Gus Ketchum vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Gus Ketchum
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Ketchum as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lewis Woolfolk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.08 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 5.63 and 1.688 for Gus Ketchum. By the career numbers, Lewis Woolfolk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lewis Woolfolk

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
10.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.69
10.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.71
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
41.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.75
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
36.56
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.63
41.63
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lewis Woolfolk

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.2
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lewis Woolfolk

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
900
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA