Roy Hitt vs. Josh Spence — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Josh Spence
MillenialAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Spence as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Spence posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.425 compared to 3.4 and 1.298 for Roy Hitt. By the career numbers, Josh Spence had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Hitt and Josh Spence

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.23
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
11.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.4
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
8.39
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.08
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.29
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.7
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
9.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
38.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.48
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.46
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
1.298
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
32.52
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
32.18
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Josh Spence

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.24
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
11.48
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.58
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.25
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.25
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Josh Spence

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
206.56
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
600
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
550.82
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
25.05
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
108.2
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
27.3
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Josh Spence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Josh Spence
Career
Per 600 PA