Brad Lesley vs. Barney Wolfe — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barney Wolfe
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barney Wolfe built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Barney Wolfe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.142 compared to 3.86 and 1.313 for Brad Lesley. By the career numbers, Barney Wolfe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Barney Wolfe

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.34
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.26
80.26
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.86
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510.2
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.53
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
2.82
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.507
0.507
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
37.2
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2057
36.25
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
4.14
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
34
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.2
37.2
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.25
36.25

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Barney Wolfe

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.34
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.46
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.54
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.51
95.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.21
59.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Barney Wolfe

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
241.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
555.56
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
60.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
47.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.35
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.91
15.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
92.06
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
57.14
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-1.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.57
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
3.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA