Drew Gagnon vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Drew Gagnon
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Drew Gagnon 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 7.32 and 1.710 for Drew Gagnon. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Drew Gagnon and Roy Witherup

Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
12.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.36
12.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
6.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
43.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
39.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.65
43.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Drew Gagnon and Roy Witherup

Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Drew Gagnon and Roy Witherup

Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
2300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.03
-2.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0
-0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Drew Gagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Drew Gagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA