Tom Williams vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Tom Williams
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.606 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Tom Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Williams and Roy Witherup

Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
10.48
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
41.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
1.606
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
38.18
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Tom Williams and Roy Witherup

Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.77
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.8
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Williams and Roy Witherup

Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
48.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
187.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
55.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA