Deck McGuire vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Deck McGuire
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Deck McGuire 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 5.23 and 1.471 for Deck McGuire. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Deck McGuire and Roy Witherup

Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
8.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
7.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
40.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
34.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.59
40.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Deck McGuire and Roy Witherup

Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Deck McGuire and Roy Witherup

Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
2700
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deck McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA