Jerry Akers vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Akers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jerry Akers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.87 and WHIP 1.918 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Jerry Akers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Lewis Woolfolk

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
10.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.62
10.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
41.69
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.78
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
35.41
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Lewis Woolfolk

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.2
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Lewis Woolfolk

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA