Mike Stanton vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Mike Stanton
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Stanton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Stanton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.420 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Mike Stanton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Stanton and Roy Witherup

Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
9.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.91
51.91
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
3.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
8.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
3.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
7.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4762
38.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
4.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4220
34.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.47
38.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Mike Stanton and Roy Witherup

Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
9.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.41
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Stanton and Roy Witherup

Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1178
27184.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
24
553.85
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
64.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.735
0.735
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
78.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA