Steve Frey vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Steve Frey
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Frey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Frey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.76 and WHIP 1.559 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Steve Frey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Frey and Roy Witherup

Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
9.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
8.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
4.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1335
39.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1132
33.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Steve Frey and Roy Witherup

Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
9.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Frey and Roy Witherup

Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
37680
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Steve Frey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Frey
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA