Harry Taylor vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Harry Taylor
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.731 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Harry Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Taylor and Roy Witherup

Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
36.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Harry Taylor and Roy Witherup

Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Taylor and Roy Witherup

Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
45.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA