Roy Hitt vs. Rube Kisinger — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Kisinger
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Rube Kisinger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Kisinger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.4 and 1.298 for Roy Hitt. By the career numbers, Rube Kisinger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Hitt and Rube Kisinger

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.23
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.06
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.82
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.4
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
9.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.29
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.28
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
37.39
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
1.298
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
34.83
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.39
37.39

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Rube Kisinger

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.24
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.18
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.11
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.41
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.39
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.35
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.08
95.08
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.905
1.905
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.762
2.762
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Rube Kisinger

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
206.56
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
21
188.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
591.04
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
9
80.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
71.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
10
89.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
10
89.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
44.78
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
5.15
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100