Mitch Williams vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Mitch Williams
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Mitch Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mitch Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.620 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Mitch Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mitch Williams and Roy Witherup

Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.76
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.69
43.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
2.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
6.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
7.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
8.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.742
1.742
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.68
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3119
40.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
5.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
4.13
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.564
1.564
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2460
32.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Mitch Williams and Roy Witherup

Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.98
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.96
83.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.144
0.144
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mitch Williams and Roy Witherup

Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
619
21847.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
564.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
54.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
39.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA