Rene Arocha vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rene Arocha 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 4.11 and 1.360 for Rene Arocha. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Harry Staley

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.43
51.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.03
29.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.801
0.801
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1287
34.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Harry Staley

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Harry Staley

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
907.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
69
504.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
226.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100