Saul Rivera vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Saul Rivera
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats SwitchCaribbeanWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Saul Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Saul Rivera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.568 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Saul Rivera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Saul Rivera and Roy Witherup

Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
9.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
4.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
6.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
40.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
4.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
34.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Saul Rivera and Roy Witherup

Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Saul Rivera and Roy Witherup

Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
12450
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
18.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
23.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA