7 30 2 0 .283 .333 .453 .170 .266 0.0 -3.0 0.0
2009 TWI Rk 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 .273 .467 .273 .000 .304 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2009 NBR AA 229 22 50 15 3 6 36 19 38 1 1 .250 .326 .445 .195 .281 0.0 -2.6 0.0
2009 ROC AAA 157 19 35 8 2 6 28 18 38 2 0 .259 .351 .481 .222 .288 0.0 0.3 0.0
2010 ROC AAA 81 12 19 8 0 1 7 5 18 2 0 .257 .309 .405 .149 .243 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2010 MIN MLB 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 .286 .286 .714 .429 .326 0.5 -0.0 0.1
2011 MIN MLB 317 31 64 12 0 7 30 24 79 3 2 .223 .289 .338 .115 .230 -3.3 -1.5 -0.5
2011 ROC AAA 129 16 27 6 1 4 11 10 18 2 0 .231 .287 .402 .171 .179 0.0 0.3 0.0
2011 PRT Wnt 86 15 22 8 0 4 13 17 10 4 1 .344 .500 .656 .312 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MIN MLB 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 .200 .182 .200 .000 .229 -0.2 0.1 -0.0
2012 LVG AAA 121 20 33 9 3 3 13 13 32 1 0 .314 .392 .543 .229 .273 0.0 0.2 0.0
2012 PRT Wnt 73 13 15 2 1 3 18 8 18 1 1 .250 .342 .467 .217 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 SAC AAA 121 16 24 6 0 2 13 14 28 1 2 .235 .331 .353 .118 .283 0.0 0.3 0.0
2012 OAK MLB 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .000 .049 -2.5 -0.3 -0.3
2012 MID AA 31 1 5 0 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 .179 .258 .286 .107 .123 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2013 AUS int 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-04-25 2012-04-28 DTD 3 0 - General Medical Illness - -
2012-02-21 2012-03-04 Camp 12 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation Cortisone Injection - -
2010-06-06 2010-09-07 Minors 93 0 Left Hip Strain Hip Flexor -
2010-05-12 2010-06-04 Minors 23 0 Left Hip Strain Hip Flexor -
2009-06-07 2009-07-03 Minors 26 0 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2008-06-09 2008-06-27 Minors 18 0 Left Groin Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 OAK $485,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$485,000
1 yrTotal$485,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 147 d1 year/$0.485M (2012)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.485M (2012). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/12. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 4/22/12 after being DFA by Minnesota 4/18/12. DFA by Oakland 4/30/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/2/12. Released by Oakland 7/17/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 7/31/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed 3/7/10. Recalled 4/23/10. Optioned to Triple-A 5/1/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased 11/19/08. Re-signed 3/8/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/23/09.
  • Drafted 2002 as an amateur free agent from Australia.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .201 .268 .308 .231
11 vs R (Multi) .216 .267 .316 .211
18 Split (Multi) .015 -.001 .008 -.020
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .222 .200 .222 .247
31 vs R (2012) .071 .071 .071 .048
38 Split (2012) -.151 -.129 -.151 -.199
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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BP Articles

Luke Hughes is referenced in the following articles.

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  Title Author Date
This article requires BP Premium accessPainting the Black: The Helpless Hitter Who Finally Put His Foot DownR.J. Anderson2013-05-13
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Platoon Advantage: Seeking the Secrets of SequenceJason Wojciechowski2012-05-09
This article requires BP Premium accessPebble Hunting: Sizing up the DiSar CandidatesSam Miller2012-05-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Rhymes With LongoriaR.J. Anderson2012-05-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Theo Flips Boston The ByrdR.J. Anderson2012-04-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Notable NRI: AL CentralR.J. Anderson2012-03-15
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: The Vortices of Suck, Part IJay Jaffe2012-02-10
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 31Larry Granillo2011-09-01
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 28Larry Granillo2011-08-29
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 27Larry Granillo2011-08-28
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Requiem for a RaceJay Jaffe2011-08-26
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for June 28Larry Granillo2011-06-30
Prospectus Hit and Run: Anatomy of a CollapseJay Jaffe2011-06-08
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Return of the Prodigal SluggersBen Lindbergh2011-05-26
Transaction Analysis Blog: The Twins Disabled List Continues to GrowR.J. Anderson2011-05-04
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for April 29Larry Granillo2011-04-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Never Enough PitchingBen Lindbergh2011-04-12
Fantasy Beat: Tout Wars FAAB UpdateJason Collette2011-04-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL MovesChristina Kahrl2011-03-23
This article requires BP Premium accessOverthinking It: Small Samplings of Spring, AL EditionBen Lindbergh2011-03-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Central PreoccupationsChristina Kahrl2010-05-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Rounding Out the ALChristina Kahrl2010-04-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Weekend Mayhem EditionChristina Kahrl2010-03-22


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