Mike DeJean vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Mike DeJean
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike DeJean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike DeJean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.590 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Mike DeJean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike DeJean and Roy Witherup

Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
8.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1870
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
9.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.37
9.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
4.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
6.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.44
6.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2765
39.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2394
34.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Mike DeJean and Roy Witherup

Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
8.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1870
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
2.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike DeJean and Roy Witherup

Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
568
18933.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
2.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.32
-44.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike DeJean
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA