Rick Sutcliffe vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Rick Sutcliffe
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Rick Sutcliffe and Lewis Woolfolk are fairly close on the surface numbers. Rick Sutcliffe posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.08 vs 5.08) and WHIP (1.415 vs 1.506). Lewis Woolfolk had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.23 per nine innings vs 0.79). By the career numbers, Rick Sutcliffe had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rick Sutcliffe and Lewis Woolfolk

Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.16
55.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.78
85.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
4.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2662
8.88
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
3.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1679
5.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11548
38.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1324
4.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.37
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.3
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
0.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10222
34.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Rick Sutcliffe and Lewis Woolfolk

Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.52
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.24
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.35
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
2.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
2.05
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.31
97.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.78
85.78
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.33
73.33
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Sutcliffe and Lewis Woolfolk

Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
466
425.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
657
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
513.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
93.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
68.49
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
20.09
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.93
29.16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
126.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
126.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
38.36
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
50.23
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
84.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.36
25.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
11.26
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
31.05
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
143
130.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.59
4.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
49.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
15
13.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.65
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA