Stan Pitula vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Stan Pitula
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Stan Pitula 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 4.98 and 1.726 for Stan Pitula. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stan Pitula and Roy Witherup

Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.74
21.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.98
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
34.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Stan Pitula and Roy Witherup

Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.47
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.478
0.478
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.74
21.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stan Pitula and Roy Witherup

Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
900
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
27.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.84
31.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Stan Pitula
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Pitula
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA