Rich Hill

Bats L Throws L6'5" 221 lbBorn 1980 Boston, USADebut 2005Team KCDraft 1999 R36 #1088 Cincinnati Reds, Milton HS (MA)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	280	17.8	8.8	3.73	20.1	6.76	91.0
2027							94.5
2028							96.2

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 44

His ten closest age-44 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 1 of 6 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tim Wakefield	2011	101.3	did not play
2	Bartolo Colon	2018	98.2	did not play
3	Randy Johnson	2009	105.6	did not play
4	David Wells	2007	93.5	did not play
5	Jamie Moyer	2009	97.4	103.5	460
6	Roger Clemens	2007	119.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	BOS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	BOS	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYM	32	26	0	3	0	0	0	10	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-38.4
2020	MIN	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	LAD	13	20	0	3	1	1	1	9	0.167	0.211	0.222	0.433	14.9
2018	LAD	25	45	2	4	0	2	0	15	0.093	0.093	0.093	0.186	-65.7
2017	LAD	25	49	1	5	1	4	0	18	0.111	0.146	0.133	0.279	-31.6
2016	LAD	20	12	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.8
2015	BOS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	NYY	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	CLE	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	BOS	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	BOS	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	BOS	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	BAL	15	8	0	1	0	1	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-46.2
2008	CHC	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-130.9
2007	CHC	32	67	0	8	2	5	1	33	0.127	0.141	0.159	0.299	-38.1
2006	CHC	17	34	0	3	1	0	1	11	0.100	0.129	0.133	0.262	-43.4
2005	CHC	10	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	70.6
Career		389	274	4	29	5	13	3	111	0.113	0.130	0.133	0.263	-42.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									280				94.5
2026*									0
2025	KC	0	2	5.00	2	2	0	9.0	43	2	8	4	78.2	102.3	80.5
2024	BOS	0	1	4.91	4	0	0	3.7	15	1	3	5	94.4	100.0	94.4
2023	SD	8	14	5.41	32	27	0	146.3	660	23	58	129	87.7	100.7	88.4
2022	BOS	8	7	4.27	26	26	0	124.3	526	15	37	109	96.8	99.2	96.0
2021	NYM	7	8	3.86	32	31	0	158.7	661	21	55	150	99.2	100.1	99.3
2020	MIN	2	2	3.03	8	8	0	38.7	156	3	17	31	113.6	100.5	114.2
2019	LAD	4	1	2.45	13	13	0	58.7	242	10	18	72	108.1	102.2	110.3
2018	LAD	11	5	3.66	25	24	0	132.7	547	20	41	150	105.2	101.0	106.2
2017	LAD	12	8	3.32	25	25	0	135.7	552	18	49	166	112.0	99.5	111.5
2016	LAD	12	5	2.12	20	20	0	110.3	439	4	33	129	122.7	101.7	124.4
2015	BOS	2	1	1.55	4	4	0	29.0	106	2	5	36	139.9	103.1	143.0
2014	NYY	0	0	3.38	16	0	0	5.3	29	0	6	9	76.1
2013	CLE	1	2	6.28	63	0	0	38.7	182	3	29	51	94.2
2012	BOS	1	0	1.83	25	0	0	19.7	83	0	11	21	104.8
2011	BOS	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	8.0	30	0	3	12	143.2
2010	BOS	1	0	0.00	6	0	0	4.0	18	0	1	3	112.9
2009	BAL	3	3	7.80	14	13	0	57.7	275	7	40	46	83.9
2008	CHC	1	0	4.12	5	5	0	19.7	89	2	18	15	103.9
2007	CHC	11	8	3.92	32	32	0	195.0	812	27	63	183	108.7
2006	CHC	6	7	4.17	17	16	0	99.3	417	16	39	90	108.0
2005	CHC	0	2	9.13	10	4	0	23.7	115	3	17	21	91.4
Career		90	76	4.02	388	250	0	1418.0	5997	177	551	1432	103.6		104.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	26	68.3	-24.9	0.0	40.0	46.3	0.092	0.100	0.088	25.1
2019	20	69.9	0.5	0.0	30.6	33.3	0.143	0.157	0.161	23.3
2018	45	78.2	-5.5	13.3	37.5	50.9	0.113	0.124	0.107	24.8
2017	49	80.1	-1.9	6.9	40.0	50.7	0.126	0.144	0.143	25.0
2016	12	73.2	-23.1	0.0	64.0	88.2	0.016	0.017	0.015	25.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	2	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2024	BOS	P	4	4	0	1	0	0	1.000
2023	SD	P	32	146	6	15	1	2	0.955	+0.6
2022	BOS	P	26	124	3	9	1	1	0.923	-0.5
2021	NYM	P	32	159	2	17	1	0	0.950	+0.1
2020	MIN	P	8	39	0	4	1	0	0.800	+0.1
2019	LAD	P	13	59	2	8	1	0	0.909	+0.7
2018	LAD	P	25	133	1	12	0	0	1.000	+0.7
2017	LAD	P	25	136	2	10	1	0	0.923	-0.4
2016	LAD	P	20	110	4	17	2	1	0.913	+0.9
2015	BOS	P	4	29	1	2	1	0	0.750	+0.4
2014	NYY	P	16	5	0	0	0	0
2013	CLE	P	63	39	3	4	1	0	0.875
2012	BOS	P	25	20	4	4	0	1	1.000
2011	BOS	P	9	8	1	0	0	1	1.000
2010	BOS	P	6	4	0	0	0	0
2009	BAL	P	14	58	1	9	1	0	0.909
2008	CHC	P	5	20	0	2	0	0	1.000
2007	CHC	P	32	195	4	22	4	0	0.867
2006	CHC	P	17	99	2	7	1	0	0.900
2005	CHC	P	10	24	1	1	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2006	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.091	0.266
2025	Rk	ACL Royals	Pit	31	8.0 IP, 42% K	4.50
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	192	42.0 IP, 25% K	5.36
2018	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	20	4.2 IP, 50% K	0.00
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	24	5.2 IP, 21% K	6.92
2015	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	Pit	101	21.2 IP, 32% K	2.97
2015	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Pit	128	32.1 IP, 23% K	2.80
2015	AAA	nan	Pit	229	54.0 IP, 27% K	2.83
2014	AAA	nan	Pit	177	43.0 IP, 31% K	2.93
2014	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Pit	161	39.0 IP, 28% K	3.23
2012	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Pit	29	8.0 IP, 34% K	1.12

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.142	0.113	0.113
2019	0.100	0.277	0.278	0.139
2018	0.056	0.123	0.159	0.043
2017	0.139	0.106	0.132	0.100
2016	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2019	1	1	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	4	5	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	4	4	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2016	3	5	1	1	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400
2007	1	1	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	13	16	1	6	0.062	0.062	0.062	0.125

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019	0	0	3.38	1	1	2.7	2	0	4	2	2.25
2018	0	0	2.16	4	3	16.7	9	0	12	17	1.26
2017	0	0	2.55	4	4	17.7	13	3	8	24	1.19
2016	1	1	3.46	3	3	13.0	11	1	6	19	1.31
2007	0	1	9.00	1	1	3.0	6	1	2	3	2.67
Career	1	2	3.06	13	12	53.0	41	5	32	65	1.38

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	OAK	$6,000,000
2013	CLE	$1,000,000
2012	BOS	$725,000
2009	BAL	$445,000
2008	CHC	$445,000
2007	CHC	$400,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.