Chris Smith vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Chris Smith
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Smith 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 5.41 and 1.351 for Chris Smith. By the career numbers, Lewis Woolfolk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.68
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
5.41
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.08
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
8.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.81
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.81
6.81
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642
39.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
5.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
34.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.04
39.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Chris Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.68
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.69
11.69
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
11550
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
497.14
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-42.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-50
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA