Al Atkinson vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Lewis Woolfolk

Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
943
9.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.704
0.704
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4001
39.35
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
6.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3754
36.92
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Lewis Woolfolk

Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
2.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Lewis Woolfolk

Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
257.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
96.23
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.98
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA