Rube Waddell vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Roy Witherup. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 4.44) and WHIP (1.102 vs 1.454). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rube Waddell and Roy Witherup

Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Rube Waddell and Roy Witherup

Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
0.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
2.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.96
90.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.21
52.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Waddell and Roy Witherup

Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1066
562.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
90.77
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
68.07
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.21
26.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
122.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
116.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
32.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
73.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.89
19.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
22.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
300
158.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA