Jim McLaughlin vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Jim McLaughlin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McLaughlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McLaughlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Jim McLaughlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Roy Witherup

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.864
0.864
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
41.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
36.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Roy Witherup

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Roy Witherup

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
47.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
218.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
52.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA