Dick Strahs vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Dick Strahs
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Strahs 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 5.65 and 1.674 for Dick Strahs. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Strahs and Roy Witherup

Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
10.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.05
10.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
42.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.674
1.674
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
37.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.7
42.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Dick Strahs and Roy Witherup

Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Strahs and Roy Witherup

Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2700
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA