Jay Powell vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Jay Powell
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Powell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.558 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Jay Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jay Powell and Roy Witherup

Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
8.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.02
61.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
4.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
543
9.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
4.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
7.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
40.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
4.9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.98
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.503
1.503
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2079
34.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jay Powell and Roy Witherup

Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
8.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
1.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.81
93.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.207
0.207
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Powell and Roy Witherup

Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
513
23676.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
6.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.23
-10.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA