Joe Boever vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Joe Boever
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Boever as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Boever posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.543 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Joe Boever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boever and Roy Witherup

Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.04
43.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
8.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
4.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.84
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
6.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3301
39.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
4.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2867
34.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Joe Boever and Roy Witherup

Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boever and Roy Witherup

Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
516
18211.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
7.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-13.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA