Adam Ottavino vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Adam Ottavino
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Adam Ottavino as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Adam Ottavino posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Adam Ottavino had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Adam Ottavino and Roy Witherup

Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
727
8.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.81
48.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
3.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2234
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
628
7.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
3.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
10.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.601
1.601
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
38.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.287
1.287
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2744
33.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.28
38.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Adam Ottavino and Roy Witherup

Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
727
8.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2234
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.84
90.84
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.164
0.164
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Adam Ottavino and Roy Witherup

Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
728
15600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
24
514.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
5.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-17.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
17
364.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Ottavino
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA