Cy Bowen vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Bowen 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 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Roy Witherup

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Roy Witherup

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Roy Witherup

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA