Jose Sosa vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Sosa 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 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Roy Witherup

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Roy Witherup

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Roy Witherup

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA