Sumner Bowman vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Sumner Bowman
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Sumner Bowman 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 5.22 and 1.861 for Sumner Bowman. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sumner Bowman and Roy Witherup

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
5.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.29
11.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
5.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
44.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.861
1.861
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
38.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Sumner Bowman and Roy Witherup

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
2.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.67
83.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.577
1.577
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sumner Bowman and Roy Witherup

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
564
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.68
58.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
180
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
186
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
126
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
65.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA