How Rich Hill's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Rich Hill has totaled 1,240 career Hits, well above the starting pitcher average of 770.5 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Hits season came in 2024, posting 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 80.6 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at 170, well above the starting pitcher average of 108.6 that year. The Hits has trended upward over recent seasons. The Hits total has gone from 165 in 2023 to 1 in 2024 and 9 in 2025, falling over the span. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits profile — ranging from 1 to 170 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Rich Hill Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Hits
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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career12407.87
Season Avg.59.057.87
162 Game Avg.517.737.87
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Rich Hill Hits Per Season

Rich Hill's Hits 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 Hits per season line chart

Rich Hill Hits by Team

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

Rich Hill Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of Rich Hill's career Hits, 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 Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Hill Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Hill's seasonal Hits 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 Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Hill Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Hill's MLB career with Hits 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 Hits season-by-season breakdown table