Roy Hitt vs. Cole Kimball — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cole Kimball
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Cole Kimball as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cole Kimball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.93 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 3.4 and 1.298 for Roy Hitt. By the career numbers, Cole Kimball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Hitt and Cole Kimball

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.4
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.174
0.174
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
8.39
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
37.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
32.52
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
29.57
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Cole Kimball

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Cole Kimball

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
3600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
108.2
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA