Leon Pettit vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Witherup posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.18 and 1.743 for Leon Pettit. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Pettit and Roy Witherup

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
36.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Leon Pettit and Roy Witherup

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Pettit and Roy Witherup

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
22.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA