Thornton Kipper vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Thornton Kipper
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Thornton Kipper 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 5.27 and 1.798 for Thornton Kipper. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Kipper and Roy Witherup

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
11.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
4.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
3.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
41.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
37.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Thornton Kipper and Roy Witherup

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
9.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Kipper and Roy Witherup

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
1833.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
7.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.26
-8.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA