Louis Head vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Louis Head
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Louis Head as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Louis Head posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Louis Head had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Louis Head and Roy Witherup

Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
38.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
33.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Louis Head and Roy Witherup

Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.146
0.146
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Louis Head and Roy Witherup

Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA