About Roy Witherup
Lived 1886 – 1941 (aged 55). Roy Witherup was an American baseball player.
Foster Leroy Witherup (July 26, 1886 – December 13, 1941) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1906 and 1909 for the Boston Beaneaters and Washington Senators (1908–09). Listed at , 185 lb., Witherup batted and threw right-handed. He was born in North Washington, Pennsylvania.
In a three-season career, Witherup posted a 3–12 record with a 4.44 earned run average in 26 appearances, including 17 starts and 12 complete games, giving up 80 earned runs on 189 hits and 47 walks while striking out 71 in innings of work.
Witherup died in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at the age of 55.
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American baseball player
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Roy Witherup was born on 26 July 1886 in North Washington.
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Roy Witherup died on 23 December 1941 in New Bethlehem.
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