Roy Witherup vs. Chad Zerbe — Career Comparison

Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Zerbe
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Zerbe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Zerbe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Chad Zerbe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Witherup and Chad Zerbe

Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
9.48
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
2.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
38.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
34.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Roy Witherup and Chad Zerbe

Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.37
97.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Witherup and Chad Zerbe

Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
2850
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
6.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-5.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA