Barney Wolfe vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Barney Wolfe
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Barney Wolfe and Cy Young are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cy Young had the edge in ERA (2.63 vs 2.96). By the career numbers, Cy Young 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 Barney Wolfe and Cy Young

Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.69
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.26
80.26
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.81
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
2.96
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1532
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
510.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.53
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.17
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.74
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
2.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2803
3.43
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.507
0.507
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.547
0.547
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2057
36.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
4.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.142
1.142
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1929
34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.25
36.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Barney Wolfe and Cy Young

Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.46
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.54
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2015
2.5
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2414
3
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.99
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
2.81
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.51
95.51
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.237
2.237
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.21
59.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.47
25.47
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Barney Wolfe and Cy Young

Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
241.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
189
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
175
555.56
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
60.32
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
15
47.62
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.91
15.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
82.54
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
29
92.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
38.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
18
57.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-1.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.57
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100