Bill Hughes (first baseman)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1860–1928)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=

|name=Bill Hughes

|position=First baseman/Outfielder/Pitcher

|birth_date=1860

|birth_place=Pennsylvania

|death_date=December 2, 1928 (aged 68)

|death_place=Brooklyn, New York

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 28

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Washington Nationals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 5

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Win–loss record

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat1value=.138

|stat2value=0–2

|stat3value= 4.86

|teams=

• Washington Nationals ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{Baseball year|1885}})

}}

William W. Hughes (1860 – December 2, 1928), was a first baseman/outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association and the 1885 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.