How Rich Hill's Walks Compares to Similar Players

Rich Hill has totaled 551 career Walks, well above the starting pitcher average of 265.9 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Walks season came in 2010, posting 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 39.1 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at 63, well above the starting pitcher average of 35.7 that year. The Walks has trended upward over recent seasons. The Walks total has gone from 58 in 2023 to 3 in 2024 and 8 in 2025, falling over the span. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks profile — ranging from 1 to 63 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Rich Hill Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats

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Rich Hill Walks Per Season

Rich Hill's Walks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Hill Walks per season line chart

Rich Hill Walks by Team

Rich Hill's career Walks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rich Hill career Walks by team bar chart

Rich Hill Cumulative Walks — Career Progression

A running total of Rich Hill's career Walks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rich Hill Walks year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Hill Walks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Hill's seasonal Walks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rich Hill Walks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Hill Walks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Hill's MLB career with Walks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rich Hill Walks season-by-season breakdown table