Roy Hughes
1933–1946 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR, SHV, St. Louis Browns
763G
.273AVG
.332OBP
.340SLG
More career statistics
705H
5HR
205RBI
80SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,877 | 2,879 |
| Batting · RBI | 205 | 203 |
| Batting · Walks | 222 | 224 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 763 | 2,877 | 2,582 | 396 | 705 | 105 | 27 | 5 | 205 | 222 | 175 | 80 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 879 | .273 | .332 | .340 | .672 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1936-07-26 to 1936-08-09
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1939-09-05 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1936-07-02 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1937-05-20 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 363 | 1316 | 340 | 3 | 103 | 107 | 70 | .290 | .340 | .358 |
| Away | 400 | 1563 | 365 | 2 | 100 | 117 | 105 | .259 | .308 | .326 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 214 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 14 | .227 | .266 | .294 |
| May | 136 | 505 | 123 | 2 | 40 | 41 | 28 | .270 | .325 | .353 |
| June | 112 | 429 | 117 | 0 | 37 | 40 | 25 | .308 | .366 | .389 |
| July | 140 | 570 | 141 | 0 | 41 | 42 | 35 | .276 | .321 | .341 |
| August | 148 | 515 | 109 | 2 | 31 | 41 | 26 | .234 | .291 | .277 |
| September | 170 | 632 | 168 | 1 | 42 | 47 | 46 | .299 | .340 | .369 |
| October | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 65 | 221 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 14 | .290 | .335 | .375 |
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 250 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 14 | .263 | .332 | .355 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 62 | 224 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 14 | .279 | .339 | .353 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 61 | 227 | 62 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 12 | .307 | .361 | .431 |
| new-york-yankees | 61 | 216 | 51 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 19 | .254 | .292 | .308 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 58 | 206 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | .230 | .262 | .288 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 57 | 243 | 62 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 10 | .277 | .313 | .326 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 52 | 193 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 16 | .251 | .306 | .299 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Cleveland Guardians | 82 | 266 | 78 | – | 14 | 13 | .293 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 638 | 188 | – | 61 | 20 | .295 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 104 | 346 | 96 | 1 | 40 | 11 | .277 | – | – |
| 1938 |  St. Louis Browns | 58 | 96 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .281 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns | 82 | 260 | 56 | 1 | 17 | 4 | .215 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1944 |  Chicago Cubs | 126 | 478 | 137 | 1 | 28 | 16 | .287 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 69 | 222 | 58 | – | 8 | 6 | .261 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 276 | 65 | – | 22 | 7 | .236 | – | – |