Sterling Hitchcock

Infobox MLB retired
name=Sterling Hitchcock


position=Pitcher
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1971|4|29
Fayetteville, North Carolina
debutdate=September 11
debutyear=by|1992
debutteam=New York Yankees
finaldate=August 22
finalyear=by|2004
finalteam=San Diego Padres
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=74-76
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.80
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=997
teams =
* New York Yankees (by|1992-by|1995),(by|2001-by|2003)
* Seattle Mariners (by|1996)
* San Diego Padres (by|1997-by|2001), (by|2004)
* St. Louis Cardinals (by|2003)
highlights =
* 1998 NLCS MVP

Sterling Alex Hitchcock (born April 29, 1971 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played from by|1992 to by|2004, mostly with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres.

Hitchcock is best remembered for his performance in the by|1998 playoffs with the Padres, in which he was named the NLCS MVP. He was the winning pitcher in both of his starts with a 0.90 ERA in the NLCS. Overall in the 1998 playoffs he was 3-1, allowing 3 runs in 22 innings (1.23 ERA) with 32 strikeouts.

Three years later, Hitchcock was the winning pitcher for the Yankees in Game 5 of the 2001 World Series.

During the regular season, Hitchcock's career-best win-loss record was 13-9 with Seattle in 1996. His career-best ERA was 3.93 with the Padres in 1998. He was drafted by the Yankees in 1989 and made his Major League debut in 1992, pitching his first full season in 1994. He was traded to the Mariners after the 1995 season in the deal that sent Tino Martinez and Jeff Nelson to the Yankees. The following winter, the Mariners sent him to San Diego for Scott Sanders. His successful years with the Padres were followed by struggles with injuries. The Padres sent him back to the Yankees in mid-2001 for two minor leaguers. Later he pitched briefly with the St. Louis Cardinals before finishing his career with the Padres.

External links

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* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hitchst01 Baseball Almanac]