Roy Hitt

Roy Wesley "Rhino" Hitt (June 22, 1884 – February 8, 1956) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

[1] Nicknamed "Rhino" because "his shape reminded people of a rhinoceros,"[2] Hitt was born in Carleton, Nebraska.

He started his professional baseball career in 1903, with the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League and joined the San Francisco Seals the following season.

In that year's Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide, it was reported that, "San Francisco's star pitcher, Roy Hitt, will go to Cincinnati ... there is little danger of him falling.

[1] After a short stint in the American Association, Hitt returned to the Pacific Coast League in 1909, with the Vernon Tigers.

A baseball card depicting Hitt