Roy Hitt vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Roy Hitt
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Hitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley 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 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. 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 Staley

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
36.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
32.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.51
36.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Roy Hitt and Harry Staley

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.905
1.905
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Hitt and Harry Staley

Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
206.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
550.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
25.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
108.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
27.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Roy Hitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Roy Hitt
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100