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Sterling Hitchcock 2026 Season · SD

Career: 74-76, 4.80 ERA, 997 K in 1285.2 IP.

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Sterling Hitchcock

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-0.6Career NUT

+0.6 to Average

Career

4.80ERA1.44WHIP74W997K1285.2IP3SV

L/L · 6' 0", 205 lb · b. Apr 29, 1971 · Fayetteville, NC · Draft 1989 (9th Rd, #231)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1992	21	NYY	—	0	2	8.31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	13.0	23	12	6	1	6	2.23
1993	22	NYY	-0.1	1	2	4.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	31.0	32	16	14	1	26	1.48
1994	23	NYY	+0.2	4	1	4.20	23	5	1	0	4	2	0	2	218	49.1	48	23	29	0	37	1.56
1995	24	NYY	-0.4	11	10	4.70	27	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	719	168.1	155	88	68	5	121	1.32
1996	25	SEA	-0.5	13	9	5.35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	885	196.2	245	117	73	7	132	1.62
1997	26	SD	-0.8	10	11	5.20	32	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	693	161.0	172	93	55	4	106	1.41
1998	27	SD	+0.0	9	7	3.93	39	27	2	1	3	1	0	1	743	176.1	169	77	48	9	158	1.23
1999	28	SD	+1.0	12	14	4.11	33	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	892	205.2	202	94	76	5	194	1.35
2000	29	SD	-0.2	1	6	4.93	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	292	65.2	69	36	26	5	61	1.45
2001	30	SD	—	2	1	3.32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	19.0	22	7	3	1	15	1.32
2001	30	NYY	+0.0	4	4	6.49	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	238	51.1	67	37	18	2	28	1.66
2001	30	TOT	+0.4	6	5	5.63	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	323	70.1	89	44	21	3	43	1.56
2002	31	NYY	+0.2	1	2	5.49	20	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	193	39.1	57	24	15	1	31	1.83
2003	32	NYY	+0.1	1	3	5.44	27	1	0	0	8	0	2	0	221	49.2	57	30	18	0	36	1.51
2003	32	STL	-0.4	5	1	3.79	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	38.0	34	16	14	1	32	1.26
2003	32	TOT	-0.3	6	4	4.72	35	7	0	0	8	0	2	0	383	87.2	91	46	32	1	68	1.40
2004	33	SD	—	0	3	6.33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	21.1	22	15	8	0	14	1.41
Career	—	13 yrs	-0.6	74	76	4.80	281	200	10	2	27	3	2	3	5635	1285.2	1374	685	471	42	997	1.44

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Hitchcock's career NUT of -0.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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Awards

1998NLCS MVP

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1990	19	A	12	12	2.91	27	27	6	5	694	173.1	122	56	60	8	171	1.05
1991	20	A+	7	7	2.64	19	19	2	0	500	119.1	111	35	26	3	101	1.15
1992	21	AA	6	9	2.58	24	24	2	0	600	146.2	116	42	42	9	155	1.08
1993	22	AAA	3	5	4.81	16	16	0	0	334	76.2	80	41	28	6	85	1.41
1994	23	AA	1	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	18	5.0	4	1	0	0	7	0.80
1994	23	AAA	3	4	4.32	10	9	1	0	220	50.0	53	24	18	2	47	1.42
2001	30	A+	0	2	4.10	6	6	0	0	116	26.1	33	12	1	0	31	1.29
2001	30	AAA	2	0	3.71	3	3	0	0	70	17.0	20	7	2	1	11	1.29
2002	31	A+	0	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	22	6.0	3	1	0	1	3	0.50
2002	31	AAA	0	0	13.50	2	2	0	0	42	7.1	19	11	3	0	3	3.00
2004	33	A+	1	0	1.00	2	2	0	0	35	9.0	8	1	0	0	13	0.89
2004	33	AAA	1	1	6.35	3	3	0	0	51	11.1	17	8	1	0	6	1.59

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