Brad Lidge vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lidge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lidge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.359 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Brad Lidge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lidge and Roy Witherup

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
3.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2589
38.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Brad Lidge and Roy Witherup

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lidge and Roy Witherup

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA