Stew Bowers vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Stew Bowers 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 4.6 and 1.875 for Stew Bowers. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Roy Witherup

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Roy Witherup

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Roy Witherup

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
51.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA