Walter Thornton vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Walter Thornton
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Walter Thornton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Thornton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Walter Thornton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Thornton and Roy Witherup

Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.1
56.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1228
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
10.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.696
0.696
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1834
40.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
6.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1654
36.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Walter Thornton and Roy Witherup

Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3576
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1192
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
2.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
2.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.62
85.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.752
1.752
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Thornton and Roy Witherup

Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
156.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
592
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
526.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.816
0.816
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
164.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
138.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25.34
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88.69
89.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
200.68
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
231.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.771
0.771
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.804
0.804
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
84.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
78.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
161.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97.29
98.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.94
17.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
1.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA