Jim Acker vs. Roy Hitt — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Hitt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.298 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Roy Hitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Roy Hitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Roy Hitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Roy Hitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100