Barney Slaughter vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Barney Slaughter
Lost GenerationDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Barney Slaughter 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 5.5 and 1.778 for Barney Slaughter. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Barney Slaughter and Roy Witherup

Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
38.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Barney Slaughter and Roy Witherup

Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Barney Slaughter and Roy Witherup

Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
960
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
38.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA