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Sterling Hitchcock
Sterling Alex Hitchcock

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 192 lb.

Debut September 11, 1992
  vs. KCR 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game August 22, 2004
Born April 29, 1971 in Fayetteville, NC

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1989. (All Transactions)

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        Very promising pitcher whose career was sadly curtailed by injury. And one of the sexiest ballplayers ever :-)

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1992 21 NYY AL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   13.0   23   12   12   2    6    6   1   0    68   0   0  8.31  3.95   48 2.231
 1993 22 NYY AL   1   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   31.0   32   18   16   4   14   26   1   3   135   1   2  4.65  4.16   90 1.484
 1994 23 NYY AL   4   1  23   5   1   0   4  2   49.3   48   24   23   3   29   37   0   5   218   1   0  4.20  4.61  110 1.561
 1995 24 NYY AL  11  10  27  27   4   1   0  0  168.3  155   91   88  22   68  121   5   5   719   1   2  4.70  4.63   98 1.325
 1996 25 SEA AL  13   9  35  35   0   0   0  0  196.7  245  131  117  27   73  132   7   4   885   4   1  5.35  4.95   92 1.617
 1997 26 SDP NL  10  11  32  28   1   0   1  0  161.0  172  102   93  24   55  106   4   6   693   2   2  5.20  3.91   75 1.410
 1998 27 SDP NL   9   7  39  27   2   1   3  1  176.3  169   83   77  29   48  158   9  11   743   2   1  3.93  3.90   99 1.231
 1999 28 SDP NL  12  14  33  33   1   0   0  0  205.7  202   99   94  29   76  194   5  15   892   6   2  4.11  4.20  102 1.352
 2000 29 SDP NL   1   6  11  11   0   0   0  0   65.7   69   38   36  12   26   61   5   4   292   1   0  4.93  4.27   86 1.447
 2001 30 TOT      6   5  13  12   1   0   0  0   70.3   89   46   44   6   21   43   3   3   323   0   1  5.63  4.35   77 1.564
         SDP NL   2   1   3   3   0   0   0  0   19.0   22    9    7   1    3   15   1   1    85   0   0  3.32  4.01  121 1.316
         NYY AL   4   4  10   9   1   0   0  0   51.3   67   37   37   5   18   28   2   2   238   0   1  6.49  4.48   69 1.656
 2002 31 NYY AL   1   2  20   2   0   0  11  0   39.3   57   29   24   4   15   31   1   1   193   3   0  5.49  4.42   81 1.831
 2003 32 TOT      6   4  35   7   0   0   8  0   87.7   91   50   46  14   32   68   1   3   383   4   0  4.72  4.27   90 1.403
         NYY AL   1   3  27   1   0   0   8  0   49.7   57   33   30   6   18   36   0   1   221   3   0  5.44  4.39   81 1.510
         STL NL   5   1   8   6   0   0   0  0   38.0   34   17   16   8   14   32   1   2   162   1   0  3.79  4.11  109 1.263
 2004 33 SDP NL   0   3   4   4   0   0   0  0   21.3   22   15   15   5    8   14   0   1    91   0   0  6.33  3.88   61 1.406
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .493  74  76 281 200  10   2  27  3 1285.7 1374  738  685 181  471  997  42  61  5635  25  11  4.80  4.32   90 1.435
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  39  28   1   0   3  0  181.7  194  104   96  25   66  140   5   8   796   3   1  4.80  4.32   90 1.435
 Career High     13  14  39  35   4   1  11  2  205.7  245  131  117  29   76  194   9  15   892   6   2  3.93  4.95  110 1.231
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 26 SDP NL  32   50    4    5   0  0   0    1   0  1   3  30  .100  .151  .100  -30    5   8   0   0   0   2
 1998 27 SDP NL  36   50    5    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  21  .140  .157  .140  -18    7   5   0   0   0   0
 1999 28 SDP NL  32   61    4    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  34  .082  .125  .082  -44    5   7   0   0   0   1
 2000 29 SDP NL  11   22    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
 2001 30 TOT     13    8    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .125  .125  .125  -32    1   0   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   3    8    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .125  .125  .125  -32    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 32 TOT     11   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .083  .083  .083  -56    1   2   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   8   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .083  .083  .083  -56    1   2   0   0   0   0
 2004 33 SDP NL   4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     235  210   14   19   0  0   0    5   0  1   7 112  .090  .120  .090  -43   19  23   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        145   10   13   0  0   0    3   0  1   5  77  .090  .120  .090  -43   13  16   0   0   0   3
 Career High     36   61    5    7   0  0   0    2   0  1   3  34                           7   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 26 SDP NL   61   56    1   0.5   102| .100  .262| .151  .333| .100  .411| .251  .744| -30  .014  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1998 27 SDP NL   56   48    1   0.6   100| .140  .259| .157  .328| .140  .409| .297  .737| -18  .019  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1999 28 SDP NL   71   64    1   0.4   108| .082  .266| .125  .340| .082  .428| .207  .768| -44  .010 -13.2  -1.2   0%
 2000 29 SDP NL   23   24    0   0.0   109| .000  .263| .000  .339| .000  .430| .000  .770|-100  .000  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 2001 30 TOT       8    7    0   0.0   103| .125  .258| .125  .327| .125  .422| .250  .749| -32  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         SDP NL    8    7    0   0.0   103| .125  .258| .125  .327| .125  .422| .250  .749| -32  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 2003 32 TOT      14   13    0   0.0   107| .083  .265| .083  .336| .083  .425| .166  .762| -56  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         STL NL   14   13    0   0.0   107| .083  .265| .083  .336| .083  .425| .166  .762| -56  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 2004 33 SDP NL    7    8    0   0.0   102| .000  .257| .000  .327| .000  .417| .000  .744|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      240  220    3   0.4   104| .090  .262| .120  .334| .090  .419| .210  .753| -43  .008 -43.7  -4.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 21 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.57 1.38 1.73 3 13.0 1993 22 NYY AL P 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.57 1.16 1.80 6 31.0 1994 23 NYY AL P 23 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 0.35 0.52 1.46 1.72 5 49.3 1995 24 NYY AL P 27 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.59 0.53 0.86 1.79 27 168.3 1996 25 SEA AL P 35 6 23 3 2 .906 .960 0.83 0.52 1.33 1.77 35 196.7 1997 26 SDP NL P 32 4 21 2 1 .926 .954 0.78 0.52 1.40 1.85 28 161.0 1998 27 SDP NL P 39 6 17 0 2 1.000 .962 0.59 0.54 1.17 1.85 27 176.3 1999 28 SDP NL P 33 7 24 1 0 .969 .951 0.94 0.48 1.36 1.72 33 205.7 2000 29 SDP NL P 11 0 9 0 0 1.000 .968 0.82 0.48 1.23 1.74 11 65.7 2001 30 TOT P 13 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 0.48 1.28 1.75 12 70.3 SDP NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.47 0.95 1.75 3 19.0 NYY AL P 10 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.49 1.40 1.75 9 51.3 2002 31 NYY AL P 20 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.48 1.37 1.69 2 39.3 2003 32 TOT P 35 3 5 2 1 .800 .952 0.23 0.49 0.82 1.79 7 87.7 NYY AL P 27 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.22 0.49 1.09 1.74 1 49.7 STL NL P 8 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.25 0.47 0.47 1.85 6 38.0 2004 33 SDP NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.47 0.42 1.86 4 21.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 21 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.57 1.38 1.73 3 13.0 1993 22 NYY AL P 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.57 1.16 1.80 6 31.0 1994 23 NYY AL P 23 1 7 2 0 .800 .952 0.35 0.52 1.46 1.72 5 49.3 1995 24 NYY AL P 27 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.59 0.53 0.86 1.79 27 168.3 1996 25 SEA AL P 35 6 23 3 2 .906 .960 0.83 0.52 1.33 1.77 35 196.7 1997 26 SDP NL P 32 4 21 2 1 .926 .954 0.78 0.52 1.40 1.85 28 161.0 1998 27 SDP NL P 39 6 17 0 2 1.000 .962 0.59 0.54 1.17 1.85 27 176.3 1999 28 SDP NL P 33 7 24 1 0 .969 .951 0.94 0.48 1.36 1.72 33 205.7 2000 29 SDP NL P 11 0 9 0 0 1.000 .968 0.82 0.48 1.23 1.74 11 65.7 2001 30 TOT P 13 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 0.48 1.28 1.75 12 70.3 SDP NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.47 0.95 1.75 3 19.0 NYY AL P 10 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.49 1.40 1.75 9 51.3 2002 31 NYY AL P 20 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.48 1.37 1.69 2 39.3 2003 32 TOT P 35 3 5 2 1 .800 .952 0.23 0.49 0.82 1.79 7 87.7 NYY AL P 27 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.22 0.49 1.09 1.74 1 49.7 STL NL P 8 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.25 0.47 0.47 1.85 6 38.0 2004 33 SDP NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.47 0.42 1.86 4 21.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 281 36 136 10 7 .945 .957 0.61 0.51 1.20 1.78 200 1285.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 281 36 136 10 7 .945 .957 0.61 0.51 1.20 1.78 200 1286
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  NYY SEA     L   2   0   5.40  0  0  0  0   1.2   2   1   2   1 
 1998   NLDS  SDP HOU     W   1   1   1.50  1  0  0  0   6     3   1   0  11 
        NLCS  SDP ATL     W   2   2   0.90  2  0  0  0  10     5   1   8  14 
        WS    SDP NYY     L   1   1   1.50  0  0  0  0   6     7   1   1   7 
 2001   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   1   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     5   2   0   2 
        WS    NYY ARI     L   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   4     1   0   0   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   4   1   3.38  1  0  0  0  10.2  10   4   2  14 
  2 World Series        0-2   3   1   0.90  1  0  0  0  10     8   1   1  13 
  6 Postseason Ser      3-3   9   4   1.76  4  0  0  0  30.2  23   6  11  41 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  NYY SEA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   NLDS  SDP HOU     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  SDP ATL     W   2   5   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SDP NYY     L   1   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY ARI     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   4   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   3   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   3-3   9   9   2   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .222  .222  .222   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1998-NLCS MVP

Hits Allowed/9IP
1995 AL-8.29-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1998 NL-8.06-8
1999 NL-8.49-2
Car-6.98-88

Strikeouts
1999 NL-194-6

Games Started
1996 AL-35-2
1999 NL-33-10

Comp. Games
1995 AL-4-8

Shutouts
1995 AL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1997 NL-24-10
1998 NL-29-9

Hits Allowed
1996 AL-245-9

Losses
1999 NL-14-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1996 AL-117-10
1997 NL-93-10

Wild Pitches
1998 NL-11-6
1999 NL-15-1

Youngest Player
1992 AL-21-2

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1389) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1636) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (955) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1989.

December 7, 1995: Traded by the New York Yankees with Russ Davis to the Seattle Mariners for Tino Martinez, Jim Mecir, and Jeff Nelson.

December 6, 1996: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Diego Padres for Scott Sanders.

July 30, 2001: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely (minors).

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 22, 2003: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ben Julianel (minors) and Justin Pope (minors).

October 31, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993New York Yankees$109,000
1994New York Yankees$112,000
1995New York Yankees$125,000
1996Seattle Mariners$235,000
1997San Diego Padres$1,200,000
1998San Diego Padres$2,250,000
1999San Diego Padres$3,500,000
2000San Diego Padres$6,100,000
2001San Diego Padres$6,000,000
2002New York Yankees$4,936,719
2003New York Yankees$6,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$30,567,719

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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