Bronson Arroyo vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bronson Arroyo
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bronson Arroyo 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 4.28 and 1.325 for Bronson Arroyo. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Harry Staley

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
1.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.93
51.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
4.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
9.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
2.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
5.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10338
38.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1260
4.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9417
34.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Harry Staley

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
1.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
2.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
2.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.15
97.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Harry Staley

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
357.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
732
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
629
515.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
81
66.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
59
48.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
18.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
19.55
16.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
115
94.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
96
78.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
35
28.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
29
23.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
58
47.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
276
226.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
69.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100