Roy Hitt vs. Dennis Santana — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dennis Santana
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Santana 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 4.13 and 1.221 for Dennis Santana. 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 Dennis Santana

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
8.49
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.62
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.62
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
4.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
875
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291.2
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
8.39
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
7.28
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
3.61
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
8.3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.62
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1218
37.58
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.81
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
4.57
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.77
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
1.298
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
32.86
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Dennis Santana

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
8.49
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
875
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291.2
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Dennis Santana

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
27600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
108.2
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
92.31
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Dennis Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dennis Santana
Career
Per 600 PA