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Rich Hill
Richard Joseph Hill

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut June 15, 2005

Born March 11, 1980 in Boston, MA

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 25 CHC NL   0   2  10   4   0   0   1  0   23.7   25   24   24   3   17   21   1   0   115   1   0  9.13  4.40   48 1.775
 2006 26 CHC NL   6   7  17  16   2   1   1  0   99.3   83   51   46  16   39   90   2   3   417   1   0  4.17  4.63  111 1.228
 2007 27 CHC NL  11   8  32  32   0   0   0  0  195.0  170   89   85  27   63  183  12   1   812   3   1  3.92  4.66  119 1.195
 2008 28 CHC NL   1   0   5   5   0   0   0  0   19.7   13    9    9   2   18   15   1   1    89   0   0  4.12  4.51  110 1.576
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .514  18  17  64  57   2   1   2  0  337.7  291  173  164  48  137  309  16   5  1433   5   1  4.37  4.62  106 1.268
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  35  32   1   0   1  0  189.7  163   97   92  26   76  173   8   2   805   2   0  4.37  4.62  106 1.268
 Career High     11   8  32  32   2   1   1  0  195.0  170   89   85  27   63  183  12   3   812   3   1  3.92  4.66  119 1.195

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 25 CHC NL  10    6    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   73    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 26 CHC NL  17   30    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .100  .129  .133  -33    4   3   0   0   0   0
 2007 27 CHC NL  31   63    0    8   2  0   0    5   0  0   1  33  .127  .141  .159  -24   10   3   0   0   0   1
 2008 28 CHC NL   5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       63  106    1   13   3  0   0    5   0  0   2  48  .123  .139  .151  -26   16   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        273    3   33   8  0   0   13   0  0   5 123  .123  .139  .151  -26   41  15   0   0   0   3
 Career High     31   63    1    8   2  0   0    5   0  0   1  33                          10   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 25 CHC NL    6    4    1   6.7   112| .333  .273| .333  .344| .333  .435| .666  .779|  73  .644  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2006 26 CHC NL   34   30    1   0.9   116| .100  .276| .129  .347| .133  .448| .262  .795| -33  .039  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 2007 27 CHC NL   67   59    1   0.5   115| .127  .277| .141  .348| .159  .443| .300  .791| -24  .012 -12.0  -1.2   0%
 2008 28 CHC NL    7    7    0   0.0   111| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .434| .000  .778|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       114  100    3   0.8   114| .123  .276| .139  .347| .151  .444| .290  .791| -26  .034 -20.6  -2.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 25 CHC NL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.46 0.76 1.75 4 23.7 2006 26 CHC NL P 17 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.53 0.43 0.82 1.72 16 99.3 2007 27 CHC NL P 32 4 22 4 0 .867 .967 0.81 0.40 1.20 1.68 32 195.0 2008 28 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.44 0.91 1.74 5 19.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 25 CHC NL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.46 0.76 1.75 4 23.7 2006 26 CHC NL P 17 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.53 0.43 0.82 1.72 16 99.3 2007 27 CHC NL P 32 4 22 4 0 .867 .967 0.81 0.40 1.20 1.68 32 195.0 2008 28 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.44 0.91 1.74 5 19.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 64 7 32 5 0 .886 .963 0.61 0.42 1.04 1.70 57 337.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 64 7 32 5 0 .886 .963 0.61 0.42 1.04 1.70 57 338
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   1   1   9.00  0  1  0  0   3     6   3   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2007 NL-1.195-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
2007 NL-7.85-6

Strikeouts/9IP
2007 NL-8.45-8

Strikeouts
2007 NL-183-5

Shutouts
2006 NL-1-7

SO to Walk
2007 NL-2.90-9

Hit Batsmen
2007 NL-12-9

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Chicago Cubs$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$400,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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