Greg Shanahan vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Greg Shanahan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Shanahan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Shanahan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Greg Shanahan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lewis Woolfolk

Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.37
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
39.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.38
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
34.94
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lewis Woolfolk

Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.37
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.99
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.99
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lewis Woolfolk

Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
3300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
497.14
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA