Roy Joiner vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Roy Joiner
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Joiner 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 5.28 and 1.771 for Roy Joiner. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Joiner and Roy Witherup

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.1
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
13.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.25
13.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
3.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
42.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.771
1.771
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
39.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.74
42.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Roy Joiner and Roy Witherup

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Joiner and Roy Witherup

Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
1300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
31.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
40
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Roy Joiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Joiner
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA