Darrel Akerfelds vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Darrel Akerfelds as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Witherup posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.08 and 1.536 for Darrel Akerfelds. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Roy Witherup

Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
878
33.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Roy Witherup

Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Roy Witherup

Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA