Thomas Albright vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Thomas Albright
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thomas Albright 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 7.9 and 1.866 for Thomas Albright. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thomas Albright and Harry Staley

Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
7.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.9
7.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
13.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.99
13.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
42.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
9.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.866
1.866
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
38.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.15
42.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Thomas Albright and Harry Staley

Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thomas Albright and Harry Staley

Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
365.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
10.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Albright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Thomas Albright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100