Jim Conway vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Jim Conway
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Conway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Conway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Jim Conway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Conway and Lewis Woolfolk

Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
9.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.577
0.577
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.72
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
36.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.97
38.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Jim Conway and Lewis Woolfolk

Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1377
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
2.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
2.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.8
84.8
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Conway and Lewis Woolfolk

Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
164.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
257.14
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
582.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
106.73
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
95.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
25.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
34.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
83.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.55
24.68
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
26
75
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA