Ed Wolfe vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Ed Wolfe
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Wolfe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 7.36 and 3.273 for Ed Wolfe. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Wolfe and Cy Young

Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.39
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.14
20.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.91
10.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
17.18
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7092
8.68
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.18
17.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2803
3.43
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
51.55
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.273
3.273
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28201
34.5
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Ed Wolfe and Cy Young

Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
1.13
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21744
27
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
9
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.31
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Wolfe and Cy Young

Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
918
177.62
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3101
600
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
381
73.72
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Ed Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100