Derek Hill

Bats R Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 1995 Des Moines, USADebut 2020Team PHIDraft 2014 R1 #23 Detroit Tigers, Elk Grove (CA) HSContract 1 y/$900,000 (26) 2026: $519,786

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 85.1FIELD+ 101.8 at CFTotal 0.24 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	183	166	40	7	1	5	11	52	6	0.242	0.297	0.377	0.674	0.136	0.296	28.4	6.2	86.0	0.26
2027	181	163	38	6	1	5	12	54	7	0.230	0.290	0.370	0.660	0.139	0.290	30.0	6.9	80.0	0.12

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 70 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Art Kruger	1910	66.5	did not play
2	Ed McGhee	1954	69.1	55.0	19
3	Jason Repko	2010	76.4	56.9	144
4	Bobby Clark	1984	77.3	48.6	101
5	Jason Ellison	2007	68.6	38.7	14
6	Johnny Welaj	1943	70.7	did not play
7	Tom McBride	1944	62.1	111.2	374
8	Gus Felix	1924	80.6	103.0	507
9	Joe Kelly	1916	77.2	75.2	489
10	Jason Bourgeois	2011	73.2	72.3	66

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			181		38	6	1	5		7	12	54	0.230	0.290	0.370	0.660	80.0
2026*	PHI	93	181	27	39	3	0	9		13	12	63	0.236	0.292	0.418	0.710	89.1
2025	CWS	57	149	19	29	6	0	3	11	7	9	48	0.216	0.281	0.328	0.609	69.0
2024	MIA	53	172	19	39	4	2	7	25	6	5	56	0.241	0.271	0.420	0.690	86.0
2023	WSH	13	50	3	8	1	0	0	1	1	3	11	0.170	0.220	0.191	0.411	16.1
2022	DET	31	92	8	19	2	0	1	3	3	5	28	0.229	0.270	0.289	0.559	62.0
2021	DET	49	150	19	36	3	3	3	14	6	10	42	0.259	0.313	0.388	0.702	96.9
2020	DET	15	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.091	0.167	0.091	0.258	-26.6
Career		218	625	71	132	16	5	14	54	23	33	191	0.229	0.277	0.347	0.624	73.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	181	89.2	15.0	10.6	35.2	34.8	35.0	0.225	0.378	0.290	29.6
2025	149	91.2	6.8	11.2	49.4	33.5	39.1	0.232	0.416	0.309	30.1
2024	172	88.3	9.8	11.0	36.7	35.2	35.5	0.241	0.403	0.297	29.5
2023	50	84.1	7.0	0.0	22.2	25.3	30.7	0.195	0.241	0.222	29.7
2022	92	85.2	6.6	3.4	30.5	31.4	37.8	0.200	0.263	0.239	29.6
2021	150	86.9	9.2	5.2	29.9	27.7	30.2	0.242	0.349	0.287	30.4
2020	12	96.6	8.8	0.0	60.0	40.9	25.0	0.116	0.159	0.167

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CWS	OF	54	330	101	4	0	0	1.000
2024	MIA	OF	54	333	97	2	1	1	0.990
2023	WSH	OF	13	116	35	0	1	0	0.972
2022	DET	OF	30	236	79	2	0	1	1.000
2021	DET	OF	45	341	100	3	1	1	0.990
2020	DET	OF	10	33	9	0	1	0	0.900

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	47	0 HR, 3 SB	0.171	0.497
2024	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	176	8 HR, 7 SB	0.350	1.046
2024	AAA	nan	Bat	185	8 HR, 7 SB	0.348	1.038
2023	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	360	11 HR, 16 SB	0.317	0.882
2022	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	123	5 HR, 6 SB	0.236	0.782
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	255	7 HR, 8 SB	0.229	0.697
2022	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	132	2 HR, 2 SB	0.223	0.622
2021	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	141	4 HR, 4 SB	0.320	0.881
2019	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	526	14 HR, 21 SB	0.243	0.705
2018	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	383	4 HR, 35 SB	0.239	0.625
2017	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	168	1 HR, 12 SB	0.285	0.811
2017	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	38	0 HR, 10 SB	0.194	0.550
2017	Rk	GCL Tigers West	Bat	61	1 HR, 7 SB	0.163	0.586
2016	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	415	1 HR, 35 SB	0.266	0.661

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.313	0.322	0.272	0.353
2025	0.278	0.291	0.270	0.301
2024	0.444	0.238	0.274	0.360
2023	0.304	0.178	0.307	0.174
2022	0.371	0.197	0.263	0.243
2021	0.336	0.286	0.358	0.262
2020	0.000	0.160	0.140	0.129

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.