Mitch Atkins vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Mitch Atkins
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mitch Atkins 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 6.75 and 1.897 for Mitch Atkins. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mitch Atkins and Harry Staley

Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
13.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
6.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
44.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.897
1.897
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
39.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.47
44.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Mitch Atkins and Harry Staley

Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mitch Atkins and Harry Staley

Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
3000
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mitch Atkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100