Davy Dunkle vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Davy Dunkle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Davy Dunkle 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 5.02 and 1.580 for Davy Dunkle. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Davy Dunkle and Roy Witherup

Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.17
36.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.05
77.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
5.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1263
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
10.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1887
40.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
6.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
36.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Davy Dunkle and Roy Witherup

Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1260
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
2.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
2.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.89
86.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.03
18.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Davy Dunkle and Roy Witherup

Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
220.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
582.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
110.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
102.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
23.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
117.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
124.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
63.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.31
22.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
127.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA