Fernando Arroyo vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Fernando Arroyo
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fernando 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 4.44 and 1.423 for Fernando 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 Fernando Arroyo and Harry Staley

Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.34
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.59
49.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
4.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1607
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
535.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
9.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2289
38.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
4.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2083
35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Fernando Arroyo and Harry Staley

Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1607
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
535.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.59
49.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Arroyo and Harry Staley

Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
122
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fernando Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100