Rich Croushore vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Rich Croushore
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Croushore 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 4.88 and 1.563 for Rich Croushore. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Croushore and Roy Witherup

Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
7.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
4.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
8.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.634
1.634
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
41.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
5.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
34.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Rich Croushore and Roy Witherup

Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
7.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.198
0.198
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Croushore and Roy Witherup

Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
8325
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
108.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
112.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Croushore
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA