Rich Hill
2005–2025 · P

Rich Hill

6' 5", 221 lbs·Lived to 46·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Breaking-Ball FirstLeads with the slider, sweeper, or curve — spin over speed.2015–2025 · 15,451 pitches · 88.5 mph fastball
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.12
Best ERA · 2016
12
Most W · 2017
183
Most K · 2007
0.997
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
19 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

21 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2005CHC10600.333.66789
2006CHC173000.100.26234
2007CHC326305.127.29939
2008CHC5700.000.0000
2009BAL15801.125.25033
2010BOS6000
2011BOS9000
2012BOS25000
2013CLE63000
2014LAA16000
2015BOS4000
2016LAD201200.000.0000
2017LAD254504.111.27937
2018LAD254302.093.18626
2019LAD131801.167.43357
2020MIN8000
2021NYM322400.125.25034
2022BOS26000
2023PIT32000
2024BOS4000
2025KC2000
Career389256013.113

Career · Pitching

21 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2005CHC1023.7029.1347211.775
2006CHC1799.3674.17108901.228
2007CHC32195.01183.921141831.195
2008CHC519.7104.12105151.576
2009BAL1457.7337.8055461.873
2010BOS64.0100.0031.500
2011BOS98.0000.00120.750
2012BOS2519.7101.83219211.424
2013CLE6338.7126.2861511.733
2014NYY165.3003.3811192.438
2015BOS429.0211.55255360.655
2016ATH20110.31252.121971290.997
2017LAD25135.71283.321311661.091
2018LAD25132.71153.661131501.123
2019LAD1358.7412.45183721.125
2020MIN838.7223.03147311.164
2021TB32158.7783.861101501.210
2022BOS26124.3874.27931091.303
2023PIT32146.38145.41801291.524
2024BOS43.7014.918351.091
2025KC29.0025.008341.889
Career3881418.290761432
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 15,422 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUFCSTSICHSL
FF · 4-Seam Fastball45.0% · 89.1 mph
CU · Curveball38.6% · 73.3 mph
FC · Cutter5.4% · 83.8 mph
ST · Sweeper5.1% · 70.2 mph
SI · Sinker2.5% · 86.7 mph
CH · Changeup2.1% · 82.7 mph
SL · Slider0.7% · 78.1 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (0.6%) not mapped.

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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