Phil Hughes is a Major league Baseball player. He was born on the twenty fourty of June 1986.He currently plays for the New York Yankees and was drafted in the team in 2004.He attended his high school at the Foothill High School. He was the High school All American pitcher in his High School. Later he was expected to join the Santa Clara University but joined the New York Yankees during the major league baseball draft. He was awarded the World Series Champion in 2009.The new York Yankees managed to win the match against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. It was a straight win for the Yankees for the sixth time. The Yankees Pitcher Phil Hughes was very much awaiting for no hitters in the match and in the eighth inning won the match against the Oakland over 3-1.The Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes made his career record of ten strikeouts.
Phil was the second youngest player in the American league in 2007 and played his fist game against the Cleveland Indians. He made his outstanding performance last year when he pitched 6 scoreless innings and his first six strikeout career record. The criticism about Phil being a setup pitcher was prevailing at that time in the team but the Yankees kept him as a starter pitcher. This year he is ranked fifth on the Yankees starter for the 2010 season. He was honored with the top hundred best Baseball Americans and even ranked third on the Mound talks top hundred.
Phil Hughes
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