In 2017, Rich Hill became the first pitcher in MLB to pitch at least 9 innings, leave one or more hits without a walk, and finish with a loss in the last 100 seasons. While he might be on the wrong side of history on that one, the baseball player who plays in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers has also had some good league times. He made his debut in 2005 and has since played for nearly 10 teams.

Biography of Rich Hill

The Dodgers pitcher was born Richard Joseph Hill on March 11, 1980, in Milton Massachusetts, to Lloyd Hill Sr., a former high school principal at Quincy and Peggy Hill. It was in Milton that Hill grew up in an athletic family with a father who played college football.

Rich started playing baseball since childhood thanks to his father and brother, Lloyd Hill Jr., who also played college baseball at Colby. Being 20 years older than Rich, Hill Jr. was more of a coach and mentor to him. He also has another brother, Larry Hill, who also played baseball for Boston College.

While attending Milton High School, he got the opportunity to play for the school’s varsity baseball team. Although drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Draft, he decided to play college baseball first, opting for the Michigan Wolverines.

MLB Career

The next time he would be drafted was in 2001 by the Anaheim Angels, but again he declined. In 2002 he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the fourth round and this time around he signed a deal which saw him start his minor league professional career with Boise Hawks, and he continued with various teams in the minor league until 2005 when he got the big call to MLB.

He made his debut for the Chicago Cubs in a game against the Florida Marlins. Hill played for the team until 2009 when he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles only to return to the minor league with the St. Louis Cardinals following an injury he suffered.

He continued in the minor league signing for Boston Red Sox in 2010, then Cleveland Indians in 2013, then he continued with other teams until 2015, when he finally got a one-year contract with Oakland. Athletics.

He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016. In December of the same year, he received a 4-year contract which still keeps him with the team.

His salary

Rich Hill has come a very long way in MLB and there is no denying the fact that he has a good place in the league. That said, following the contract he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is valued at $48 million and is expected to keep him with the team through 2019, his total salary for 2018 is over $16. .66 million. In 2017, he received a salary of over $12.66 million while in 2019, he is expected to bring in a salary of $18.66 million.

As for his overall career earnings which started since 2002, he earned almost $59.5 million.

wife and son

In 2007, Rich Hill married Caitlin Hill (née McClellan). What’s interesting about the couple is that their love story started since they first met at Milton High School. At the time, Caitlin was a freshman while the man she would later have as a husband was a sophomore.

Rich Hill and his wife have a lot in common apart from attending the same high school, they both grew up in Massachusetts and Caitlin Hill was also an athlete. She played softball when she was in high school and for this reason she helps her husband practice, playing the role of catcher.

Inasmuch as she doesn’t give away too much about her private life, it has been confirmed that she is a nurse in addition to being a mom. The couple’s marriage was blessed with two sons – Brice Brooks and Stephen Hill. Sadly, Brooks, born with multiple health issues in December 2013, passed away in February 2014.

Brice Hill, on the other hand, was born in November 2011 and from time to time he goes to see his father play.

Height and width

Besides being a handsome man, the Dodgers pitcher has an athletic build. He has a very good height of 6 feet 4 inches and a body weight of 99 kg (218 lbs).