Cliney Allen vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Cliney Allen
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightNorth AmericaHilldale ClubEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliney Allen 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 6.84 and 1.920 for Cliney Allen. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliney Allen and Harry Staley

Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.84
6.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
44.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
37.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.64
44.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cliney Allen and Harry Staley

Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliney Allen and Harry Staley

Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-35.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliney Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliney Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100