James Robert Hughes (March 21, 1923 – August 13, 2001) was an American professional baseball player.
He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons (1952–57) with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
For his career, he compiled a 15–13 record in 172 appearances, all but one as a relief pitcher, with a 3.83 earned run average and 165 strikeouts.
He was a member of four National League pennant-winning Dodgers teams (1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956), though he participated in only the 1953 World Series.
Hughes was born and later died in Chicago at the age of 78.