Rick Adams vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rick Adams
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Adams 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. Rick Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.59 and WHIP 1.388 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Rick Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Adams and Harry Staley

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
9.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
38.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
34.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.92
38.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rick Adams and Harry Staley

Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Adams and Harry Staley

Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
244.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
23
511.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
30.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
177.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
38.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
5.4
5.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rick Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100