Bill Clarkson vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Bill Clarkson
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Clarkson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lewis Woolfolk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.08 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 5.44 and 1.866 for Bill Clarkson. By the career numbers, Lewis Woolfolk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Clarkson and Lewis Woolfolk

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.81
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.65
17.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.08
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
11.49
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
11.07
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.49
11.49
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.71
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
43.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
41.69
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
6.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.866
1.866
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
38.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
37.17
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Bill Clarkson and Lewis Woolfolk

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
27
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.2
9
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Clarkson and Lewis Woolfolk

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
1096.55
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
517.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
10.84
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA