Grant Roberts vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Grant Roberts
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Roberts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Roberts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Grant Roberts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Roberts and Roy Witherup

Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
6.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
9.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
6.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
39.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
35.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Grant Roberts and Roy Witherup

Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
6.73
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Roberts and Roy Witherup

Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
9120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
27.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
36.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA