Rich Hill, baseball player, 2005

Rich Hill

Born: 3/11/1980 in Boston, MA, USA

MLB Debut: 2005-06-15

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'5" | Weight: 221 lbs

Full name: Richard Joseph Hill

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Biography

Rich Hill is a professional baseball pitcher born in 1980 who has made a significant impact in Major League Baseball since his debut on June 15, 2005. Known for his exceptional curveball and resilience on the mound, Hill has carved out a niche as a reliable starting pitcher throughout his career. As of now, he holds a career record of 90-74 with an earned run average (ERA) of 4.01. Over the course of his time in the league, he has accumulated 1,428 strikeouts, showcasing his ability to dominate batters with his pitching arsenal. Hill's career is marked by a unique journey, characterized by perseverance and adaptation, particularly in the modern era of baseball where pitchers face increasing challenges from advanced hitting techniques and analytics. He has played for several teams, contributing both as a starter and in relief roles, although he has yet to record a save in his career. As an active player, Hill continues to influence the game, serving as a mentor to younger pitchers and providing valuable experience in high-pressure situations. His ongoing presence in Major League Baseball underscores his dedication to the sport and his ability to compete at a high level even as he approaches the later stages of his career.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
90 76 388 250 4 2 0 1418.0 1240 633 177 551 1432 4.02 0

Career ERA 4.02 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2005 CHC NL 0 2 10 4 0 0 0 23.7 25 24 17 21 9.13 4.29 (-113%) -
2006 CHC NL 6 7 17 16 2 1 0 99.3 83 46 39 90 4.17 4.53 (+8%) -
2007 CHC NL 11 8 32 32 0 0 0 195.0 170 85 63 183 3.92 4.47 (+12%) -
2008 CHC NL 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 19.7 13 9 18 15 4.12 4.32 (+5%) -
2009 BAL AL 3 3 14 13 0 0 0 57.7 68 50 40 46 7.80 4.32 (-81%) -1299.7
2010 BOS AL 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 0 1 3 0.00 — 0.0
2011 BOS AL 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 3 12 0.00 — 0.0
2012 BOS AL 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 19.7 17 4 11 21 1.83 4.01 (+54%) 680.0
2013 CLE AL 1 2 63 0 0 0 0 38.7 38 27 29 51 6.28 3.87 (-63%) 40.7
2014 LAA AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 3 0 0.00 — 0.0
2014 NYY AL 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 1 3 9 1.69 — -
2015 BOS AL 2 1 4 4 1 1 0 29.0 14 5 5 36 1.55 3.96 (+61%) 1232.5
2016 OAK AL 9 3 14 14 0 0 0 76.0 55 19 28 90 2.25 4.19 (+46%) 3181.3
2016 LAD NL 3 2 6 6 0 0 0 34.3 22 7 5 39 1.83 4.19 (+56%) -
2017 LAD NL 12 8 25 25 1 0 0 135.7 99 50 49 166 3.32 4.36 (+24%) -
2018 LAD NL 11 5 25 24 0 0 0 132.7 108 54 41 150 3.66 4.15 (+12%) -
2019 LAD NL 4 1 13 13 0 0 0 58.7 48 16 18 72 2.45 4.51 (+46%) -
2020 MIN AL 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 38.7 28 13 17 31 3.03 4.45 (+32%) 448.3
2021 TBR AL 6 4 19 19 0 0 0 95.3 75 41 36 91 3.87 4.27 (+9%) -
2021 NYN NL 1 4 13 12 0 0 0 63.3 62 27 19 59 3.84 4.27 (+10%) 389.6
2022 BOS AL 8 7 26 26 0 0 0 124.3 125 59 37 109 4.27 3.97 (-8%) 164.5
2023 PIT NL 7 10 22 22 0 0 0 119.0 129 63 47 104 4.76 4.33 (-10%) -304.2
2023 SDP NL 1 4 10 5 0 0 0 27.3 36 25 11 25 8.23 4.33 (-90%) -
2024 BOS AL 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 1 2 3 5 4.91 — 0.0
2025 KCR AL 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 9 5 8 4 5.00 4.14 (-21%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
389 256 4 29 5 0 0 13 0 3 111 0.113 0.130 0.133 0.263 -673.0

Career AVG .113 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 55.4% below league average.

Career OBP .130 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 59.7% below league average.

Career SLG .133 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 67.7% below league average.

Career OPS 0.263 vs. league average 0.733 across their career seasons — 64.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2005 CHC NL 10 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.333 — — — — 0.0
2006 CHC NL 17 30 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.100 — — — — 0.0
2007 CHC NL 32 63 0 8 2 0 0 5 0 1 33 0.127 .268 (-53%) .335 (-58%) .422 (-62%) .758 (-61%) -673.0
2008 CHC NL 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2009 BAL AL 15 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.125 — — — — 0.0
2010 BOS AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 BOS AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 CLE AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 NYY AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 OAK AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 LAD NL 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2017 LAD NL 25 45 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 18 0.111 — — — — 0.0
2018 LAD NL 25 43 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 0.093 — — — — 0.0
2019 LAD NL 13 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 0.167 — — — — 0.0
2020 MIN AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 TBR AL 19 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.250 — — — — 0.0
2021 NYN NL 13 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.100 — — — — 0.0
2022 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 SDP NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2024 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
13 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.062

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2019 NLDS1 LAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2018 NLCS LAN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2018 NLDS2 LAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2018 WS LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2017 NLCS LAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2017 NLDS1 LAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2017 WS LAN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2016 NLCS LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2016 NLDS2 LAN 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333
2007 NLDS1 CHN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 13 12 0 53.0 41 18 32 65 3.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2019 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 1 0 2.7 2 1 4 2 3.38
2018 NLCS LAN 0 0 2 1 0 6.0 4 1 4 7 1.50
2018 NLDS2 LAN 0 0 1 1 0 4.3 4 2 5 3 4.15
2018 WS LAN 0 0 1 1 0 6.3 1 1 3 7 1.42
2017 NLCS LAN 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 1 8 1.80
2017 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 3 2 3 4 4.50
2017 WS LAN 0 0 2 2 0 8.7 7 2 4 12 2.08
2016 NLCS LAN 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 2 0 2 6 0.00
2016 NLDS2 LAN 0 1 2 2 0 7.0 9 5 4 13 6.43
2007 NLDS1 CHN 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 6 3 2 3 9.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 388 250 37 147 16 6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2005 CHN P 10 4 1 1 0 0
2006 CHN P 17 16 2 7 1 0
2007 CHN P 32 32 4 22 4 0
2008 CHN P 5 5 0 2 0 0
2009 BAL P 14 13 1 9 1 0
2010 BOS P 6 0 0 0 0 0
2011 BOS P 9 0 1 0 0 1
2012 BOS P 25 0 4 4 0 1
2013 CLE P 63 0 3 4 1 0
2014 LAA P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2014 NYA P 14 0 0 0 0 0
2015 BOS P 4 4 1 2 1 0
2016 OAK P 14 14 4 7 2 1
2016 LAN P 6 6 0 10 0 0
2017 LAN P 25 25 2 10 1 0
2018 LAN P 25 24 1 12 0 0
2019 LAN P 13 13 2 8 1 0
2020 MIN P 8 8 0 4 1 0
2021 TBA P 19 19 0 13 1 0
2021 NYN P 13 12 2 4 0 0
2022 BOS P 26 26 3 9 1 1
2023 PIT P 22 22 6 12 1 2
2023 SDN P 10 5 0 3 0 0
2024 BOS P 4 0 0 1 0 0
2025 KCA P 2 2 0 3 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 388

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2021 Pitcher of the Month May
2017 Pitcher of the Month July
2016 Pitcher of the Month May

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 OAK AL $6,000,000
2013 CLE AL $1,000,000
2012 BOS AL $725,000
2009 BAL AL $445,000
2008 CHN NL $445,000
2007 CHN NL $400,000
Total Career Earnings $9,015,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 2000, 2001, 2002