Hank Aguirre vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Hank Aguirre
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hank Aguirre 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. Hank Aguirre posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.258 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Hank Aguirre had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank Aguirre and Harry Staley

Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
2.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
3.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4127
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1216
7.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
3.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5790
37.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
3.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5262
34.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Hank Aguirre and Harry Staley

Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
2.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4124
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1374.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.48
88.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.481
0.481
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank Aguirre and Harry Staley

Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
628.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
427
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
388
545.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
33
46.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
25
35.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
4.87
6.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
42
59.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
47
66.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
21
29.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
35
49.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.5
-18.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
236
331.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Hank Aguirre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hank Aguirre
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100