Sterling Hitchcock vs. Jason Simontacchi — Career Comparison

Sterling Hitchcock
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Simontacchi
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Sterling Hitchcock a clear advantage over Jason Simontacchi across the core pitching metrics. Sterling Hitchcock led in strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 75), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 91). Sterling Hitchcock was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Jason Simontacchi

Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.97
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.43
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.34
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.52
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.66
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.53
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.33
49.33
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.17
71.17
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.21
55.21
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.8
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
5.09
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1374
9.62
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
10.1
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.27
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.44
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
3.3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.16
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
6.98
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.83
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.29
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5635
39.45
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1552
39.27
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
5.17
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
5.39
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.3
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.34
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.65
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5031
35.22
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1385
35.05
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Jason Simontacchi

Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.97
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.45
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.34
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1070
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
356.2
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.78
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.95
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.39
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.27
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.22
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.2
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.17
71.17
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.64
54.64
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Jason Simontacchi

Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
702.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
101
522.41
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
116
600
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
525
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
563.79
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
98.28
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
3.6
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
18.5
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
103.45
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
65
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
108.62
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
51.72
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
62.07
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.33
-20.83
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
14.58
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
112
280
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
175.86
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.5
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA