| Rich saw his first major league action
in 2005 after being added to the Cubs' 40-man major league roster
in June 2005 ... has spent his four-season professional career
in the Cubs' organization ... has 491 strikeouts in 351.2 minor
league innings ... is a 1999 graduate of Milton (MA) High School
... attended the University of Michigan.
2006 Highlights:
Hill learned a lot in his rookie season, going 5-7 with a 4.25
ERA in 16 starts. He finished 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA in September,
and posted three double-digit strikeout games. Hill had back-to-back
complete games, Sept. 16 and Sept. 22, although the second game
was a rain-shortened five-inning start against Cincinnati.
2005 Highlights:
Rich made his first career big league start July 25 against San
Francisco ... did not factor into the decision of the 3-2 Cub
victory ... made his major league debut June 15 against Florida
- gave up 2 runs in 1.0 inning of work ... went 0-2 with a 9.13
ERA in three stints with the big league club ... pitched 4.1 scoreless
innings of relief on June 22 in Milwaukee ... walked two batters
and struck out six in the 9-4 Cub loss ... the 4.1 inning-stint
was the longest by a Cub reliever all season ... hit an infield
single off Doug Davis for his first career hit ... ranked third
among all minor leaguers in strikeouts - fanning 194 batters in
22 games for Iowa (AAA), West Tenn (AA) and Peoria (A) ... also
led all minor league pitchers with 13.4 strikeouts per 9.0 innings
... opened the year at West Tenn, going 4-3 with a 3.28 ERA in
10 starts ... struck out 90 batters in 57.2 innings of work ...
appeared in one game for Peoria (A) ... picked up the win on July
8, pitching 8.0 innings and striking out 12 ... was 6-1 in 11
games (10 starts) for Iowa ... posted a 3.60 ERA with 92 strikeouts
... was named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for
the week of August 15-21 ... allowed 4 runs (3 earned) in two
games during the week - gave up just 2 walks and struck out 21
batters in 13.1 innings of work ... recorded his first career
complete game in a 7.0-inning win at New Orleans on August 25
... named the 14th-best prospect in the Pacific Coast League and
the 5th-best prospect in the Cubs minor league system following
the 2005 season by Baseball America. |
