Lewis Woolfolk vs. Stan Yerkes — Career Comparison

Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Stan Yerkes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk built a career as a starting pitcher and Stan Yerkes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Stan Yerkes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. By the career numbers, Stan Yerkes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lewis Woolfolk and Stan Yerkes

Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
959
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319.2
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
11.07
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
11.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.594
0.594
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1397
39.33
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
5.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1307
36.8
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Lewis Woolfolk and Stan Yerkes

Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.69
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.82
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
2.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.13
92.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.822
1.822
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lewis Woolfolk and Stan Yerkes

Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
257.14
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
226.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
544.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
70.59
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
60.5
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
13.39
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
18.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
80.67
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
121.01
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.99
10.03
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
50.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
35
176.47
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.04
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA