Danny Boone vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Boone posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Danny Boone had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Roy Witherup

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
9.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
37.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
33.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Roy Witherup

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.492
0.492
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Roy Witherup

Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA