Baseball Projection Banner
Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Fielding Leaders

Sterling Alex Hitchcock

First name: Sterling

Last name: Hitchcock

Birthdate: 1971-04-29

Bats: L   Throws: L

RetroID: hitcs001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1997SDN0.80.00.8-0.10.10.70
1998SDN0.70.00.7-0.10.20.60
1999SDN0.90.00.9-0.20.10.90
2000SDN0.30.00.3-0.3-0.30.5-1
2001SDN0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
2003SLN0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
2004SDN0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Career3.10.03.1-1.00.03.2-1

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1997SDN61-10-90-2000008-310.7-0.30.00.0-0.30
1998SDN56-9-900000007-29.3-0.20.00.0-0.20
1999SDN71-14-13-100000010-49.8-0.40.00.0-0.40
2000SDN23-7-700000003-410.1-0.40.00.0-0.40
2001SDN8-2-200000001-110.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
2003SLN14-3-300000002-110.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
2004SDN7-2-200000001-19.7-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career240-47-45-1-20000032-16--1.60.00.0-1.60

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1992 NYA AL 3 0.6 13.0 12 6 -2 4.33 10.1 0.12 0.01 -4 1.00 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.7 -0.3 0
1993 NYA AL 6 1.4 31.0 18 16 -1 5.17 10.0 0.17 0.01 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.6 0.8 0.2 2
1994 NYA AL 23 2.2 49.3 24 28 0 2.14 10.4 -0.40 0.01 2 0.99 2 0.2 1.3 0.9 0.7 4
1995 NYA AL 27 7.7 168.3 91 95 3 6.23 10.5 0.20 0.01 4 1.00 4 0.4 4.3 3.5 2.0 13
1996 SEA AL 35 8.8 196.7 131 118 -3 5.62 11.2 0.17 0.01 -7 1.00 -7 -0.6 3.8 5.0 1.2 11
1997 SDN NL 32 7.2 161.0 102 78 -3 5.03 9.9 0.13 -0.01 -19 1.01 -19 -1.9 1.7 5.5 -0.4 5
1998 SDN NL 39 7.6 176.3 83 87 1 4.52 9.5 0.04 -0.01 4 1.01 4 0.4 4.2 3.4 2.0 13
1999 SDN NL 33 9.5 205.7 99 109 -1 6.23 9.8 0.09 -0.01 13 1.00 13 1.3 6.0 3.4 3.2 18
2000 SDN NL 11 2.9 65.7 38 34 -2 5.97 10.0 0.14 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 1.3 1.5 0.5 4
2001 NYA AL 10 2.3 51.3 37 28 -3 5.13 10.7 0.16 0.00 -5 1.00 -5 -0.5 0.6 1.6 -0.1 2
2001 SDN NL 3 0.9 19.0 9 9 -1 6.33 9.0 0.16 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 2
2002 NYA AL 20 1.4 39.3 29 21 -4 1.96 10.2 -0.31 0.00 -5 0.68 -4 -0.4 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1
2003 NYA AL 27 1.8 49.7 33 26 -2 1.84 10.1 -0.34 0.00 -6 0.64 -5 -0.5 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1
2003 SLN NL 8 1.6 38.0 17 18 1 4.75 9.3 0.18 0.00 1 0.90 1 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 3
2004 SDN NL 4 1.0 21.3 15 10 0 5.32 10.2 0.14 0.00 -4 1.00 -4 -0.4 0.1 0.9 -0.2 0
Career 281 56.9 1285.6 738 683 -17 -26 -24 -2.3 26 30.6 9.3 79

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1992 NYA 2 0.0 0
1993 NYA 4 0.0 0
1994 NYA 7 -1.0 -1
1995 NYA 14 -2.0 -2
1996 SEA 26 -3.0 -3
1997 SDN 25 -1.0 -1
1998 SDN 21 -2.0 -2
1999 SDN 30 -2.0 -2
2000 SDN 9 0.0 0
2001 SDN 3 0.0 0
2001 NYA 7 -1.0 -1
2002 NYA 5 -1.0 -1
2003 NYA 6 -2.0 -2
2003 SLN 3 -1.0 -1
2004 SDN 2 0.0 0
164 -16.0 -16

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1998SDN0.10.00.10.00.10.10
Career0.10.00.10.00.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1998SDN9-1-10000000108.30.00.00.00.00
Career9-1-1000000010-0.00.00.00.00

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1995 NYA MLB 2 0.0 1.7 2 1 0 0.85 11.2 -0.36 0.00 -1 0.66 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0
1998 SDN MLB 4 0.9 22.0 4 12 0 5.50 8.8 0.16 0.00 9 1.00 9 1.0 1.4 -0.6 1.2 4
2001 NYA MLB 3 0.3 7.0 2 4 0 2.33 10.4 -0.36 0.00 2 0.83 2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.2 1
Career 9 1.2 30.7 8 17 0 10 10 1.1 1.6 -0.6 1.3 5

Glossary

Click to expand glossary
Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by
Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".