 1899 saw Hughey have one of his worst seasons when the owner of the Cleveland Spiders bought the Browns and sent most of his team members to the new team the Perfectos, but chose to send Hughey to Cleveland after seeing his record with the Browns.The Spiders had the worst record in MLB history; Hughey finished that season with an abysmal 4-30 record.His .266 career win-loss percentage is still the lowest of any pitcher with 100 decisions in MLB history.