Sterling Hitchcock
New York Yankees 1992–1995; Seattle Mariners 1996; San Diego Padres 1997–2000; New York Yankees 2001; San Diego Padres 2001; New York Yankees 2002–2003; St. Louis Cardinals 2003; San Diego Padres 2004
Percentile snapshot
1999 season — qualified pitchers
of 89 qualified 1999 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 32 | 61 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .151 | .100 | .251 | -36.1 | -30.2 | .128 | -0.8 |
| 1998 | 39 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .157 | .140 | .297 | -28.0 | -18.4 | .139 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 33 | 71 | 61 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .125 | .082 | .207 | -50.1 | -44.0 | .105 | 2.1 |
| 2000 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -43.4 | -32.3 | .112 | -0.3 |
| 2002 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 2003 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | -74.0 | -55.4 | .075 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.6 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13.0 | 8.31 | 2.231 | 4.15 | 5.48 | 139.8 | 47.2 | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 31.0 | 4.65 | 1.484 | 7.55 | 4.45 | 105.8 | 90.6 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 3 | 49.3 | 4.20 | 1.561 | 6.75 | 4.25 | 91.7 | 110.5 | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 88 | 68 | 121 | 22 | 168.3 | 4.70 | 1.325 | 6.47 | 4.70 | 101.1 | 98.9 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 117 | 73 | 132 | 27 | 196.7 | 5.35 | 1.617 | 6.04 | 4.91 | 98.6 | 93.0 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 93 | 55 | 106 | 24 | 161.0 | 5.20 | 1.410 | 5.93 | 4.79 | 121.1 | 76.1 | -0.8 |
| 1998 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 169 | 77 | 48 | 158 | 29 | 176.3 | 3.93 | 1.231 | 8.06 | 4.38 | 109.8 | 101.5 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 94 | 76 | 194 | 29 | 205.7 | 4.11 | 1.352 | 8.49 | 4.20 | 98.5 | 103.7 | 2.1 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 36 | 26 | 61 | 12 | 65.7 | 4.93 | 1.447 | 8.36 | 4.99 | 114.9 | 88.0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 44 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 70.3 | 5.63 | 1.564 | 5.50 | 3.98 | 91.5 | 76.8 | -0.3 |
| 2002 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 24 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 39.3 | 5.49 | 1.831 | 7.09 | 4.03 | 92.1 | 79.6 | -0.1 |
| 2003 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 46 | 32 | 68 | 14 | 87.7 | 4.72 | 1.403 | 6.98 | 4.70 | 109.7 | 91.1 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 21.3 | 6.33 | 1.406 | 5.91 | 5.81 | 145.0 | 63.4 | -0.4 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-05-04 | SD @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997-05-10 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001-07-20 | MIL @ SD Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997-06-05 | SD @ COL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997-08-31 | TEX @ SD Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-29 | WSH @ SD Gameday | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 1998-10-04 | HOU @ SD Gameday | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000-04-30 | ATL @ SD Gameday | 7.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998-06-27 | LAA @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1998-08-14 | MIL @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.