Rich Hill
Richard Joseph Hill
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 11, 1980 in Boston, MA
High School: Milton (Milton, MA)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 25 CHC NL 0 2 .000 9.13 10 4 1 0 0 0 23.2 25 24 24 3 17 1 21 1 0 0 115 48 1.775 9.5 1.1 6.5 8.0 1.24
2006 26 CHC NL 6 7 .462 4.17 17 16 1 2 1 0 99.1 83 51 46 16 39 1 90 2 0 3 417 111 1.228 7.5 1.4 3.5 8.2 2.31
2007 27 CHC NL 11 8 .579 3.92 32 32 0 0 0 0 195.0 170 89 85 27 63 3 183 12 1 1 812 118 1.195 7.8 1.2 2.9 8.4 2.90
2008 28 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.12 5 5 0 0 0 0 19.2 13 9 9 2 18 0 15 1 0 1 89 112 1.576 5.9 0.9 8.2 6.9 0.83
2009 29 BAL AL 3 3 .500 7.80 14 13 0 0 0 0 57.2 68 53 50 7 40 2 46 1 1 1 275 58 1.873 10.6 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.15
5 Seasons 21 20 .512 4.87 78 70 2 2 1 0 395.1 359 226 214 55 177 7 355 17 2 6 1708 94 1.356 8.2 1.3 4.0 8.1 2.01
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .512 4.87 36 32 1 1 0 0 182 165 104 98 25 81 3 163 8 1 3 785 94 1.356 8.2 1.3 4.0 8.1 2.01
CHC (4 yrs) 18 17 .514 4.37 64 57 2 2 1 0 337.2 291 173 164 48 137 5 309 16 1 5 1433 105 1.268 7.8 1.3 3.7 8.2 2.26
BAL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 7.80 14 13 0 0 0 0 57.2 68 53 50 7 40 2 46 1 1 1 275 58 1.873 10.6 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.15
NL (4 yrs) 18 17 .514 4.37 64 57 2 2 1 0 337.2 291 173 164 48 137 5 309 16 1 5 1433 105 1.268 7.8 1.3 3.7 8.2 2.26
AL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 7.80 14 13 0 0 0 0 57.2 68 53 50 7 40 2 46 1 1 1 275 58 1.873 10.6 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.15

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 27 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 18 2.667 18.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 18 2.667 18.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 25 CHC NL 10 115 96 24 25 6 0 3 6 0 17 21 .260 .377 .417 .794 .306 40 3 1 1 0 1
2006 26 CHC NL 17 417 365 51 83 21 1 16 10 3 39 90 .227 .303 .422 .725 .256 154 5 2 8 3 1
2007 27 CHC NL 32 812 724 89 170 32 1 27 23 5 63 183 .235 .305 .394 .699 .276 285 14 12 9 4 3
2008 28 CHC NL 5 89 68 9 13 3 0 2 2 1 18 15 .191 .360 .324 .683 .208 22 1 1 0 2 0
2009 29 BAL AL 14 275 230 53 68 23 0 7 11 2 40 46 .296 .399 .487 .886 .341 112 5 1 2 2 2
5 Seasons 78 1708 1483 226 359 85 2 55 52 11 177 355 .242 .328 .413 .741 .280 613 28 17 20 11 7
162 Game Avg. 36 785 681 104 165 39 1 25 24 5 81 163 .242 .328 .413 .741 .280 282 13 8 9 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 25 CHC NL 10 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 36 56 11 8 6 0 2 3.0 3.2 3.8 81 2 1 1 0 104
2006 26 CHC NL 17 16 5 7 4 1 1 8 8 .500 0 3 2 1 8 50% 53 92 21 9 4 0 6 4.0 3.8 6.1 100 1 6 8 1 120
2007 27 CHC NL 32 32 11 8 13 1 0 17 15 .531 0 8 0 0 17 53% 55 82 25 8 1 0 13 3.4 3.1 6.1 96 5 12 15 0 116
2008 28 CHC NL 5 5 1 0 4 1 0 3 2 .600 1 3 0 0 1 20% 50 58 40 4 1 0 4 4.4 3.3 3.9 71 2 3 0 0 88
2009 29 BAL AL 14 13 3 3 7 1 0 8 5 .615 2 4 0 0 3 23% 40 77 10 19 4 1 8 4.9 4.3 4.4 85 3 8 2 0 111
5 Seasons 78 70 20 20 30 4 1 37 33 .529 3 19 2 1 30 43% 50 92 10 48 16 1 33 3.9 3.5 5.5 92 13 30 26 1 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 25 CHC NL 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.957 1 1 4 0 1 5 3 3 2 3 2 1 4.2 25
2006 26 CHC NL 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.873 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 28
2009 29 BAL AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.103 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 20
3 Seasons 41 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 0.963 2 1 5 0 2 6 3 5 3 4 3 1 4.0 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 25 CHC NL 115 75% 2.6% 18.3% 14.8% 7.8% 36% 0.63 0.89 63% 17% 7.5% 13% 31 3 10%
2006 26 CHC NL 417 83% 3.8% 21.6% 9.4% 9.1% 46% 0.44 0.57 63% 19% 9.8% 14% 70 5 7%
2007 27 CHC NL 812 79% 3.3% 22.5% 7.8% 7.4% 35% 0.60 0.81 64% 19% 9.6% 16% 135 14 10%
2008 28 CHC NL 89 78% 2.3% 16.9% 20.2% 5.6% 39% 0.54 0.65 60% 16% 7.1% 20% 18 1 6%
2009 29 BAL AL 275 79% 2.6% 16.7% 14.6% 10.9% 44% 0.51 0.71 65% 23% 6.7% 14% 49 5 10%
5 Seasons 1708 80% 3.2% 20.8% 10.4% 8.3% 40% 0.54 0.72 63% 19% 8.9% 15% 303 28 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 25 CHC NL 115 475 4.13 297 63% 33% 11% 30% 26% 67% 2% 42% 84% 59% 10% 11 8 34% 39 32 4 33% 6 2 0 0 0
2006 26 CHC NL 417 1635 3.92 1043 64% 29% 14% 30% 27% 71% 0% 46% 81% 57% 5% 22 16 27% 114 70 2 39% 22 5 0 0 0
2007 27 CHC NL 812 3067 3.78 2030 66% 27% 15% 30% 27% 73% 1% 48% 79% 59% 4% 34 19 28% 229 144 12 33% 36 12 0 0 0
2008 28 CHC NL 89 353 3.97 194 55% 37% 10% 25% 28% 63% 0% 35% 84% 47% 13% 12 9 20% 18 12 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0
2009 29 BAL AL 275 1122 4.08 678 60% 34% 11% 27% 28% 66% 1% 40% 84% 47% 8% 22 14 21% 59 35 4 24% 8 6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1708 6652 3.89 4242 64% 30% 14% 29% 27% 70% 1% 45% 80% 56% 6% 101 66 27% 459 293 22 34% 75 28 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 25 CHC NL 115 25 2 0 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 9 6 0 67% 2 0 0 51 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 CHC NL 417 83 7 2 16 1 3 14 2 6 10 15 8 3 53% 3 3 0 146 10 3 77% 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2007 27 CHC NL 812 170 16 1 27 2 13 24 3 11 16 31 18 7 58% 6 1 1 287 23 5 82% 19 4 4 0 0 1 5 4 10 0
2008 28 CHC NL 89 13 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 33 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2009 29 BAL AL 275 68 2 0 7 0 10 5 2 2 5 20 12 3 60% 2 1 1 92 11 2 85% 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
5 Seasons 1708 359 28 3 55 3 34 48 7 23 32 78 47 13 60% 13 6 2 609 52 11 83% 39 10 13 0 0 1 9 8 24 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 25 0 2 .000 9.13 10 4 1 0 0 0 23.2 25 24 24 3 17 1 21 1 0 0 115 48 1.775 9.5 1.1 6.5 8.0 1.24 48
2006 26 6 9 .400 5.12 27 20 2 2 1 0 123.0 108 75 70 19 56 2 111 3 0 3 532 90 1.333 7.9 1.4 4.1 8.1 1.98 90
2007 27 17 17 .500 4.39 59 52 2 2 1 0 318.0 278 164 155 46 119 5 294 15 1 4 1344 105 1.248 7.9 1.3 3.4 8.3 2.47 105
2008 28 18 17 .514 4.37 64 57 2 2 1 0 337.2 291 173 164 48 137 5 309 16 1 5 1433 105 1.268 7.8 1.3 3.7 8.2 2.26 105
2009 29 21 20 .512 4.87 78 70 2 2 1 0 395.1 359 226 214 55 177 7 355 17 2 6 1708 94 1.356 8.2 1.3 4.0 8.1 2.01 94

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 25 0 2 .000 8.62 24.0 25 26 23 3 17 21 1 1.750 9.4 6.4 7.9 1.24 1.1 10
2006 26 5 5 .500 3.82 99.0 81 47 42 16 38 90 2 1.202 7.4 3.5 8.2 2.37 1.5 17
2007 27 12 9 .571 3.56 192.0 163 84 76 26 60 180 12 1.161 7.6 2.8 8.4 3.00 1.2 32
2008 28 1 1 .500 3.60 20.0 12 9 8 2 17 15 1 1.450 5.4 7.7 6.8 0.88 0.9 5
2009 29 1 5 .167 7.71 56.0 67 53 48 7 39 45 1 1.893 10.8 6.3 7.2 1.15 1.1 14
5 Seasons 19 22 .463 4.53 391.0 348 219 197 54 171 351 17 1.327 8.0 8.1 2.05 1.2 78

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 NL--1.195--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--7.846--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--8.446--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL--183--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL--1--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 NL--2.905--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL--12--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dustin McGowan (969)
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  8. Harry Courtney (968)
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  10. Johnny Stuart (964)
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