Rich Sauveur vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Rich Sauveur
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Sauveur 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 6.07 and 1.804 for Rich Sauveur. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Sauveur and Roy Witherup

Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
11.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.35
11.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
41.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.783
1.783
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
35.41
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Rich Sauveur and Roy Witherup

Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Sauveur and Roy Witherup

Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
65.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA