Tim Hudson, baseball player, 1999-2015

Tim Hudson

Born: 7/14/1975 in Columbus, GA, USA

MLB Debut: 1999-06-08 | Final Game: 2015-10-01

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 175 lbs

Full name: Timothy Adam Hudson

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Biography

Tim Hudson was a highly regarded pitcher who made a significant impact in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2015. Born in 1975, Hudson began his professional career with the Oakland Athletics, where he quickly garnered attention for his exceptional skills on the mound. Over his 16-season career, he achieved a remarkable win-loss record of 222-133 and maintained a solid earned run average of 3.49, showcasing his ability to consistently perform at a high level. Hudson struck out a total of 2,080 batters, demonstrating his effectiveness as a strikeout pitcher while also being known for his ground ball tendencies, a testament to his skill in generating weak contact. Hudson's career was highlighted by several significant accolades, including being named TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year early in his career and earning four All-Star selections. He played an essential role in the pitching rotations of multiple teams, including the Athletics, Atlanta Braves, and San Francisco Giants, contributing to his teams' successes during the early 2000s and beyond. His longevity and productivity in an era marked by offensive dominance underscored his resilience and adaptability. Hudson's legacy is characterized not only by his impressive statistics but also by his professionalism and sportsmanship, making him a respected figure in the baseball community even after his retirement on October 1, 2015.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
222 133 482 479 26 13 0 3126.7 2957 1213 248 917 2080 3.49 0

Career ERA 3.49 vs. league average 4.27 across their career seasons — 18.2% better than 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
1999 OAK AL 11 2 21 21 1 0 0 136.3 121 49 62 132 3.23 4.71 (+31%) 4540.3
2000 OAK AL 20 6 32 32 2 2 0 202.3 169 93 82 169 4.14 4.77 (+13%) 2340.9
2001 OAK AL 18 9 35 35 3 0 0 235.0 216 88 71 181 3.37 4.42 (+24%) 5047.1
2002 OAK AL 15 9 34 34 4 2 0 238.3 237 79 62 152 2.98 4.28 (+30%) 4213.1
2003 OAK AL 16 7 34 34 3 2 0 240.0 197 72 61 162 2.70 4.40 (+39%) 6410.8
2004 OAK AL 12 6 27 27 3 2 0 188.7 194 74 44 103 3.53 4.46 (+21%) 5221.1
2005 ATL NL 14 9 29 29 2 0 0 192.0 194 75 65 115 3.52 4.29 (+18%) -207.4
2006 ATL NL 13 12 35 35 2 1 0 218.3 235 118 79 141 4.86 4.53 (-7%) -148.4
2007 ATL NL 16 10 34 34 1 1 0 224.3 221 83 53 132 3.33 4.47 (+26%) 5955.6
2008 ATL NL 11 7 23 22 1 1 0 142.0 125 50 40 85 3.17 4.32 (+27%) 1807.1
2009 ATL NL 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 42.3 49 17 13 30 3.61 4.32 (+16%) 525.6
2010 ATL NL 17 9 34 34 1 0 0 228.7 189 72 74 139 2.83 4.08 (+31%) -56.6
2011 ATL NL 16 10 33 33 1 1 0 215.0 189 77 56 158 3.22 3.94 (+18%) 3084.7
2012 ATL NL 16 7 28 28 1 1 0 179.0 168 72 48 102 3.62 4.01 (+10%) 1080.0
2013 ATL NL 8 7 21 21 0 0 0 131.3 120 58 36 95 3.97 3.87 (-3%) 1370.6
2014 SFG NL 9 13 31 31 1 0 0 189.3 199 75 34 120 3.57 3.74 (+5%) -
2015 SFG NL 8 9 24 22 0 0 0 123.7 134 61 37 64 4.44 3.96 (-12%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
489 613 35 98 19 1 4 42 0 26 190 0.160 0.196 0.214 0.410 -3761.3

Career AVG .160 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 39.0% below league average.

Career OBP .196 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 40.6% below league average.

Career SLG .214 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 48.6% below league average.

Career OPS 0.410 vs. league average 0.745 across their career seasons — 45.0% 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
1999 OAK AL 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.250 — — — — 0.0
2000 OAK AL 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 OAK AL 36 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2002 OAK AL 34 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.200 — — — — 0.0
2003 OAK AL 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.333 — — — — 0.0
2004 OAK AL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 ATL NL 29 65 2 9 2 1 0 6 0 3 26 0.138 .264 (-48%) .330 (-47%) .418 (-52%) .749 (-50%) -570.1
2006 ATL NL 35 63 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 18 0.095 .269 (-65%) .336 (-63%) .431 (-74%) .768 (-70%) -783.0
2007 ATL NL 34 76 6 20 3 0 0 9 0 3 18 0.263 .268 (-2%) .335 (-13%) .422 (-28%) .758 (-22%) -285.1
2008 ATL NL 23 41 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 14 0.146 — — — — 0.0
2009 ATL NL 7 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0.333 — — — — 0.0
2010 ATL NL 35 77 4 15 4 0 0 4 0 0 21 0.195 .257 (-24%) .325 (-40%) .402 (-39%) .728 (-39%) -527.0
2011 ATL NL 33 69 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 4 20 0.116 .255 (-55%) .320 (-49%) .399 (-56%) .719 (-53%) -616.3
2012 ATL NL 29 55 4 12 3 0 0 6 0 2 18 0.218 .254 (-14%) .318 (-22%) .405 (-33%) .724 (-28%) -275.7
2013 ATL NL 21 38 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 4 14 0.158 — — — — 0.0
2014 SFG NL 31 53 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 20 0.038 .251 (-85%) .313 (-72%) .386 (-90%) .700 (-82%) -704.0
2015 SFG NL 24 38 3 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 11 0.184 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
15 12 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2014 NLCS SFN 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
2014 NLDS1 SFN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2014 WS SFN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2010 NLDS2 ATL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500
2005 NLDS2 ATL 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333
2003 ALDS2 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 ALDS2 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALDS2 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 ALDS1 OAK 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
1 4 14 13 0 75.7 75 31 22 53 3.69

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2014 NLCS SFN 0 0 1 1 0 6.3 7 4 0 5 5.68
2014 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 1 1 0 7.3 7 1 0 8 1.23
2014 WS SFN 0 1 2 2 0 7.3 7 5 2 3 6.14
2010 NLDS2 ATL 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 0 4 5 0.00
2005 NLDS2 ATL 0 1 2 2 0 13.7 13 8 6 8 5.27
2003 ALDS2 OAK 0 0 2 2 0 7.7 10 3 1 6 3.52
2002 ALDS2 OAK 0 1 2 2 0 8.7 13 6 4 8 6.23
2001 ALDS2 OAK 1 0 2 1 0 9.7 8 1 1 5 0.93
2000 ALDS1 OAK 0 1 1 1 0 8.0 6 3 4 5 3.38

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 482 479 258 492 24 35

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1999 OAK P 21 21 10 22 1 3
2000 OAK P 32 32 15 20 4 1
2001 OAK P 35 35 21 43 5 3
2002 OAK P 34 34 26 27 0 2
2003 OAK P 34 34 20 54 2 1
2004 OAK P 27 27 22 26 1 3
2005 ATL P 29 29 27 36 1 4
2006 ATL P 35 35 17 30 0 2
2007 ATL P 34 34 27 43 0 2
2008 ATL P 23 22 7 22 1 2
2009 ATL P 7 7 3 4 0 1
2010 ATL P 34 34 17 57 3 2
2011 ATL P 33 33 8 36 2 4
2012 ATL P 28 28 13 20 1 0
2013 ATL P 21 21 5 16 1 0
2014 SFN P 31 31 13 21 2 1
2015 SFN P 24 22 7 15 0 4

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 482
Designated Hitter 3

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2013 Player of the Week Week of 2013-05-05
2010 Comeback Player of the Year
2010 Hutch Award
2010 MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
2010 Pitcher of the Month August
2010 TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2007 Player of the Week Week of 2007-04-14
2002 Player of the Week Week of 2002-09-14
2000 Pitcher of the Month September
1999 TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2015 SFN NL $12,000,000
2014 SFN NL $11,000,000
2013 ATL NL $9,000,000
2012 ATL NL $9,000,000
2011 ATL NL $9,000,000
2010 ATL NL $9,000,000
2009 ATL NL $15,500,000
2008 ATL NL $15,500,000
2007 ATL NL $8,500,000
2006 ATL NL $6,500,000
2005 ATL NL $6,500,000
2004 OAK AL $5,000,000
2003 OAK AL $2,700,000
2002 OAK AL $875,000
2001 OAK AL $525,000
2000 OAK AL $250,000
1999 OAK AL $200,000
Total Career Earnings $121,050,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Chattahoochee Valley Community College Phenix City AL 1994, 1995
Auburn University Auburn AL 1996, 1997

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2010 Cy Young Award NL 4th 39.0 224 0
2003 Cy Young Award AL 4th 15.0 140 0
2001 Cy Young Award AL 6th 1.0 140 0
2000 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 54.0 140 0
2000 Most Valuable Player AL 15th 8.0 392 0
1999 Rookie of the Year AL 5th 13.0 140 0