Kit McKenna vs. Victor Schlitzer — Career Comparison

Kit McKenna
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Victor Schlitzer
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Victor Schlitzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Kit McKenna as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Victor Schlitzer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.238 compared to 5.31 and 1.785 for Kit McKenna. By the career numbers, Victor Schlitzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kit McKenna and Victor Schlitzer

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.82
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.56
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.62
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.09
59.09
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.66
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.31
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.6
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
27
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
652
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
145.2
9
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217.1
9
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.37
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
8.2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.7
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.94
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.1
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.6
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.74
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.24
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
43.06
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
889
36.81
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
6.98
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.43
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.785
1.785
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
37.13
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
812
33.63
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.06
43.06
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.81
36.81

Fielding Stats for Kit McKenna and Victor Schlitzer

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.39
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.85
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.22
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
9
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.66
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.9
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
3.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.84
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.07
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kit McKenna and Victor Schlitzer

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
23
215.63
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
321.95
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
57
534.38
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
570.73
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
10
93.75
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
117.07
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
37.42
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.11
30.11
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
14
131.25
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
139.02
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
150
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
124.39
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
121.88
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
29.27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
34.97
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.3
31.46
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
160.98
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
12.8
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.73
3.73
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100