Harry Baumgartner vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Harry Baumgartner
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Baumgartner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Baumgartner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Harry Baumgartner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Baumgartner and Roy Witherup

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Harry Baumgartner and Roy Witherup

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Baumgartner and Roy Witherup

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1080
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA