Hank LaManna vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Hank LaManna
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Hank LaManna 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 5.24 and 1.748 for Hank LaManna. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank LaManna and Roy Witherup

Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
9.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
41.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
6.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.748
1.748
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
34.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.37
41.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Hank LaManna and Roy Witherup

Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank LaManna and Roy Witherup

Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
953.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
45.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank LaManna
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA