Matt West vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Matt West
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt West as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt West posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.429 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Matt West had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt West and Roy Witherup

Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
37.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
34.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Matt West and Roy Witherup

Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt West and Roy Witherup

Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt West
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA