Fred Applegate vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Fred Applegate
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Applegate 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 6.43 and 1.762 for Fred Applegate. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Applegate and Harry Staley

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.92
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.43
12.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
41.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.762
1.762
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
37.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.57
41.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Applegate and Harry Staley

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.667
2.667
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Applegate and Harry Staley

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
53.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100