Glenn Abbott vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Glenn Abbott
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Glenn Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Staley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.39 and 1.388 for Glenn Abbott. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Glenn Abbott and Harry Staley

Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.76
42.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.06
83.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
4.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3858
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1286
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
9.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
2.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5508
38.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
4.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5025
35.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Glenn Abbott and Harry Staley

Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3858
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1286
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
1.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.64
94.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.06
83.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Glenn Abbott and Harry Staley

Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
248
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Glenn Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100