Scott Cary vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Scott Cary
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Cary 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 5.93 and 1.701 for Scott Cary. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Cary and Roy Witherup

Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
12.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.02
12.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.823
0.823
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
42.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
6.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
39.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.64
42.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Scott Cary and Roy Witherup

Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Cary and Roy Witherup

Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
862.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
13
487.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.32
-11.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Scott Cary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Cary
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA