Gene Lansing vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Gene Lansing
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows 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 Gene Lansing 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 5.98 and 1.672 for Gene Lansing. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Lansing and Roy Witherup

Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.98
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
10.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.18
10.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.885
0.885
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
40.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.672
1.672
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
35.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Gene Lansing and Roy Witherup

Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Lansing and Roy Witherup

Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
692.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-24.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Gene Lansing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Lansing
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA