Rufe Clarke vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Rufe Clarke
Lost GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Rufe Clarke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rufe Clarke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.765 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Rufe Clarke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rufe Clarke and Lewis Woolfolk

Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.56
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.15
7.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.74
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.71
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
41.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
30.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.29
41.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Rufe Clarke and Lewis Woolfolk

Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
27
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.2
9
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufe Clarke and Lewis Woolfolk

Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA