Roy Hitt vs. Mike Joyce — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Joyce
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Joyce 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 4.33 and 1.463 for Mike Joyce. By the career numbers, Roy Hitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Hitt and Mike Joyce

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.33
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
8.83
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.7
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
39.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.389
1.389
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
35.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Mike Joyce

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Mike Joyce

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
2325
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
89.46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
111.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Mike Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA