Jack Aker vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Aker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Aker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Jack Aker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Aker and Lewis Woolfolk

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
8.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
3.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3144
37.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.39
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
33.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Lewis Woolfolk

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.01
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.82
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.8
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Lewis Woolfolk

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
530.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
2.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
57.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA