Steve Engel vs. Fred Woodcock — Career Comparison

Steve Engel
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Woodcock
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Engel built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Woodcock as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Woodcock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.788 compared to 5.57 and 1.703 for Steve Engel. By the career numbers, Fred Woodcock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Engel and Fred Woodcock

Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.92
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
10.63
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.45
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.63
10.63
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.53
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.64
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.05
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.18
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
41.28
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
43.64
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.27
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.64
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.788
1.788
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
35.71
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
38.45
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.28
41.28
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64

Fielding Stats for Steve Engel and Fred Woodcock

Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.92
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Engel and Fred Woodcock

Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
347.37
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
505.26
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.711
0.711
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.594
0.594
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
70.76
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
49.05
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.692
0.692
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
68.15
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
52.83
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Fred Woodcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Woodcock
Career
Per 600 PA