Joe Mulligan vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Joe Mulligan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Mulligan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Mulligan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.634 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Joe Mulligan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Mulligan and Roy Witherup

Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.896
0.896
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
39.9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
34.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.9
39.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Joe Mulligan and Roy Witherup

Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Mulligan and Roy Witherup

Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-41.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Joe Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA