Sam Shaw vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Sam Shaw
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Sam Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Shaw and Roy Witherup

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
10.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
42.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
36.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.13
42.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Sam Shaw and Roy Witherup

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Shaw and Roy Witherup

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
27
558.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
29.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
31.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA