Vince Colbert vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Vince Colbert
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Vince Colbert 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 4.57 and 1.579 for Vince Colbert. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vince Colbert and Roy Witherup

Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.11
22.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
4.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
9.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
39.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
930
33.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.76
39.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Vince Colbert and Roy Witherup

Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.11
22.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vince Colbert and Roy Witherup

Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
1013.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
51
527.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
22.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
124.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
15.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
22
227.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vince Colbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA