Jim Abbott vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim 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 20.25 and 3.750 for Jim 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 Jim Abbott and Harry Staley

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
67.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Harry Staley

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Harry Staley

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100