Joe Beimel vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Joe Beimel
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Beimel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Beimel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Joe Beimel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Beimel and Roy Witherup

Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
676
8.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
4.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2040
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
9.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
3.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
5.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
39.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.14
39.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Joe Beimel and Roy Witherup

Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
676
8.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2040
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.33
94.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Beimel and Roy Witherup

Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
677
7664.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
45
509.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
31.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
37.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
19
215.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
2.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beimel
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA