Joe Corbett vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Joe Corbett
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Corbett as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Corbett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.430 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Joe Corbett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Corbett and Roy Witherup

Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1445
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
9.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2145
40.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
5.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1917
35.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Joe Corbett and Roy Witherup

Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1506
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.08
85.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.232
2.232
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.29
20.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Corbett and Roy Witherup

Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
181.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
579.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
136.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
103.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.29
46.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
173.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
153.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
161.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.92
50.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA