Chuck James vs. Ed Wolfe — Career Comparison

Chuck James
MillenialGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Wolfe
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chuck James built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Wolfe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 7.36 and 3.273 for Ed Wolfe. By the career numbers, Chuck James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chuck James and Ed Wolfe

Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.99
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.66
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.52
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.39
76.39
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
4.53
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.14
20.14
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.91
10.91
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
8.75
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
17.18
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.18
17.18
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.74
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.64
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
6.68
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.68
6.68
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1410
38.93
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
51.55
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.67
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.273
3.273
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1232
34.01
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.93
38.93
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55

Fielding Stats for Chuck James and Ed Wolfe

Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.99
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.86
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.19
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.16
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.583
0.583
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.39
76.39
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck James and Ed Wolfe

Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
412.5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
600
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
519.64
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.86
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
4.17
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.93
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.86
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.83
-20.52
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
34
182.14
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA