Roy Hitt vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.03 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.4 and 1.298 for Roy Hitt. By the career numbers, Lee Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Hitt and Lee Smith

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
8.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5388
37.61
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
1.298
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Lee Smith

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Lee Smith

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA