Steve Arlin vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Arlin
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Arlin 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 4.33 and 1.529 for Steve Arlin. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Arlin and Harry Staley

Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.23
87.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
4.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2366
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
788.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
792
9.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
4.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
5.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3474
39.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3013
34.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.64
39.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Arlin and Harry Staley

Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2368
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
789.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
1.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.38
94.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.071
1.071
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.23
87.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Arlin and Harry Staley

Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
324.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
261
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
230
528.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
32
73.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
27
62.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
7.56
17.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
39
89.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
49
112.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
29.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
55.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
9.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
34.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
170.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
29.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Arlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Arlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100