How Rich Hill's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Rich Hill has totaled 5,997 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Batters Faced season came in 2007, posting 812, well above the starting pitcher average of 444.0 that year. The lowest point came in 2024 at 15, well below the starting pitcher average of 360.8 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Batters Faced total has gone from 660 in 2023 to 15 in 2024 and 43 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 15 to 812 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.
Rich Hill Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Rich Hill
| Rich Hill
Batters Faced | Rich Hill
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 5997 | 38.06 |
| Season Avg. | 285.57 | 38.06 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2503.9 | 38.06 |
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Rich Hill Batters Faced Per Season
Rich Hill's Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced by Team
Rich Hill's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rich Hill Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Rich Hill's career Batters Faced, 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 Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rich Hill's seasonal Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rich Hill's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
