Joe Borden vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Joe Borden
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Borden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Borden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 4.02 and 1.278 for Rich Hill. By the career numbers, Joe Borden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Borden and Rich Hill

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.98
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.56
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
633
4.02
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
9.62
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.84
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
3.5
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
39.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.273
1.273
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
37.7
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Joe Borden and Rich Hill

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.58
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.85
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.65
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.8
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Borden and Rich Hill

Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
39
153.95
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
152
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
588.16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
560.58
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
110.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
98.68
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.95
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.95
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.09
24.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
86.84
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.58
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
118.42
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
23.08
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.79
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA