Rich Hill stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2025

Starting Pitcher · #35

Age 46 · 6' 5"

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Rich Hill played 21 MLB seasons, 2005 to 2025.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
388
W
90
L
76
ERA
4.02
IP
1,418.0
K
1,432
BB
551
WHIP
1.26

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2005CHC10029.1323.221171.77
2006CHC17674.1799.190391.23
2007CHC321183.92195.0183631.19
2008CHC5104.1219.215181.58
2009BAL14337.8057.246401.87
2010BOS6100.004.0311.50
2011BOS9000.008.01230.75
2012BOS25101.8319.221111.42
2013CLE63126.2838.251291.73
2014LAA/NYY16003.385.1962.44
2015BOS4211.5529.03650.66
2016ATH/LAD201252.12110.1129331.00
2017LAD251283.32135.2166491.09
2018LAD251153.66132.2150411.12
2019LAD13412.4558.272181.13
2020MIN8223.0338.231171.16
2021TB/NYM32783.86158.2150551.21
2022BOS26874.27124.1109371.30
2023PIT/SD328145.41146.1129581.52
2024BOS4014.913.2531.09
2025KC2025.009.0481.89

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
13
W
1
L
2
ERA
3.06
IP
53.0
K
65
BB
32
WHIP
1.38

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
93
CG
4
SHO
2
K/9
9.1
GB
1,567
FB
2,335
G/F
0.70
WP
24

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2005CHC1008.030460.70
2006CHC8218.2951910.53
2007CHC17008.42183360.61
2008CHC1006.920350.61
2009BAL3007.2661210.51
2010BOS0006.8861.30
2011BOS00013.5590.61
2012BOS0009.622290.80
2013CLE00011.944560.86
2014LAA/NYY00015.2580.61
2015BOS41111.2323110
2016ATH/LAD130010.51271420.90
2017LAD91011.01291990.62
2018LAD100010.21412070.72
2019LAD60011.077711.10
2020MIN1007.238410.91
2021TB/NYM7008.51582820.63
2022BOS6007.91532230.70
2023PIT/SD7007.91812830.62
2024BOS00012.33310
2025KC0004.015160.90

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
46 yearsMar 11, 1980
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2005
Birthplace
Boston, MA
Draft
2002Rd 4, Pk 112
College
Michigan

Latest performance

Rich Hill

Jul 28 · vs ATL · L 10-7

IP
4.0
H
3
R
4
ER
4
BB
6
K
3
HR
2
ERA
5.00
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Mon, Jul 28vsATLL 10-743443
Tue, Jul 22atCHCL 6-056311
Wed, Sep 04atNYML 8-30.10000
Sun, Sep 01atDETL 4-10.21222
Sat, Aug 31atDETL 2-11.10001
Thu, Aug 29vsTORL 2-01.10002

What were Rich Hill's career stats?

Rich Hill played 21 seasons for the Cubs, the Orioles, the Red Sox, the Guardians, the Dodgers, the Twins and the Royals. He had 90 wins and 1,432 strikeouts with a 4.02 ERA over 1,418.0 innings. His best season was 2016: 12 wins, a 2.12 ERA and 129 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

21 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2005 to 2025

Rich Hill finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

All-time career rank

  • 264th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,432)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Rich Hill

Playoff series

Rich Hill played 13 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 10 series — 4 won, 6 lost.

Rich Hill's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2019WSHLost 0-112.2212
2018ATLWon 1-014.1423
2018MILLost 1-126.0417
2018BOSLost 0-116.1117
2017ARIWon 1-014.0324
2017CHCWon 1-015.0318
2017HOULost 1-128.27212
2016WSHLost 1-127.09513
2016CHCWon 1-016.0206
2007ARILost 0-113.0633

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Rich Hill’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.