Joe Nathan vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Joe Nathan
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Nathan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Nathan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.153 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Joe Nathan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Nathan and Roy Witherup

Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
7.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.31
65.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
3.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
2.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.206
0.206
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
6.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
3.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
9.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3771
36.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
5.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
3.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3355
32.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Joe Nathan and Roy Witherup

Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
7.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.96
94.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Nathan and Roy Witherup

Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
787
6132.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
490.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
77.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
38.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
34.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
148.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
25.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
4.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
77.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Joe Nathan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Nathan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA