Rich Hill

Q: When was Rich Hill born?

Rich Hill was born on March 11, 1980.

Q: Where was Rich Hill born?

Rich Hill was born in Boston, MA .

Q: How tall is Rich Hill?

Rich Hill is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Rich Hill weigh when playing?

Rich Hill weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Rich Hill in the Hall of Fame?

Rich Hill has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Rich Hill drafted?

Rich Hill was 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) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Rich Hill have?

Rich Hill had 1,423 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Rich Hill played for?

Rich Hill played for 13 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres.

Q: What are Rich Hill's nicknames?

Brice, D. Mountain, Field of Genes are nicknames for Rich Hill.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

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, 18,691st in major league history)
vs. FLA 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2023 (Age 43-204d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Richard Joseph Hill

Nicknames: Brice, D. Mountain or Field of Genes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.0

ERA

4.01

382

248

1405.1

1423

WHIP

1.259

Projections

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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	143	3.99	1.164	6.5	0.7	4.0	7.2	1.82
2021	41	TOT	MLB	7	8	.467	3.86	32	31	0	0	0	0	158.2	137	70	68	21	55	0	150	16	1	3	661	105	4.34	1.210	7.8	1.2	3.1	8.5	2.73
2021	41	TBR	AL	6	4	.600	3.87	19	19	0	0	0	0	95.1	75	41	41	14	36	0	91	8	1	3	389	104	4.55	1.164	7.1	1.3	3.4	8.6	2.53
2021	41	NYM	NL	1	4	.200	3.84	13	12	0	0	0	0	63.1	62	29	27	7	19	0	59	8	0	0	272	105	4.02	1.279	8.8	1.0	2.7	8.4	3.11
2022	42	BOS-min	AA	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	14			1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	15.0		PRT EL
2022	42	BOS	AL	8	7	.533	4.27	26	26	0	0	0	0	124.1	125	67	59	15	37	0	109	4	2	0	526	98	3.92	1.303	9.0	1.1	2.7	7.9	2.95
2023	43	TOT	NL	8	14	.364	5.41	32	27	3	0	0	0	146.1	165	98	88	23	58	0	129	7	1	2	660	80	4.87	1.524	10.1	1.4	3.6	7.9	2.22
2023	43	PIT	NL	7	10	.412	4.76	22	22	0	0	0	0	119.0	129	70	63	15	47	0	104	4	1	1	530	91	4.43	1.479	9.8	1.1	3.6	7.9	2.21
2023	43	SDP	NL	1	4	.200	8.23	10	5	3	0	0	0	27.1	36	28	25	8	11	0	25	3	0	1	130	51	6.77	1.720	11.9	2.6	3.6	8.2	2.27
19 Yrs				90	73	.552	4.01	382	248	16	4	2	0	1405.1	1230	672	626	174	540	21	1423	80	9	24	5939	106	4.08	1.259	7.9	1.1	3.5	9.1	2.64
162 Game Avg.				10	8	.552	4.01	41	27	2	0	0	0	152	133	73	68	19	58	2	154	9	1	3	641	106	4.08	1.259	7.9	1.1	3.5	9.1	2.64
				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 (5 yrs)				12	8	.600	3.31	70	30	6	1	1	0	185.0	164	76	68	17	57	1	181	7	2	1	763	129	3.38	1.195	8.0	0.8	2.8	8.8	3.18
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	143	3.99	1.164	6.5	0.7	4.0	7.2	1.82
NYM (1 yr)				1	4	.200	3.84	13	12	0	0	0	0	63.1	62	29	27	7	19	0	59	8	0	0	272	105	4.02	1.279	8.8	1.0	2.7	8.4	3.11
TBR (1 yr)				6	4	.600	3.87	19	19	0	0	0	0	95.1	75	41	41	14	36	0	91	8	1	3	389	104	4.55	1.164	7.1	1.3	3.4	8.6	2.53
PIT (1 yr)				7	10	.412	4.76	22	22	0	0	0	0	119.0	129	70	63	15	47	0	104	4	1	1	530	91	4.43	1.479	9.8	1.1	3.6	7.9	2.21
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
SDP (1 yr)				1	4	.200	8.23	10	5	3	0	0	0	27.1	36	28	25	8	11	0	25	3	0	1	130	51	6.77	1.720	11.9	2.6	3.6	8.2	2.27
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
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
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 (11 yrs)				33	22	.600	3.99	204	84	11	1	1	0	496.2	435	237	220	46	213	10	499	28	5	13	2105	105	3.78	1.305	7.9	0.8	3.9	9.0	2.34
NL (10 yrs)				57	51	.528	4.02	178	164	5	3	1	0	908.2	795	435	406	128	327	11	924	52	4	11	3834	107	4.24	1.235	7.9	1.3	3.2	9.2	2.83

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Rich Hill?

Rich Hill is 44 years old.

When was Rich Hill born?

Rich Hill was born on March 11, 1980.

Where was Rich Hill born?

Rich Hill was born in Boston, MA.

How tall is Rich Hill?

Rich Hill is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Rich Hill weigh when playing?

Rich Hill weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Rich Hill play?

Rich Hill played 19 seasons.

Is Rich Hill in the Hall of Fame?

Rich Hill has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Rich Hill drafted?

Rich Hill was 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).

What position did Rich Hill play?

Rich Hill was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Rich Hill have?

Rich Hill had 1,423 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Rich Hill played for?

Rich Hill played for 13 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres.

When did Rich Hill retire?

Rich Hill last played in 2023.

What are Rich Hill's nicknames?