Ken Hill

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

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

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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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1988 SLN NL 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 14.0 16 8 6 6 5.14 3.73 (-38%) 188.2
1989 SLN NL 7 15 33 33 2 1 0 196.7 186 83 99 112 3.80 3.71 (-2%) -466.6
1990 SLN NL 5 6 17 14 1 0 0 78.7 79 48 33 58 5.49 3.86 (-42%) 148.2
1991 SLN NL 11 10 30 30 0 0 0 181.3 147 72 67 121 3.57 3.91 (+9%) 503.0
1992 MON NL 16 9 33 33 3 3 0 218.0 187 65 75 150 2.68 3.75 (+28%) 2789.4
1993 MON NL 9 7 28 28 2 0 0 183.7 163 66 74 90 3.23 4.19 (+23%) 1811.3
1994 MON NL 16 5 23 23 2 1 0 154.7 145 57 44 85 3.32 4.51 (+26%) 2000.1
1995 SLN NL 6 7 18 18 0 0 0 110.3 125 62 45 50 5.06 4.45 (-14%) -2357.3
1995 CLE AL 4 1 12 11 1 0 0 74.7 77 33 32 48 3.98 4.45 (+11%) 828.4
1996 TEX AL 16 10 35 35 7 3 0 250.7 250 101 95 170 3.63 4.61 (+21%) 3964.4
1997 TEX AL 5 8 19 19 0 0 0 111.0 129 64 56 68 5.19 4.39 (-18%) -972.3
1997 ANA AL 4 4 12 12 1 0 0 79.0 65 32 39 38 3.65 4.39 (+17%) -1171.5
1998 ANA AL 9 6 19 19 0 0 0 103.0 123 57 47 57 4.98 4.43 (-12%) 488.3
1999 ANA AL 4 11 26 22 0 0 0 128.3 129 68 76 76 4.77 4.71 (-1%) -1698.5
2000 ANA AL 5 7 16 16 0 0 0 78.7 102 57 53 50 6.52 4.77 (-37%) -3608.8
2000 CHA AL 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 8 6 0 24.00 — 0.0
2001 TBA AL 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 7.3 10 10 5 2 12.27 — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 117 109 332 315 19 8 0 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

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1996 ALDS2 TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 ALCS CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 ALDS1 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 WS CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 1 5 3 0 20.7 18 6 10 10 2.61

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1996 ALDS2 TEX 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 3 3 1 4.50
1995 ALCS CLE 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 5 0 3 6 0.00
1995 ALDS1 CLE 1 0 1 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 2 0.00
1995 WS CLE 0 1 2 1 0 6.3 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1621431227111.189
Away1721901023010.121

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home162975.09924414245444.07
Away170998.09464504286374.06

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2001-04-18 TBRBOS — 0.1222001
2001-04-16 TBRBAL — 0.2132200
2001-04-14 TBRBAL — 2.1100020
2001-04-07 TBRBOS — 2.0322200
2001-04-04 TBRTOR L 2.0344103
2000-08-26 CHWSEA — 0.2022200
2000-08-24 CHWBAL L 2.1566400
2000-08-02 LAADET L 6.0754321
2000-07-28 LAACHW — 5.11177551
2000-07-23 LAAOAK L 4.11044241

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 332 315 183 347 15 26

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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Position Games
Pitcher 332

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1993 Pitcher of the Month April

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

School Name City State Years Attended
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams MA 1984

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1996 Cy Young Award AL 6th 1.0 140 0
1994 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 56.0 140 0
1994 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 22.0 392 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Ken Hill (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Danny Jackson
    112-131, 4.01 ERA
  2. 89
    Richard Dotson
    111-113, 4.23 ERA
  3. 86
    Dan Petry
    125-104, 3.95 ERA
  4. 81
    Pat Hentgen
    131-112, 4.32 ERA
  5. 80
    Tony Cloninger
    113-97, 4.07 ERA
  6. 79
    Dick Ruthven
    123-127, 4.14 ERA

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.