Charlie Hough, baseball player, 1970-1994

Charlie Hough

Born: 1/5/1948 in Honolulu, HI, USA

MLB Debut: 1970-08-12 | Final Game: 1994-07-26

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 190 lbs

Full name: Charles Oliver Hough

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Biography

Charlie Hough was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1970 to 1994. Born in 1948, Hough became known for his durability and unique style of pitching, particularly his mastery of the knuckleball. Throughout his extensive 24-season career, he recorded a balanced win-loss record of 216-216 and maintained a solid earned run average (ERA) of 3.75. Demonstrating his ability to strike out batters, Hough racked up a total of 2,362 strikeouts, complemented by 61 saves, showcasing his versatility as both a starter and a reliever. Hough made a significant mark in the league, earning an All-Star selection during his career, which underscored his impact on the game. He played during an era that witnessed the transition from the traditional pitching styles to more specialized roles, and his longevity in the sport reflected both his resilience and adaptability. Hough's contributions to baseball were characterized by his distinctive pitching approach, which left a lasting impression on hitters and contributed to his reputation as one of the more intriguing pitchers of his time.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
216 216 858 440 107 13 61 3801.3 3283 1582 383 1665 2362 3.75 0

Career ERA 3.75 vs. league average 3.83 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1970 LAD NL 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 17.0 18 10 11 8 5.29 3.89 (-36%) -
1971 LAD NL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 3 2 3 4 4.15 — -
1972 LAD NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 2 4 3.38 — -
1973 LAD NL 4 2 37 0 0 0 5 71.7 52 22 45 70 2.76 3.75 (+26%) -
1974 LAD NL 9 4 49 0 0 0 1 96.0 65 40 40 63 3.75 3.63 (-3%) -
1975 LAD NL 3 7 38 0 0 0 4 61.0 43 20 34 34 2.95 3.71 (+20%) -
1976 LAD NL 12 8 77 0 0 0 18 142.7 102 35 77 81 2.21 3.51 (+37%) -
1977 LAD NL 6 12 70 1 0 0 22 127.3 98 47 70 105 3.32 4.00 (+17%) -
1978 LAD NL 5 5 55 0 0 0 7 93.3 69 34 48 66 3.28 3.69 (+11%) -
1979 LAD NL 7 5 42 14 0 0 0 151.3 152 80 66 76 4.76 4.00 (-19%) -
1980 LAD NL 1 3 19 1 0 0 1 32.3 37 20 21 25 5.57 3.84 (-45%) -
1980 TEX AL 2 2 16 2 2 1 0 61.3 54 27 37 47 3.96 3.84 (-3%) 375.2
1981 TEX AL 4 1 21 5 2 0 1 82.0 61 27 31 69 2.96 3.58 (+17%) 1643.0
1982 TEX AL 16 13 34 34 12 2 0 228.0 217 100 72 128 3.95 3.86 (-2%) 192.9
1983 TEX AL 15 13 34 33 11 3 0 252.0 219 89 95 152 3.18 3.87 (+18%) 146.3
1984 TEX AL 16 14 36 36 17 1 0 266.0 260 111 94 164 3.76 3.81 (+1%) -1097.4
1985 TEX AL 14 16 34 34 14 1 0 250.3 198 92 83 141 3.31 3.89 (+15%) 412.5
1986 TEX AL 17 10 33 33 7 2 0 230.3 188 97 89 146 3.79 3.97 (+5%) -3698.8
1987 TEX AL 18 13 40 40 13 0 0 285.3 238 120 124 223 3.79 4.29 (+12%) -1194.2
1988 TEX AL 15 16 34 34 10 0 0 252.0 202 93 126 174 3.32 3.73 (+11%) -2180.2
1989 TEX AL 10 13 30 30 5 1 0 182.0 168 88 95 94 4.35 3.71 (-17%) -7951.0
1990 TEX AL 12 12 32 32 5 0 0 218.7 190 99 119 114 4.07 3.86 (-6%) -6367.9
1991 CHW AL 9 10 31 29 4 1 0 199.3 167 89 94 107 4.02 3.91 (-3%) -
1992 CHW AL 7 12 27 27 4 0 0 176.3 160 77 66 76 3.93 3.75 (-5%) -
1993 MIA NL 9 16 34 34 0 0 0 204.3 202 97 71 126 4.27 4.19 (-2%) -
1994 MIA NL 5 9 21 21 1 1 0 113.7 118 65 52 65 5.15 4.51 (-14%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
858 226 7 33 4 0 1 13 0 5 53 0.146 0.168 0.177 0.345 -924.0

Career AVG .146 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 43.5% below league average.

Career OBP .168 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 48.2% below league average.

Career SLG .177 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — 54.0% below league average.

Career OPS 0.345 vs. league average 0.709 across their career seasons — 51.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1970 LAD NL 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 — — — — 0.0
1971 LAD NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1972 LAD NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1973 LAD NL 37 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.214 — — — — 0.0
1974 LAD NL 49 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1975 LAD NL 38 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 — — — — 0.0
1976 LAD NL 77 21 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 0.286 — — — — 0.0
1977 LAD NL 70 22 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0.182 — — — — 0.0
1978 LAD NL 55 12 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.333 — — — — 0.0
1979 LAD NL 42 38 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 0.158 — — — — 0.0
1980 LAD NL 19 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1980 TEX AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1981 TEX AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1982 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1983 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1984 TEX AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1985 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1986 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1987 TEX AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1988 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1989 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 MIA NL 34 63 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 20 0.032 .265 (-88%) .332 (-77%) .403 (-92%) .735 (-85%) -924.0
1994 MIA NL 21 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.121 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1978 NLCS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 WS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 NLCS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 WS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 NLCS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 WS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 8 0 0 18.7 20 10 3 20 4.82

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1978 NLCS LAN 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 4.50
1978 WS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 5.3 10 5 2 5 8.44
1977 NLCS LAN 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 3 4.50
1977 WS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 3 1 0 5 1.80
1974 NLCS LAN 0 0 1 0 0 2.3 4 2 0 2 7.71
1974 WS LAN 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 4 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 858 440 235 578 22 38

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1970 LAN P 8 0 1 3 0 0
1971 LAN P 4 0 0 1 0 0
1972 LAN P 2 0 0 1 0 0
1973 LAN P 37 0 4 11 1 1
1974 LAN P 49 0 3 14 1 1
1975 LAN P 38 0 4 7 2 0
1976 LAN P 77 0 3 22 1 0
1977 LAN P 70 1 6 15 1 1
1978 LAN P 55 0 5 11 0 2
1979 LAN P 42 14 5 26 1 0
1980 LAN P 19 1 0 3 0 0
1980 TEX P 16 2 2 7 1 0
1981 TEX P 21 5 2 8 0 1
1982 TEX P 34 34 14 35 1 4
1983 TEX P 34 33 25 46 2 4
1984 TEX P 36 36 12 51 1 2
1985 TEX P 34 34 18 35 2 5
1986 TEX P 33 33 20 32 1 2
1987 TEX P 40 40 30 46 1 3
1988 TEX P 34 34 27 43 1 4
1989 TEX P 30 30 13 18 1 3
1990 TEX P 32 32 11 31 2 2
1991 CHA P 31 29 12 31 1 1
1992 CHA P 27 27 7 20 0 1
1993 FLO P 34 34 6 41 1 1
1994 FLO P 21 21 5 20 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 858

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1984 Pitcher of the Month June
1983 Pitcher of the Month June

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1994 FLO NL $800,000
1993 FLO NL $800,000
1992 CHA AL $1,075,000
1991 CHA AL $800,000
1990 TEX AL $1,000,000
1989 TEX AL $900,000
1988 TEX AL $850,000
1986 TEX AL $690,000
1985 TEX AL $636,667
Total Career Earnings $7,551,667