What years did Sterling Hitchcock play?

Sterling Hitchcock played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004.

Was Sterling Hitchcock a pitcher?

Yes. Sterling Hitchcock pitched in the major leagues, recording 74 wins and 997 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Sterling Hitchcock hit?

Sterling Hitchcock hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.

What teams did Sterling Hitchcock play for?

Sterling Hitchcock played for 4 teams: the New York Yankees (1992–1995, 2001–2003), the Seattle Mariners (1996), the San Diego Padres (1997–2001, 2004), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2003).

What were Sterling Hitchcock's career stats?

In 281 games, Sterling Hitchcock went 74-76 with a 4.80 ERA, 997 strikeouts, 1,285.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves. At the plate he had 19 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Sterling Hitchcock's salary?

Sterling Hitchcock's last recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2003. His highest recorded salary was $6,100,000, in 2000, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2003.

What position did Sterling Hitchcock play?

Sterling Hitchcock played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Sterling Hitchcock and how much did he weigh?

Sterling Hitchcock was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds.

What was Sterling Hitchcock's career ERA?

Sterling Hitchcock finished with a 4.80 career ERA, going 74-76 with 997 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Sterling Hitchcock have?

Sterling Hitchcock recorded 997 career strikeouts.

Is Sterling Hitchcock in the Hall of Fame?

No. Sterling Hitchcock has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Sterling Hitchcock

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2004)

Sterling Hitchcock was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004 for 4 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 13 seasons. Across 281 career appearances, he went 74-76 with a 4.80 ERA and 997 strikeouts. He also batted .090 with 0 home runs. Sterling Hitchcock was an NLCS MVP.

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 17, 2026

W–L 74–76

ERA 4.80

WHIP 1.44

SO 997

Pitcher PIV -2559.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 200 lb
Born: 4/29/1971 in Fayetteville, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-09-11
Last Game: 2004-08-22
Awards: NLCS MVP

Full name: Sterling Alex Hitchcock

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sterling Hitchcock — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
74	76	281	200	10	2	3	1285.2	1,374	685	181	471	997	4.80	-2559.9

Career ERA 4.80 vs. league average 4.42 across their career seasons — 8.6% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sterling Hitchcock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	NYA	AL	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	13.0	23	12	6	6	8.31	3.75 (-122%)	-562.2
1993	NYA	AL	1	2	6	6	0	0	0	31.0	32	16	14	26	4.65	4.19 (-11%)	-193.2
1994	NYA	AL	4	1	23	5	1	0	2	49.1	48	23	29	37	4.20	4.51 (+7%)	406.9
1995	NYA	AL	11	10	27	27	4	1	0	168.1	155	88	68	121	4.70	4.45 (-6%)	-903.0
1996	SEA	AL	13	9	35	35	0	0	0	196.2	245	117	73	132	5.35	4.61 (-16%)	-1098.2
1997	SDN	NL	10	11	32	28	1	0	0	161.0	172	93	55	106	5.20	4.39 (-18%)	-1772.0
1998	SDN	NL	9	7	39	27	2	1	1	176.1	169	77	48	158	3.93	4.43 (+11%)	-102.3
1999	SDN	NL	12	14	33	33	1	0	0	205.2	202	94	76	194	4.11	4.71 (+13%)	2392.7
2000	SDN	NL	1	6	11	11	0	0	0	65.2	69	36	26	61	4.93	4.77 (-3%)	-490.2
2001	SDN	NL	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	19.0	22	7	3	15	3.32	4.42 (+25%)	778.0
2001	NYA	AL	4	4	10	9	1	0	0	51.1	67	37	18	28	6.49	4.42 (-47%)	31.4
2002	NYA	AL	1	2	20	2	0	0	0	39.1	57	24	15	31	5.49	4.28 (-28%)	346.9
2003	NYA	AL	1	3	27	1	0	0	0	49.2	57	30	18	36	5.44	4.40 (-24%)	200.9
2003	SLN	NL	5	1	8	6	0	0	0	38.0	34	16	14	32	3.79	4.40 (+14%)	-825.2
2004	SDN	NL	0	3	4	4	0	0	0	21.1	22	15	8	14	6.33	4.46 (-42%)	-770.1
Career · 15 seasons			74	76	281	200	10	2	3	1,285.2	1,374	685	471	997	4.80	—	-2,560

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

Sterling Hitchcock — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
281	210	14	19	0	0	0	5	0	7	112	.090	.120	.090	.210	-1,811

Career AVG .090 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 66.0% below league average.

Career OBP .120 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 64.3% below league average.

Career SLG .090 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 78.5% below league average.

Career OPS .210 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — 72.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sterling Hitchcock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	NYA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	NYA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	NYA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	NYA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	SEA	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SDN	NL	32	50	4	5	1	3	30	.100	.266 (-63%)	.336 (-55%)	.419 (-76%)	.756 (-67%)	-551.0
1998	SDN	NL	39	50	5	7	2	1	21	.140	.266 (-47%)	.335 (-53%)	.420 (-67%)	.755 (-61%)	-497.8
1999	SDN	NL	33	61	4	5	0	3	34	.082	.271 (-70%)	.344 (-64%)	.433 (-81%)	.778 (-73%)	-761.8
2000	SDN	NL	11	22	0	0	1	0	12	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SDN	NL	3	8	1	1	1	0	6	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYA	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	NYA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	NYA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SLN	NL	8	12	0	1	0	0	5	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SDN	NL	4	7	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			281	210	14	19	5	7	112	.090	—	—	—	—	-1,811

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

Sterling Hitchcock — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222

Playoff Batting by Year

Sterling Hitchcock — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG
2001	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	WS	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	NLCS	SDN	2	5	1	1	0	.200
1998	NLDS2	SDN	1	2	0	0	1	.000
1998	WS	SDN	1	2	1	1	0	.500
1995	ALDS2	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sterling Hitchcock — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	0	9	4	0	30.2	23	6	11	41	1.76

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sterling Hitchcock — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2001	ALDS2	NYA	0	1	0	3.0	5	2	0	2	6.00
2001	WS	NYA	1	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	6	0.00
1998	NLCS	SDN	2	2	2	10.0	5	1	8	14	0.90
1998	NLDS2	SDN	1	1	1	6.0	3	1	0	11	1.50
1998	WS	SDN	0	1	1	6.0	7	1	1	7	1.50
1995	ALDS2	NYA	0	2	0	1.2	2	1	2	1	5.40

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Sterling Hitchcock — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	137	104	8	12	0	2	.115
Away	144	106	6	7	0	3	.066

Pitching — Home / Away

Sterling Hitchcock — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	137	662.1	650	311	219	532	4.23
Away	144	623.1	724	374	252	465	5.40

Last 10 Games — Batting

Sterling Hitchcock — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
2004-08-22	SDP	MIA	L	1	0	1
2004-08-16	SDP	ATL	L	2	0	0
2004-08-11	SDP	CHC	L	2	0	2
2004-08-05	SDP	PHI	L	2	0	1
2003-09-27	STL	AZ	W	3	0	3
2003-09-21	STL	HOU	W	2	0	1
2003-09-16	STL	MIL	W	2	0	1
2003-09-11	STL	COL	L	1	0	0
2003-09-05	STL	CIN	L	1	0	0
2003-08-31	STL	CIN	W	2	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sterling Hitchcock — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-08-22	SDP	MIA	L	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	1
2004-08-16	SDP	ATL	L	6.1	6	4	4	3	5	2
2004-08-11	SDP	CHC	L	5.0	6	5	5	2	5	1
2004-08-05	SDP	PHI	—	6.0	4	3	3	2	2	1
2003-09-27	STL	AZ	W	5.1	5	2	1	0	4	1
2003-09-21	STL	HOU	W	5.0	8	4	4	4	5	1
2003-09-16	STL	MIL	W	5.1	3	4	4	5	5	1
2003-09-11	STL	COL	L	3.1	8	5	5	0	4	4
2003-09-05	STL	CIN	—	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1
2003-08-31	STL	CIN	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sterling Hitchcock — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	281	200	36	136	10	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sterling Hitchcock — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	NYA	P	3	3	0	2	0	0
1993	NYA	P	6	6	1	3	0	0
1994	NYA	P	23	5	1	7	2	0
1995	NYA	P	27	27	4	12	0	1
1996	SEA	P	35	35	6	23	3	2
1997	SDN	P	32	28	4	21	2	1
1998	SDN	P	39	27	6	17	0	2
1999	SDN	P	33	33	7	24	1	0
2000	SDN	P	11	11	0	9	0	0
2001	SDN	P	3	3	0	2	0	0
2001	NYA	P	10	9	3	5	0	0
2002	NYA	P	20	2	1	5	0	0
2003	NYA	P	27	1	2	4	1	1
2003	SLN	P	8	6	1	1	1	0
2004	SDN	P	4	4	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Sterling Hitchcock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	281

Awards & Honors

Sterling Hitchcock — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1998	NLCS MVP

Salary History

Sterling Hitchcock's recorded salaries total $30,567,719 over 11 seasons, 1993 to 2003. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hitchcock's career ran from 1992 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1992 and 2004.

Sterling Hitchcock — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2003	NYA	AL	$6,000,000
2002	NYA	AL	$4,936,719
2001	SDN	NL	$6,000,000
2000	SDN	NL	$6,100,000
1999	SDN	NL	$3,500,000
1998	SDN	NL	$2,250,000
1997	SDN	NL	$1,200,000
1996	SEA	AL	$235,000
1995	NYA	AL	$125,000
1994	NYA	AL	$112,000
1993	NYA	AL	$109,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$30,567,719

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Career Spans

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Sterling Hitchcock: the record in brief

Sterling Hitchcock's major league career runs from a debut on September 11, 1992 to a final game on August 22, 2004. The team column moves through the New York Yankees (1992 to 2003), the Seattle Mariners (1996), the San Diego Padres (1997 through 2004), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2003). Hitchcock, born on April 29, 1971, in Fayetteville, NC, USA, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. Hitchcock's listed size is 6'1" and 200 pounds. The given name on file is Sterling Alex Hitchcock.

Across 281 games (200 starts), Hitchcock recorded 74 wins against 76 losses with a 4.80 ERA. The same table counts 997 strikeouts and 10 complete games. Against a 4.42 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.80 mark was 8.6% worse. Hitchcock won 13 games in 1996, the most of any season listed. Hitchcock struck out 194 batters in 1999, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.93 in 1998, when the league's was 4.43.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sterling Hitchcock

What years did Sterling Hitchcock play?: Sterling Hitchcock played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004.
Was Sterling Hitchcock a pitcher?: Yes. Sterling Hitchcock pitched in the major leagues, recording 74 wins and 997 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sterling Hitchcock hit?: Sterling Hitchcock hit 0 career home runs with 19 hits.
What teams did Sterling Hitchcock play for?: Sterling Hitchcock played for 4 teams: the New York Yankees (1992–1995, 2001–2003), the Seattle Mariners (1996), the San Diego Padres (1997–2001, 2004), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2003).
What were Sterling Hitchcock's career stats?: In 281 games, Sterling Hitchcock went 74-76 with a 4.80 ERA, 997 strikeouts, 1,285.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves. At the plate he had 19 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Sterling Hitchcock earn in his career?: Sterling Hitchcock's recorded salaries total $30,567,719 over 11 seasons, 1993 to 2003. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hitchcock's career ran from 1992 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1992 and 2004.
What was Sterling Hitchcock's salary?: Sterling Hitchcock's last recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2003. His highest recorded salary was $6,100,000, in 2000, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2003.
What position did Sterling Hitchcock play?: Sterling Hitchcock played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Sterling Hitchcock and how much did he weigh?: Sterling Hitchcock was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds.
What was Sterling Hitchcock's career ERA?: Sterling Hitchcock finished with a 4.80 career ERA, going 74-76 with 997 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Sterling Hitchcock have?: Sterling Hitchcock recorded 997 career strikeouts.
Is Sterling Hitchcock in the Hall of Fame?: No. Sterling Hitchcock has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.