Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1992
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1992
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 281
- W
- 74
- L
- 76
- ERA
- 4.80
- IP
- 1285.2
- K
- 997
- BB
- 471
- WHIP
- 1.44
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 13.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.23 |
| 1993 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4.65 | 31.0 | 26 | 14 | 1.48 |
| 1994 | NYY | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4.20 | 49.1 | 37 | 29 | 1.56 |
| 1995 | NYY | 27 | 11 | 10 | 4.70 | 168.1 | 121 | 68 | 1.32 |
| 1996 | SEA | 35 | 13 | 9 | 5.35 | 196.2 | 132 | 73 | 1.62 |
| 1997 | SD | 32 | 10 | 11 | 5.20 | 161.0 | 106 | 55 | 1.41 |
| 1998 | SD | 39 | 9 | 7 | 3.93 | 176.1 | 158 | 48 | 1.23 |
| 1999 | SD | 33 | 12 | 14 | 4.11 | 205.2 | 194 | 76 | 1.35 |
| 2000 | SD | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4.93 | 65.2 | 61 | 26 | 1.45 |
| 2001 |  SD/NYY | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5.63 | 70.1 | 43 | 21 | 1.56 |
| 2002 | NYY | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5.49 | 39.1 | 31 | 15 | 1.83 |
| 2003 |  NYY/STL | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4.72 | 87.2 | 68 | 32 | 1.40 |
| 2004 | SD | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6.33 | 21.1 | 14 | 8 | 1.41 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- W
- 4
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.76
- IP
- 30.2
- K
- 41
- BB
- 11
- WHIP
- 1.11
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 94
- CG
- 10
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 7.0
- GB
- 32
- FB
- 37
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 61
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | NYY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1995 | NYY | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1996 | SEA | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | SD | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1998 | SD | 16 | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1999 | SD | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2000 | SD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | SD/NYY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | NYY/STL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 32 | 37 | 0.9 | 1 |
What were Sterling Hitchcock's career stats?
Sterling Hitchcock played 13 seasons for the Yankees, the Mariners and the Padres. He had 74 wins and 997 strikeouts with a 4.80 ERA over 1,285.2 innings. His best season was 1996: 13 wins, a 5.35 ERA and 132 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1992 to 2004
Sterling Hitchcock finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1999 (8th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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