Bull Wagner vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Bull Wagner
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Bull Wagner 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 5.64 and 1.602 for Bull Wagner. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bull Wagner and Roy Witherup

Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
9.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
40.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
35.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Bull Wagner and Roy Witherup

Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
27
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
9
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bull Wagner and Roy Witherup

Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
496.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
27
558.62
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
34.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Bull Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA