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Rich Hill

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 221lb (196cm, 100kg)

Team: Tampa Bay Rays (majors)

Born: March 11, 1980 in Boston, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 36th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Milton HS (Milton, MA), the Anaheim Angels in the 7th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) and the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Milton HS (Milton, MA)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 15, 2005 (Age 25-096d, 18,705th in major league history)
vs. FLA 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$2.5M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 11.127 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: ACES (Sam & Seth Levinson)

Full Name: Richard Joseph Hill

Nicknames: Brice

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.4

14.7

W

L

ERA

3.64

3.78

G

306

GS

178

SV

IP

71.2

1047.2

SO

1108

WHIP

1.047

1.210

6/16 18 months ago, Cole Hamels was an $18MM pitcher. Back in December 2019, the Braves signed the veteran southpaw to a one-year contract, just shy of his 36th birthday. Atlanta headed into Spring Training
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2002	22	CHC-min	A-	0	2	.000	8.36	6	5	1	0	0	0	14.0	15	19	13	0	14	0	12	3	0	4	73			2.071	9.6	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86	BOI NORW
2003	23	CHC-min	A-,A	1	7	.125	3.87	29	18	2	0	0	0	97.2	71	52	42	5	68	0	149	12	1	14	435			1.423	6.5	0.5	6.3	13.7	2.19	BOI,LNS NORW,MIDW
2004	24	CHC-min	A+	7	6	.538	4.03	28	19	0	0	0	0	109.1	88	64	49	9	72	0	136	19	5	12	495			1.463	7.2	0.7	5.9	11.2	1.89	DYT FLOR
2005	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA,A	11	4	.733	3.31	22	21	0	1	0	0	130.2	100	52	48	20	35	0	194	6	0	2	524			1.033	6.9	1.4	2.4	13.4	5.54	IWA,WTN,PEO PCL,SOUL,MIDW
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	5.17	1.775	9.5	1.1	6.5	8.0	1.24
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	7	1	.875	1.80	15	15	0	0	0	0	100.0	62	22	20	3	21	0	135	5	0	2	380			0.830	5.6	0.3	1.9	12.2	6.43	IWA PCL
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	4.67	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	4.32	1.195	7.8	1.2	2.9	8.4	2.90
2008	28	CHC-min	AAA,A+,Rk	4	7	.364	5.85	13	13	0	0	0	0	47.2	39	36	31	4	44	0	57	6	0	5	226			1.741	7.4	0.8	8.3	10.8	1.30	IWA,DYT,CBZ PCL,FLOR,ARIZ
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	5.83	1.576	5.9	0.9	8.2	6.9	0.83
2009	29	BAL-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	1.65	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.1	6	3	3	1	9	0	17	2	0	0	64			0.918	3.3	0.6	5.0	9.4	1.89	NFK,FDK IL,CARL
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	5.21	1.873	10.6	1.1	6.2	7.2	1.15
2010	30	BOS-STL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.00	42	10	8	0	0	0	99.0	80	48	44	8	59	1	102	17	3	2	436			1.404	7.3	0.7	5.4	9.3	1.73	PAW,MEM IL,PCL
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		2.33	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2011	31	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.12	10	0	4	0	0	1	16.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	18	1	0	0	62			0.813	4.5	0.6	2.8	10.1	3.60	PAW IL
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		1.53	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
2012	32	BOS-min	AAA,A+,A,Rk,AA	1	1	.500	2.20	16	6	1	0	0	0	16.1	7	4	4	1	5	0	27	1	0	0	62			0.735	3.9	0.6	2.8	14.9	5.40	PAW,SAL,GRV,RES,PRT IL,CARL,SALL,GULF,EL
2012	32	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	1.83	25	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	17	4	4	0	11	1	21	0	0	0	83	234	2.64	1.424	7.8	0.0	5.0	9.6	1.91
2013	33	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	6.28	63	0	3	0	0	0	38.2	38	30	27	3	29	6	51	2	1	6	182	61	3.82	1.733	8.8	0.7	6.8	11.9	1.76
2014	34	BOS-NYY-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.93	29	0	4	0	0	2	43.0	31	15	14	0	18	1	55	2	0	4	177			1.140	6.5	0.0	3.8	11.5	3.06	PAW,SWB IL
2014	34	TOT	AL	0	0		3.38	16	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	7	2	2	0	6	1	9	1	0	1	29	130	3.69	2.438	11.8	0.0	10.1	15.2	1.50
2014	34	LAA	AL	0	0		inf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	17							0.00
2014	34	NYY	AL	0	0		1.69	14	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	1	0	3	1	9	1	0	0	25	243	2.01	1.688	10.1	0.0	5.1	15.2	3.00
2015	35	BOS-WSN-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.83	30	5	9	0	0	0	54.0	39	20	17	4	30	0	61	7	0	3	229			1.278	6.5	0.7	5.0	10.2	2.03	PAW,SYR IL
2015	35	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	1.55	4	4	0	1	1	0	29.0	14	5	5	2	5	0	36	2	0	0	106	280	2.27	0.655	4.3	0.6	1.6	11.2	7.20
2016	36	OAK-min	A+	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	13			1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	18.0		STK CALL
2016	36	TOT	MLB	12	5	.706	2.12	20	20	0	0	0	0	110.1	77	29	26	4	33	0	129	8	0	0	439	193	2.39	0.997	6.3	0.3	2.7	10.5	3.91
2016	36	OAK	AL	9	3	.750	2.25	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	55	22	19	2	28	0	90	8	0	0	311	182	2.54	1.092	6.5	0.2	3.3	10.7	3.21
2016	36	LAD	NL	3	2	.600	1.83	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	22	7	7	2	5	0	39	0	0	0	128	221	2.07	0.786	5.8	0.5	1.3	10.2	7.80
2017	37	LAD-min	A+	1	1	.500	6.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	4	4	0	4	0	5	2	0	0	24			1.235	4.8	0.0	6.4	7.9	1.25	RCU CALL
2017	37	LAD	NL	12	8	.600	3.32	25	25	0	1	0	0	135.2	99	51	50	18	49	1	166	9	1	2	552	125	3.72	1.091	6.6	1.2	3.3	11.0	3.39
2018	38	LAD-min	A+	0	1	.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	20			0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	19.3		RCU CALL
2018	38	LAD	NL	11	5	.688	3.66	25	24	0	0	0	0	132.2	108	57	54	20	41	3	150	8	1	2	547	106	3.97	1.123	7.3	1.4	2.8	10.2	3.66
2019	39	LAD-min	A+	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	14			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	18.0		RCU CALL
2019	39	LAD	NL	4	1	.800	2.45	13	13	0	0	0	0	58.2	48	20	16	10	18	2	72	4	0	0	242	169	4.10	1.125	7.4	1.5	2.8	11.0	4.00
2020	40	MIN	AL	2	2	.500	3.03	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.2	28	13	13	3	17	0	31	1	0	1	156	142	3.99	1.164	6.5	0.7	4.0	7.2	1.82
2021	41	TBR	AL	5	2	.714	3.64	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.2	51	29	29	10	24	0	73	5	1	1	285	107	4.15	1.047	6.4	1.3	3.0	9.2	3.04
17 Yrs				72	46	.610	3.78	306	178	13	4	2	0	1047.2	854	466	440	125	414	21	1108	58	6	20	4377	113	3.95	1.210	7.3	1.1	3.6	9.5	2.68
162 Game Avg.				10	6	.610	3.78	43	25	2	1	0	0	147	120	65	62	18	58	3	156	8	1	3	615	113	3.95	1.210	7.3	1.1	3.6	9.5	2.68
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (4 yrs)				4	1	.800	1.34	44	4	6	1	1	0	60.2	39	9	9	2	20	1	72	3	0	1	237	327	2.30	0.973	5.8	0.3	3.0	10.7	3.60
LAD (4 yrs)				30	16	.652	3.16	69	68	0	1	0	0	361.1	277	135	127	50	113	6	427	21	2	4	1469	128	3.71	1.079	6.9	1.2	2.8	10.6	3.78
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	4.57	1.268	7.8	1.3	3.7	8.2	2.26
MIN (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.03	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.2	28	13	13	3	17	0	31	1	0	1	156	142	3.99	1.164	6.5	0.7	4.0	7.2	1.82
TBR (1 yr)				5	2	.714	3.64	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.2	51	29	29	10	24	0	73	5	1	1	285	107	4.15	1.047	6.4	1.3	3.0	9.2	3.04
OAK (1 yr)				9	3	.750	2.25	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	55	22	19	2	28	0	90	8	0	0	311	182	2.54	1.092	6.5	0.2	3.3	10.7	3.21
CLE (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.28	63	0	3	0	0	0	38.2	38	30	27	3	29	6	51	2	1	6	182	61	3.82	1.733	8.8	0.7	6.8	11.9	1.76
LAA (1 yr)				0	0		inf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	17							0.00
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		1.69	14	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	1	0	3	1	9	1	0	0	25	243	2.01	1.688	10.1	0.0	5.1	15.2	3.00
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	5.21	1.873	10.6	1.1	6.2	7.2	1.15

AL (10 yrs)				24	13	.649	3.85	173	53	11	1	1	0	348.2	286	158	149	27	164	10	372	21	3	11	1475	109	3.59	1.291	7.4	0.7	4.2	9.6	2.27
NL (8 yrs)				48	33	.593	3.75	133	125	2	3	1	0	699.0	568	308	291	98	250	11	736	37	3	9	2902	115	4.13	1.170	7.3	1.3	3.2	9.5	2.94

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