Kurt Ainsworth vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth 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 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Harry Staley

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
5.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
34.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Harry Staley

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.828
0.828
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Harry Staley

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4.13
4.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100