Jake Bird vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Jake Bird
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Bird 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 4.76 and 1.506 for Jake Bird. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Bird and Roy Witherup

Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
4.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
9.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.37
9.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
3.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
39.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
893
34.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jake Bird and Roy Witherup

Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Bird and Roy Witherup

Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA