Ken Hill (baseball)

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Ken Hill
Pitcher
Born: December 14, 1965 (1965-12-14) Lynn, Massachusetts
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 1988 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
April 18, 2001 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Career statistics
Win–Loss record	117–109
Earned run average	4.06
Strikeouts	1,181
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1988–1991) Montreal Expos (1992–1994) St. Louis Cardinals (1995) Cleveland Indians (1995) Texas Rangers (1996–1997) Anaheim Angels (1997–2000) Chicago White Sox (2000) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1994)

Kenneth Wade Hill (born December 14, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 14-year career, he pitched from 1988-2001 for seven different teams. He pitched in the 1995 World Series as a member of the Cleveland Indians. He also appeared in the 1994 All-Star Game in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.

Career highlights

Hill was called up by the injury-plagued St. Louis Cardinals in 1989, had a good first start, and went downhill from that point. He finished that season with a 7-15 record and a decent 3.80 ERA. He wouldn't see a decent season until 1991, going 11-10 with a 3.57 ERA. In November 1991, he was traded to the Montreal Expos for first-baseman Andrés Galarraga. It was as a member of these Expos that Hill found his groove.

Hill donned a White Sox jersey in only two outings before being released by the team in 2000.

In both 1992 and 1994, Hill won 16 games, going 16-9 with a 2.68 ERA in 1991 and 16-5 with a 3.32 ERA in 1994. He was also an All-Star in 1994, pitching 2 innings in relief and walking one batter, and finished second in Cy Young voting to Greg Maddux. Hill was brought back to the Cardinals, where he suffered the same fate he endured in his first tour of duty with the Cardinals, only winning 6 games, losing 7, and posting a 5.06 ERA. Hill was traded to the Cleveland Indians for minor league prospects David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal. He did well for the Indians, going 4-1 in the remainder of the regular season and 2-1 in the postseason.

He filed for free agency in the 1995 postseason, being signed by the Texas Rangers, tied for the team lead (along with Bobby Witt) with 16 wins and led the Rangers to the postseason. It was in 1997 that Hill suffered an injury, sending him to the disabled list greatly affecting the rest of his playing career. He also played for the Anaheim Angels, traded in 1997 for Jim Leyritz. He performed poorly over the next two years, going 13-17 and finally being relegated to the bullpen in 1999. He was released in August 2000, signed by the Chicago White Sox, for whom he promptly gave up eight runs in three innings, and was then released two weeks later.

He accepted a non-roster invitation from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2001, and appeared in five games for them before being released.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Preceded by John Burkett & Tom Glavine

National League Wins Champion 1994 (with Greg Maddux)

Succeeded by Greg Maddux