Sal Campfield vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Jefferson built a career as a starting pitcher and Sal Campfield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Jefferson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Willie Jefferson

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
9.89
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.753
0.753
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
39
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1737
39.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
5.13
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Willie Jefferson

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.52
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
68
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Willie Jefferson

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
103.66
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
18.85
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
28.27
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
35.21
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
53.4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
65.97
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
113.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
28.65
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.99
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75