Roy Hitt vs. Harry Smythe — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Smythe
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Smythe 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 6.4 and 1.901 for Harry Smythe. 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 Harry Smythe

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.49
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
6.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.93
6.93
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
13.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.58
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.61
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.7
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.92
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.614
0.614
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
43.41
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.69
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
8.26
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.26
8.26
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.901
1.901
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
39.51
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Harry Smythe

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.24
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
27
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
9
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Harry Smythe

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
206.56
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
651.72
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
600
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
558.62
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
134.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
41.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
62.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
108.2
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
134.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.64
48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
8.29
8.29
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Harry Smythe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Smythe
Career
Per 600 PA