Roy Hitt vs. Buddy Schultz — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buddy Schultz
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Buddy Schultz 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 3.68 and 1.388 for Buddy Schultz. 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 Buddy Schultz

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
6.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.56
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
3.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
8.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.79
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
7.24
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1015
38.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.21
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.05
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
33.79
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Buddy Schultz

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
6.3
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.53
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.94
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.5
97.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Buddy Schultz

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
3072.73
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
25
454.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
23.53
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.15
20.85
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
4.13
4.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Buddy Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Buddy Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA