James Michael Hughes (born August 11, 1951) is a former

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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He pitched all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , all with the

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. His nickname was "Bluegill".

Baseball career

Hughes was selected out of

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by the

in the 33rd round (762 overall) of the 1969 June Amateur Baseball Draft.

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