Brian Meyer vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Brian Meyer
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Meyer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.322 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Brian Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Meyer and Roy Witherup

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
7.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
37.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
32.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Brian Meyer and Roy Witherup

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Meyer and Roy Witherup

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
10200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA