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Tex Hughson

Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died 1993)

Born
February 9, 1916
Died
August 6, 1993
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1916

About Tex Hughson

Cecil Carlton Hughson was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played his entire career in the American League with the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed. Hughson enjoyed his best season in 1942, posting a 22–6 record with a 2.59 ERA, and also leading the league in victories, strikeouts (113), complete games (22), innings pitched (281.0) and batters faced (1150). 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. Hughson was one of the first in the United States to raise Charolais cattle. In 1943, he won 12 games with 114 strikeouts and a 2.64 ERA, and again led the league in complete games (20).

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Tex Hughson timeline

  1. 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.
  2. Hughson enjoyed his best season in 1942, posting a 22–6 record with a 2.59 ERA, and also leading the league in victories, strikeouts (113), complete games (22), innings pitched (281.0) and batters faced (1150).
  3. In 1943, he won 12 games with 114 strikeouts and a 2.64 ERA, and again led the league in complete games (20).

The world when Tex Hughson was born

Tex Hughson was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tex Hughson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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