Ed Kelly vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Ed Kelly
Lost GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Kelly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Kelly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.857 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Ed Kelly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Kelly and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
11.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
15.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.43
15.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
42.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
41.69
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
11.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
38.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
37.17
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Kelly and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
27
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.2
9
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Kelly and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA