Roy Witherup

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Witherup

|image=Roy Witherup.jpg

|width=125

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1886|7|26}}

|birth_place=North Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1941|12|13|1886|7|26}}

|death_place=New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 14

|debutyear=1906

|debutteam=Boston Beaneaters

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 6

|finalyear=1909

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3-12

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.44

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=71

|teams=

• Boston Beaneaters ({{baseball year|1906}})
• Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1908}}–{{baseball year|1909}})

}}

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 (1906) and Washington Senators (1908–09). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 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 {{frac|162|1|3}} innings of work.

Witherup died in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at the age of 55.