Pitcher · 2025

Rich Hill

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 45
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #53

Born: March 11, 1980 in Boston, MA, USA
MLB debut: June 15, 2005
Drafted: 1999, round 36
College: Michigan
High school: Milton

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 9.0
ERA: 5.00
FIP: 7.80
K/9: 4.0
FIP−: 188

Rich Hill is a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2025 he struck out 4 batters over 9.0 innings across 2 appearances, 2 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 5.00 was 20.2% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 7.80 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.4% of swings (7.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.3%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.

FIP7.80

K/94.0

WHIP1.89

WAR-.3

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	11	9	1	0	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.245	18.2%
vs RHB	32	26	8	2	6	2	.308	.438	.538	.427	6.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Rich Hill throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.


Four-Seam Fastball	36.8%	63	88.5	2,244	36.5%	21.1%
Curveball	34.5%	59	72.4	2,569	49.2%	32.1%
Cutter	15.8%	27	83.7	2,289	37.0%	0.0%
Sinker	6.4%	11	87.2	2,183	45.5%	0.0%
Sweeper	5.8%	10	70.9	2,492	20.0%	0.0%

Rich Hill's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2025	2	2	9.0	0	2	0	9	5	4	8	5.00	7.80	1.89	4.0	8.0	120	188	-0.3
2024	4	0	3.2	0	1	0	1	2	5	3	4.91	7.26	1.09	12.3	7.4	120	178	-0.1

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.