Lefty Phillips vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Lefty Phillips
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Roy Witherup posted a stronger line than Lefty Phillips. Roy Witherup posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.44 vs 8.31) and WHIP (1.454 vs 2.885). By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Phillips and Roy Witherup

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
11.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
16.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.62
16.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.846
1.846
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
52.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.885
2.885
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.457
0.457
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.96
52.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Lefty Phillips and Roy Witherup

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Phillips and Roy Witherup

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
840
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA