Roy Hitt vs. Jim Pena — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Pena
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Pena 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 3.48 and 1.682 for Jim Pena. 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 Jim Pena

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.55
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
41.73
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.89
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.64
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.59
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.73
41.73

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Jim Pena

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
2.18
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.25
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
2.41
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
2.35
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Jim Pena

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
13.52
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
20.68
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA