Bill Wakefield vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Bill Wakefield
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Wakefield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Wakefield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Bill Wakefield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Wakefield and Roy Witherup

Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
4.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
4.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
39.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
33.92
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Bill Wakefield and Roy Witherup

Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.436
0.436
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Wakefield and Roy Witherup

Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
1377.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
24
533.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
13.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
8.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
177.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA