Herb Goodall vs. Bobby Witt — Career Comparison

Herb Goodall
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bobby Witt
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bobby Witt built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Goodall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Herb Goodall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.83 and 1.584 for Bobby Witt. By the career numbers, Herb Goodall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Goodall and Bobby Witt

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.49
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.57
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.07
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.66
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
0.52
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.57
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.49
47.49
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.66
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.17
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.39
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
4.83
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
7.76
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2493
9.1
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
0.92
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.21
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
5.02
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.14
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.8
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1955
7.14
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.47
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
39.47
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11003
40.17
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
6.03
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
5.29
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.28
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.35
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.79
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.569
1.569
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.43
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9414
34.37
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Herb Goodall and Bobby Witt

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.54
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.57
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.54
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.03
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.07
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.84
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.72
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.59
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.61
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.028
1.028
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Goodall and Bobby Witt

Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
19
237.5
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
438
3600
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
562.5
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.927
0.927
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
237.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
9
73.97
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
212.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
24.66
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.6
120
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
24.97
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
262.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
123.29
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
275
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
90.41
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.925
0.925
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
125
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
187.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.63
132.9
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.49
12.24
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
25
205.48
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Goodall
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA