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Rich Hill

Red Sox Career team 2010–2024
Number #44
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 46
Height 6' 5"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Boston, MA
Born Mar 11, 1980

Key Insights

2025
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Hill averages 81.0 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.

171 pitches in 2025. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 768th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Hill's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.8 mph, against 91.5 off his curveball.

63 and 59 of them thrown.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

48.4% of the contact against Hill is on the ground and 35.5% of it is in the air.

31 tracked batted balls allowed.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .352 expected average against them, against .298 on his breaking balls.

101 of his fastballs thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 38.7% of the contact Hill gives up is hit hard, 65th percentile.

171 pitches in 2025. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 273rd in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to

Hill's stuff spins at 2,369 rpm, 68th percentile in the league.

171 pitches in 2025. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 248th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 11, 1980
Birth Place Boston, MA
Height 6' 5"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Michigan