Ad Lankford vs. Ed Wolfe — Career Comparison

Ad Lankford
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln StarsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Ed Wolfe
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ad Lankford 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. Ad Lankford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 7.36 and 3.273 for Ed Wolfe. By the career numbers, Ad Lankford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ad Lankford and Ed Wolfe

Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.26
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.05
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.84
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.53
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.14
20.14
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.91
10.91
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214.2
9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
11.07
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
17.18
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.18
17.18
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.48
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.36
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
41.42
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
51.55
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
6.12
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.13
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.96
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.617
1.617
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.273
3.273
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
868
36.39
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.341
0.341
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.42
41.42
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55

Fielding Stats for Ad Lankford and Ed Wolfe

Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.07
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.74
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.46
91.46
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Lankford and Ed Wolfe

Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
600
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
517.56
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
119.08
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
96.18
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.32
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.63
53.29
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
146.56
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
174.05
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
59.51
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA