Matt Brash vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Matt Brash
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Brash as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Brash posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.393 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Matt Brash had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Brash and Roy Witherup

Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
12.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.11
12.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
729
38.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
33.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.9
38.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Matt Brash and Roy Witherup

Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Brash and Roy Witherup

Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Brash
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA