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Rich Hill

Richard Joseph Hill

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox/Orioles 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.037 [*], Agents: Levinsons [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 49 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 89 113 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 59 1.873 10.6 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.15
2010 30 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
2011 31 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 9 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 1 0 1 30 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 13.5 4.00
7 Seasons 22 20 .524 4.73 93 70 5 2 1 0 407.1 367 226 214 55 181 7 370 18 2 7 1756 98 1.345 8.1 1.2 4.0 8.2 2.04
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .524 4.73 39 29 2 1 0 0 170 153 94 89 23 76 3 154 8 1 3 733 98 1.345 8.1 1.2 4.0 8.2 2.04
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 106 1.268 7.8 1.3 3.7 8.2 2.26
BOS (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 0.00 15 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 8 0 0 0 4 0 15 1 0 1 48 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 11.3 3.75
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 59 1.873 10.6 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.15
NL (4 yrs) NL 18 17 .514 4.37 64 57 2 2 1 0 337.2 291 173 164 48 137 5 309 16 1 5 1433 106 1.268 7.8 1.3 3.7 8.2 2.26
AL (3 yrs) AL 4 3 .571 6.46 29 13 3 0 0 0 69.2 76 53 50 7 44 2 61 2 1 2 323 71 1.722 9.8 0.9 5.7 7.9 1.39

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 25 CHC NL 23.2 4 24 14 0 1.0 -10 -1.0 $
2006 26 CHC NL 99.1 16 51 62 1 .9 11 1.0 $
2007 27 CHC NL 195.0 32 89 119 7 1.0 30 2.9 $400,000
2008 28 CHC NL 19.2 5 9 12 0 1.1 3 0.3 $445,000
2009 29 BAL AL 57.2 13 53 38 -1 1.1 -15 -1.6 $445,000
2010 30 BOS AL 4.0 0 0 2 0 1.2 2 0.3 $
2011 31 BOS AL 8.0 0 0 5 0 .9 5 0.4 $
7 Seasons 407.1 70 226 252 7 1.0 26 2.3 $1,290,000
CHC (4 yrs) 337.2 57 173 207 8 1.0 34 3.2 $845,000
BOS (2 yrs) 12.0 0 0 7 0 1.0 7 0.7 $
BAL (1 yr) 57.2 13 53 38 -1 1.1 -15 -1.6 $445,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 25 CHC NL 10 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 26 CHC NL 17 34 30 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .100 .129 .133 .262 -33 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
2007 27 CHC NL 32 67 63 0 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 33 .127 .141 .159 .299 -24 10 1 0 3 0 0 1
2008 28 CHC NL 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 29 BAL AL 15 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 30 BOS AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Seasons 85 122 114 1 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 51 .123 .138 .149 .287 -27 17 1 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 233 217 2 27 6 0 0 11 0 0 4 97 .123 .138 .149 .287 -27 32 2 0 11 0 0
CHC (4 yrs) 64 114 106 1 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 48 .123 .139 .151 .290 -26 16 1 0 6 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 15 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 64 114 106 1 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 48 .123 .139 .151 .290 -26 16 1 0 6 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 21 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 25 CHC NL 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
2006 26 CHC NL 34 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2007 27 CHC NL 67 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $400,000 1
2008 28 CHC NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $445,000 /1
2009 29 BAL AL 8 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $445,000 1
5 Seasons 122 -21 0 1 0 0 14 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $1,290,000
CHC (4 yrs) 114 -19 0 1 0 0 13 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $845,000
BAL (1 yr) 8 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $445,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 27 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 CHC NL 25 P 10 23.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 0.76 0.20 .960 1.75 1.73
2006 CHC NL 26 P 17 99.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 -1 -2 0.82 0.53 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 CHC NL 27 P 32 195.0 30 4 22 4 0 .867 -3 -3 1.20 0.81 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 CHC NL 28 P 5 19.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.40 .960 1.74 1.72
2009 BAL AL 29 P 14 57.2 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0 0 1.56 0.71 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 BOS AL 30 P 6 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.58 1.62
2011 BOS AL 31 P 9 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.12 0.11 .950 1.58 1.59 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons P 93 0 0 407.1 56 9 41 6 1 .893 -5 -2 1.10 0.54 .961 1.67 1.65 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons TOT 93 0 0 407.1 56 9 41 6 1 .893 -5 -14 1.10 0.54 .961 1.67 1.65 1 0 0% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2007 NL  4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2002.
  • February 2, 2009: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Chicago Cubs.
  • November 3, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • June 30, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • June 30, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 16, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200727Chicago Cubs$400,000
200828Chicago Cubs$445,000
200929Baltimore Orioles$445,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,290,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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