Joe Kerrigan vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Joe Kerrigan
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Kerrigan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Kerrigan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.89 and WHIP 1.482 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Joe Kerrigan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kerrigan and Lewis Woolfolk

Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
5.36
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
9.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
3.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
953
38.99
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.423
1.423
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
34.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.99
38.99
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Joe Kerrigan and Lewis Woolfolk

Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
5.36
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.88
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
2.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
2.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.458
0.458
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kerrigan and Lewis Woolfolk

Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
6550
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-50.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
350
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
1.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kerrigan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA