Ed Smith vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.661 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Ed Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.58
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.73
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
12.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
11.07
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.48
12.48
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.47
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.71
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.577
0.577
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
42.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
41.69
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
8.85
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.78
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
40.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
37.17
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.97
42.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.17
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.87
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.231
1.231
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Smith and Lewis Woolfolk

Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
150
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
257.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
16.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
11.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA