Roy Witherup
[edit] Biography
Born on July 26, 1886 in North Washington, Pennsylvania, Roy Witherup (Foster Leroy Witherup) played for the Boston Beaneaters and Washington Senators over the course of his 3 year career. Witherup broke into the bigs on May 14, 1906 with the Boston Beaneaters, and put up a 4.24 ERA in 68 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 6.26
| 14
| 37
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 59
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 2.98
| 31
| 23
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 48.1
| 51
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 12
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 4.24
| 26
| 41
| 32
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 79
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 6.26
| 14
| 37
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 59
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 18
| 14
| 3
| 9
| 3.71
| 57
| 64
| 48
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 116.1
| 130
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 26
| 17
| 3
| 12
| 4.44
| 71
| 101
| 80
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 162.1
| 189
| 3
| 47
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 42
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 12
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .053
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 18
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .108
| .108
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 26
| 52
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .115
| .115
| .115
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Akron (Ohio State) to Boston Beaneaters (April, 1906).
- Selected by Washington Senators from Uniontown (POM) in the Rule 5 major league draft (@September 17, 1907).
- Returned to Des Moines (Western) (1908).
- Sold by Des Moines (Western) to Washington Senators (August 18, 1908).
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