Turk Wendell vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Turk Wendell
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats SwitchNorth 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 Turk Wendell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Turk Wendell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.490 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Turk Wendell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Turk Wendell and Roy Witherup

Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
8.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
4.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2812
39.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2406
33.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Turk Wendell and Roy Witherup

Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
2.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.09
95.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Turk Wendell and Roy Witherup

Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
6759.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
43
526.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
4.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-14.37
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA