Michael Jackson vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Michael Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.285 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Michael Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Jackson and Roy Witherup

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.06
48.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
3.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
7.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
3.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
7.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4966
37.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4351
32.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Michael Jackson and Roy Witherup

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.12
96.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Jackson and Roy Witherup

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1005
18272.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
27.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
24.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA