Jerry Akers vs. Roy Hitt — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Akers 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 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Roy Hitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Roy Hitt

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Roy Hitt

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.24
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Roy Hitt

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100