Roy Hitt vs. Cliff Politte — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Politte
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Cliff Politte 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 4.4 and 1.434 for Cliff Politte. 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 Cliff Politte

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
7.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411.1
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
8.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
3.74
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
7.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1775
38.84
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.06
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
4.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.61
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1564
34.22
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Cliff Politte

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
7.22
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411.1
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.79
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.16
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.161
0.161
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Cliff Politte

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
330
4950
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
40
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
33
495
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
13.43
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
5
75
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
7
105
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
6
90
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
2.8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
14
210
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Politte
Career
Per 600 PA