Sterling Hitchcock

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: April 29, 1971 in Fayetteville, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Armwood HS (Seffner, FL).

High School: Armwood HS (Seffner, FL)

Last Game: August 22, 2004 (Age 33-115d)
vs. FLA 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Tommy Tanzer

Full Name: Sterling Alex Hitchcock

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

NLCS MVP

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

ERA

4.80

281

200

1285.2

997

WHIP

1.435

Prospect Rankings

Player News

Hide Majors

Hide Minors

Register Pitching

Register Pitching
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1989	18	-1.8	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	9	1	.900	1.64	1.88	13	13	0	0	0	0	76.2	48	16	14	1	27	0	98	4	0	5		0.978	5.6	0.1	3.2	11.5	3.63
1990	19	-2.4	Greensboro	SALL	A	NYY	12	12	.500	2.91	3.53	27	27	0	6	5	0	173.1	122	68	56	7	60	1	171	8	2	6		1.050	6.3	0.4	3.1	8.9	2.85
1991	20	-2.2	Prince William	CARL	A+	NYY	7	7	.500	2.64	3.70	19	19	0	2	0	0	119.1	111	49	35	2	26	0	101	3	2	5	500	1.148	8.4	0.2	2.0	7.6	3.88
1992	21	-2.8	Albany-Colonie	EL	AA	NYY	6	9	.400	2.58	3.13	24	24	0	2	0	0	146.2	116	51	42	6	42	0	155	9	2	9	600	1.077	7.1	0.4	2.6	9.5	3.69
1992	21	-7.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	2	.000	8.31	8.31	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	23	12	12	2	6	0	6	1	0	0	68	2.231	15.9	1.4	4.2	4.2	1.00
1993	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A-	NYY	3	5	.375	4.75	4.98	17	16	0	0	0	0	77.2	80	43	41	8	28	0	85	6	0	1	337	1.391	9.3	0.9	3.2	9.8	3.04
1993	22	-3.9	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	3	5	.375	4.81	5.05	16	16	0	0	0	0	76.2	80	43	41	8	28	0	85	6	0	1	334	1.409	9.4	0.9	3.3	10.0	3.04
1993	22	1.0	Oneonta	NYPL	A-	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	22	-6.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	4.65	5.23	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	32	18	16	4	14	1	26	1	2	3	135	1.484	9.3	1.2	4.1	7.5	1.86
1994	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYY	4	4	.500	4.09	5.07	11	10	0	1	0	0	55.0	57	31	25	4	18	0	54	2	0	3	238	1.364	9.3	0.7	2.9	8.8	3.00
1994	23	-2.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	3	4	.429	4.32	5.40	10	9	0	1	0	0	50.0	53	30	24	4	18	0	47	2	0	1	220	1.420	9.5	0.7	3.2	8.5	2.61
1994	23	-0.9	Albany-Colonie	EL	AA	NYY	1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	18	0.800	7.2	0.0	0.0	12.6
1994	23	-6.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	1	.800	4.20	4.38	23	5	4	1	0	2	49.1	48	24	23	3	29	1	37	0	0	5	218	1.561	8.8	0.5	5.3	6.8	1.28
1995	24	-4.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	10	.524	4.70	4.87	27	27	0	4	1	0	168.1	155	91	88	22	68	1	121	5	2	5	719	1.325	8.3	1.2	3.6	6.5	1.78
1996	25	-3.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	13	9	.591	5.35	5.99	35	35	0	0	0	0	196.2	245	131	117	27	73	4	132	7	1	4	885	1.617	11.2	1.2	3.3	6.0	1.81
1997	26	-2.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	10	11	.476	5.20	5.70	32	28	1	1	0	0	161.0	172	102	93	24	55	2	106	4	2	6	693	1.410	9.6	1.3	3.1	5.9	1.93
1998	27	-1.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	9	7	.563	3.93	4.24	39	27	3	2	1	1	176.1	169	83	77	29	48	2	158	9	1	11	743	1.231	8.6	1.5	2.4	8.1	3.29
1999	28	-0.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	12	14	.462	4.11	4.33	33	33	0	1	0	0	205.2	202	99	94	29	76	6	194	5	2	15	892	1.352	8.8	1.3	3.3	8.5	2.55
2000	29	0.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	6	.143	4.93	5.21	11	11	0	0	0	0	65.2	69	38	36	12	26	1	61	5	0	4	292	1.447	9.5	1.6	3.6	8.4	2.35
2001	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	SDP	2	2	.500	3.95	5.19	9	9	0	0	0	0	43.1	53	25	19	4	3	0	42	1	0	1	186	1.292	11.0	0.8	0.6	8.7	14.00
2001	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SDP	6	5	.545	5.63	5.89	13	12	0	1	0	0	70.1	89	46	44	6	21	0	43	3	1	3	323	1.564	11.4	0.8	2.7	5.5	2.05
2001	30	3.1	Portland	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	0	1.000	3.71	3.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	20	7	7	1	2	0	11	1	0	0	70	1.294	10.6	0.5	1.1	5.8	5.50
2001	30	7.2	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	0	2	.000	4.10	6.15	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.1	33	18	12	3	1	0	31	0	0	1	116	1.291	11.3	1.0	0.3	10.6	31.00
2001	30	1.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	4	.500	6.49	6.49	10	9	0	1	0	0	51.1	67	37	37	5	18	0	28	2	1	2	238	1.656	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.9	1.56
2001	30	1.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	2	1	.667	3.32	4.26	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	22	9	7	1	3	0	15	1	0	1	85	1.316	10.4	0.5	1.4	7.1	5.00
2002	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-Rk	NYY	0	0		6.61	6.61	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.1	22	12	12	2	3	0	12	1	1	0	74	1.531	12.1	1.1	1.7	6.6	4.00
2002	31	4.6	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	42	3.000	23.3	2.5	3.7	3.7	1.00
2002	31	8.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	22	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
2002	31	11.2	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	10	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2002	31	2.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	5.49	6.64	20	2	11	0	0	0	39.1	57	29	24	4	15	3	31	1	0	1	193	1.831	13.0	0.9	3.4	7.1	2.07
2003	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	STL	6	4	.600	4.72	5.13	35	7	8	0	0	0	87.2	91	50	46	14	32	4	68	1	0	3	383	1.403	9.3	1.4	3.3	7.0	2.13
2003	32	3.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	3	.250	5.44	5.98	27	1	8	0	0	0	49.2	57	33	30	6	18	3	36	0	0	1	221	1.510	10.3	1.1	3.3	6.5	2.00
2003	32	3.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	1	.833	3.79	4.03	8	6	0	0	0	0	38.0	34	17	16	8	14	1	32	1	0	2	162	1.263	8.1	1.9	3.3	7.6	2.29
2004	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SDP	2	1	.667	3.98	4.43	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	25	10	9	1	1	0	19	0	0	1	86	1.279	11.1	0.4	0.4	8.4	19.00
2004	33	5.8	Portland	PCL	AAA	SDP	1	1	.500	6.35	7.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	9	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	51	1.588	13.5	0.8	0.8	4.8	6.00
2004	33	10.1	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	1	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	35	0.889	8.0	0.0	0.0	13.0
2004	33	3.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	0	3	.000	6.33	6.33	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	22	15	15	5	8	0	14	0	0	1	91	1.406	9.3	2.1	3.4	5.9	1.75
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		74	76	.493	4.80	5.17	281	200	27	10	2	3	1285.2	1374	738	685	181	471	25	997	42	11	61	5635	1.435	9.6	1.3	3.3	7.0	2.12
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		45	41	.523	3.12	3.77	130	128	0	11	5	0	728.2	634	305	253	35	208	1	737	34	7	31	2021	1.156	7.8	0.4	2.6	9.1	3.54
All Levels (16 Seasons)							119	117	.504	4.19	4.66	411	328	27	21	7	3	2014.1	2008	1043	938	216	679	26	1734	76	18	92	7656	1.334	9.0	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.55

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		9	10	.474	5.05	5.54	34	33	0	1	0	0	162.1	189	100	91	16	52	0	152	9	1	2	717	1.485	10.5	0.9	2.9	8.4	2.92
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		7	9	.438	2.55	3.09	25	25	0	2	0	0	151.2	120	52	43	6	42	0	162	9	2	11	618	1.068	7.1	0.4	2.5	9.6	3.86
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		8	9	.471	2.74	3.87	28	28	0	2	0	0	160.2	155	69	49	5	27	0	148	4	2	7	673	1.133	8.7	0.3	1.5	8.3	5.48
A (1 season)					Minors		12	12	.500	2.91	3.53	27	27	0	6	5	0	173.1	122	68	56	7	60	1	171	8	2	6		1.050	6.3	0.4	3.1	8.9	2.85
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		9	1	.900	1.58	1.81	15	15	0	0	0	0	79.2	48	16	14	1	27	0	104	4	0	5	10	0.941	5.4	0.1	3.1	11.7	3.85