What years did Ken Hill play?

Ken Hill played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.

Was Ken Hill a pitcher?

Yes. Ken Hill pitched in the major leagues, recording 117 wins and 1181 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ken Hill hit?

Ken Hill hit 1 career home runs with 50 hits.

What was Ken Hill's career batting average?

Ken Hill batted .150 over his career, with 50 hits in 333 at bats.

How many RBI did Ken Hill have?

Ken Hill drove in 21 runs in his career.

What was Ken Hill's career ERA?

Ken Hill finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 117-109 with 1,181 strikeouts.

Ken Hill

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-2001)

Ken Hill was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001 for 7 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 14 seasons. Across 332 career appearances, he went 117-109 with a 4.06 ERA and 1,181 strikeouts. He also batted .150 with 1 home runs. Ken Hill was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2446.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 117–109

ERA 4.06

WHIP 1.41

SO 1,181

Pitcher PIV 2446.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 200 lb
Born: 12/14/1965 in Lynn, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 1988-09-03
Last Game: 2001-04-18
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Kenneth Wade Hill

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ken Hill — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
117	109	332	315	19	8	0	1973.0	1,938	891	162	852	1,181	4.06	2446.4

Career ERA 4.06 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ken Hill Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	SLN	NL	0	1	4	1	0	0	14.0	16	8	6	6	5.14	3.73 (-38%)	188.2
1989	SLN	NL	7	15	33	33	2	1	196.2	186	83	99	112	3.80	3.71 (-2%)	-466.6
1990	SLN	NL	5	6	17	14	1	0	78.2	79	48	33	58	5.49	3.86 (-42%)	148.2
1991	SLN	NL	11	10	30	30	0	0	181.1	147	72	67	121	3.57	3.91 (+9%)	503.0
1992	MON	NL	16	9	33	33	3	3	218.0	187	65	75	150	2.68	3.75 (+28%)	2789.4
1993	MON	NL	9	7	28	28	2	0	183.2	163	66	74	90	3.23	4.19 (+23%)	1811.3
1994	MON	NL	16	5	23	23	2	1	154.2	145	57	44	85	3.32	4.51 (+26%)	2000.1
1995	SLN	NL	6	7	18	18	0	0	110.1	125	62	45	50	5.06	4.45 (-14%)	-2357.3
1995	CLE	AL	4	1	12	11	1	0	74.2	77	33	32	48	3.98	4.45 (+11%)	828.4
1996	TEX	AL	16	10	35	35	7	3	250.2	250	101	95	170	3.63	4.61 (+21%)	3964.4
1997	TEX	AL	5	8	19	19	0	0	111.0	129	64	56	68	5.19	4.39 (-18%)	-972.3
1997	ANA	AL	4	4	12	12	1	0	79.0	65	32	39	38	3.65	4.39 (+17%)	-1171.5
1998	ANA	AL	9	6	19	19	0	0	103.0	123	57	47	57	4.98	4.43 (-12%)	488.3
1999	ANA	AL	4	11	26	22	0	0	128.1	129	68	76	76	4.77	4.71 (-1%)	-1698.5
2000	ANA	AL	5	7	16	16	0	0	78.2	102	57	53	50	6.52	4.77 (-37%)	-3608.8
2000	CHA	AL	0	1	2	1	0	0	3.0	5	8	6	0	24.00	—	0.0
2001	TBA	AL	0	1	5	0	0	0	7.1	10	10	5	2	12.27	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			117	109	332	315	19	8	1,973.0	1,938	891	852	1,181	4.06	—	2,446

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ken Hill — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
334	333	22	50	7	1	1	21	0	24	94	.150	.209	.186	.395	-2,000

Career AVG .150 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 43.0% below league average.

Career OBP .209 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 37.2% below league average.

Career SLG .186 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 54.4% below league average.

Career OPS .395 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 46.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ken Hill Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	SLN	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	SLN	NL	33	59	4	9	1	0	0	3	2	21	.153	.254 (-40%)	.319 (-44%)	.375 (-55%)	.694 (-50%)	-449.2
1990	SLN	NL	17	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	SLN	NL	30	50	2	5	0	0	0	3	4	12	.100	.255 (-61%)	.323 (-48%)	.384 (-74%)	.708 (-62%)	-481.6
1992	MON	NL	33	62	10	11	3	1	1	4	8	13	.177	.255 (-31%)	.322 (-16%)	.377 (-19%)	.699 (-17%)	-169.2
1993	MON	NL	29	52	4	6	2	0	0	3	4	15	.115	.265 (-56%)	.332 (-46%)	.403 (-62%)	.735 (-55%)	-463.3
1994	MON	NL	24	48	1	7	0	0	0	2	3	17	.146	—	—	—	—	-436.5
1995	SLN	NL	18	31	1	6	0	0	0	3	2	10	.194	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	ANA	AL	12	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	ANA	AL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	ANA	AL	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ANA	AL	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CHA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	TBA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			334	333	22	50	7	1	1	21	24	94	.150	—	—	—	—	-2,000

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ken Hill — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ken Hill — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1996	ALDS2	TEX	1	.000
1995	ALCS	CLE	1	.000
1995	ALDS1	CLE	1	.000
1995	WS	CLE	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ken Hill — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	5	3	0	20.2	18	6	10	10	2.61

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ken Hill — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	ALDS2	TEX	0	0	1	1	6.0	5	3	3	1	4.50
1995	ALCS	CLE	1	0	1	1	7.0	5	0	3	6	0.00
1995	ALDS1	CLE	1	0	1	0	1.1	1	0	0	2	0.00
1995	WS	CLE	0	1	2	1	6.1	7	3	4	1	4.26

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ken Hill — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	162	143	12	27	1	11	.189
Away	172	190	10	23	0	10	.121

Pitching — Home / Away

Ken Hill — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	162	975.0	992	441	424	544	4.07
Away	170	998.0	946	450	428	637	4.06

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ken Hill — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-04-18	TBR	BOS	—	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1
2001-04-16	TBR	BAL	—	0.2	1	3	2	2	0	0
2001-04-14	TBR	BAL	—	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0
2001-04-07	TBR	BOS	—	2.0	3	2	2	2	0	0
2001-04-04	TBR	TOR	L	2.0	3	4	4	1	0	3
2000-08-26	CHW	SEA	—	0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0
2000-08-24	CHW	BAL	L	2.1	5	6	6	4	0	0
2000-08-02	LAA	DET	L	6.0	7	5	4	3	2	1
2000-07-28	LAA	CHW	—	5.1	11	7	7	5	5	1
2000-07-23	LAA	OAK	L	4.1	10	4	4	2	4	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ken Hill — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	332	315	183	347	15	26

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ken Hill — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	SLN	P	4	1	0	3	0	0
1989	SLN	P	33	33	12	31	1	1
1990	SLN	P	17	14	7	10	1	1
1991	SLN	P	30	30	15	26	2	1
1992	MON	P	33	33	21	36	4	3
1993	MON	P	28	28	24	38	1	2
1994	MON	P	23	23	15	33	2	2
1995	SLN	P	18	18	13	20	1	1
1995	CLE	P	12	11	10	15	0	1
1996	TEX	P	35	35	22	37	1	5
1997	TEX	P	19	19	13	25	0	1
1997	ANA	P	12	12	4	12	0	1
1998	ANA	P	19	19	14	20	0	3
1999	ANA	P	26	22	6	25	0	3
2000	ANA	P	16	16	5	13	1	1
2000	CHA	P	2	1	0	1	0	0
2001	TBA	P	5	0	2	2	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ken Hill Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	332

Awards & Honors

Ken Hill — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1993	Pitcher of the Month	April

Salary History

Ken Hill — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2001	TBA	AL	$750,000
2000	ANA	AL	$5,600,000
1999	ANA	AL	$5,500,000
1998	ANA	AL	$5,000,000
1997	TEX	AL	$4,850,000
1996	TEX	AL	$3,100,000
1995	SLN	NL	$4,525,000
1994	MON	NL	$2,615,000
1993	MON	NL	$2,000,000
1992	MON	NL	$620,000
1991	SLN	NL	$155,000
1990	SLN	NL	$100,000
1989	SLN	NL	$70,000
1988	SLN	NL	$62,500
Total Career Earnings			$34,947,500

College History

Ken Hill — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	MA	1984

Award Voting History

Ken Hill — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1996	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	1.0	140
1994	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	56.0	140
1994	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	22.0	392

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Ken Hill: the record in brief

The profile opens with Ken Hill's first major league game on September 3, 1988; the last one listed came on April 18, 2001. The team column moves through the St. Louis Cardinals (1988 to 1995), the Montreal Expos (1992 to 1994), the Cleveland Indians (1995), the Texas Rangers (1996 through 1997), the Anaheim Angels (1997 to 2000), the Chicago White Sox (2000), and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001). Hill, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6'4" and 200 pounds. The birth record reads December 14, 1965, in Lynn, MA, USA. The given name on file is Kenneth Wade Hill.

The pitching table credits Hill with a 117-109 record and a 4.06 ERA in 332 games. Also on Hill's record: 1,181 strikeouts, 19 complete games, and 8 shutouts. Hill's 4.06 ERA was close to the 4.26 league figure for those seasons. Hill won 16 games in 1992, the most of any season listed. Hill struck out 170 batters in 1996, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ken Hill

What years did Ken Hill play?: Ken Hill played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2001.
Was Ken Hill a pitcher?: Yes. Ken Hill pitched in the major leagues, recording 117 wins and 1181 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ken Hill hit?: Ken Hill hit 1 career home runs with 50 hits.
What was Ken Hill's career batting average?: Ken Hill batted .150 over his career, with 50 hits in 333 at bats.
How many RBI did Ken Hill have?: Ken Hill drove in 21 runs in his career.
What was Ken Hill's career ERA?: Ken Hill finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 117-109 with 1,181 strikeouts.