Scott Elbert vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Scott Elbert
MillenialMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Elbert as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Elbert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.386 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Scott Elbert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Elbert and Roy Witherup

Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
11.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
8.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
8.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
38.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
33.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Scott Elbert and Roy Witherup

Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
11.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.079
0.079
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Elbert and Roy Witherup

Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
12700
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Elbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA