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{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tex Hughson
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Tex Hughson.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|2|9}}
|birth_place=[[Buda, Texas]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1993|8|6|1916|2|9}}
|death_place=[[San Marcos, Texas]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= April 16 
|debutyear= 1941
|debutteam= Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 2
|finalyear=1949
|finalteam= Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=96–54
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=2.94
|stat3label=[[Strikeouts]]
|stat3value=693
|teams=
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1944}}, {{mlby|1946}}–{{mlby|1949}})
|highlights=
*3× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1942]]–[[1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1944]])
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders|AL wins leader]] (1942)
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders|AL strikeout leader]] (1942)
* [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
}}

'''Cecil Carlton Hughson''' (February 9, 1916 – August 6, 1993) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] [[starting pitcher]] who played his entire career in the [[American League]] with the [[Boston Red Sox]] (1941–44, 1946–49). He batted and threw right-handed.

==Early life==
A native of [[Buda, Texas]], Hughson played collegiately at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].

==Professional career==

Hughson enjoyed his best season in 1942, posting a 22–6 record with a 2.59 [[earned run average|ERA]], and also leading the league in [[win (baseball)|victories]], [[strikeout]]s (113), [[complete game]]s (22), [[innings pitched]] (281.0) and [[at bat|batters faced]] (1150). In 1943, he won 12 games with 114 strikeouts and a 2.64 ERA, and again led the league in complete games (20). He also had his best year batting, posting career highs in [[hit (baseball)|hits]], [[run (baseball)|runs]], [[double (baseball)|doubles]], [[base on balls|walks]], [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] and [[Run batted in|RBI]]'s. He led the league in winning percentage (18-5,.783) and [[walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]] (9.43), and also had a career-best ERA of 2.26.

After serving in the military in 1945, he won 20 games in 1946, led the league in [[walks per nine innings]] (1.65), set a career high in strikeouts with 172, and completed 21 of 35 starts.  His several 1-0 shutouts led to an early pennant-clinching for the Red Sox.  But he fell to 12 wins in 1947, and finished his career when at the age of 33 after two seasons in relief.

===Career statistics===

In an eight-year career, Hughson posted a 96–54 won-lost record with 693 strikeouts and a 2.94 ERA in 1375.2 innings. His control was good enough for an effective 1.86 [[strikeout-to-walk ratio]] (693-to-372). Hughson was an American League [[All-Star Game|All-Star]] for three consecutive years (1942–44).

==Player profile==
Hughson was a successful and competitive major league pitcher who was not averse to throwing close to batters, changing speeds by mixing a hard [[fastball]] with an overhand [[curveball]]. At the height of his career, arm and shoulder injuries threatened permanent disability and hastened his retirement.

==Legacy==
Hughson was enshrined in the University of Texas Hall of Honor in 1970, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1987, and the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]] in November 2002.

==Personal life==
Hughson was one of the first in the United States to raise [[Charolais cattle]].  He served on the local school board of trustees in the 1950s, where he was one who led the effort to integrate the public schools. In the 1960s, Hughson developed part of his ranch into the Hughson Heights subdivision.

He died in San Marcos at age 77, and is buried in San Marcos Cemetery.

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders]]

==External links==
{{commons category|Tex Hughson}}
*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hughste01.shtml Baseball Reference (career statistics and analysis)]
*Interview with Tex Hughson conducted by [[Eugene Murdock]] on May 30, 1987, in [[San Marcos, Texas]]: [https://cdm16014.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4014coll27/id/23/rec/82 Part 1], [https://cdm16014.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4014coll27/id/25/rec/82 Part 2]
*{{Find a Grave}}

{{AL wins champions}}
{{AL strikeout champions}}
{{Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers}}
{{Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame}}

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