Rich Hill
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Hill with the Boston Red Sox in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: March 11, 1980 Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 15, 2005, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||
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| July 28, 2025, for the Kansas City Royals | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 90–76 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.02 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 1,432 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Richard Joseph Hill (born March 11, 1980), nicknamed "Dick Mountain", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and Kansas City Royals. He is tied with Edwin Jackson for the MLB record by playing for fourteen teams. He has played during each MLB season from 2005 through 2025, and he was the oldest active MLB player in 2024 and 2025.
Hill played college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines. He was chosen three times in the MLB draft, in 1999, 2001, and 2002, before signing with the Cubs. He has earned both American League and National League Pitcher of the Month honors. Hill is the only pitcher in MLB history with a perfect game broken up by a ninth-inning fielding error and with a no-hitter broken up in extra innings by a walk-off home run, both of which occurred in the same game in 2017.