Steve Avery vs. Harvey Bailey — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Harvey Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harvey Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 4.19 and 1.367 for Steve Avery. By the career numbers, Harvey Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Harvey Bailey

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.01
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.63
53.63
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
9.03
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
3.29
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.88
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
39.23
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.89
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.434
1.434
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
34.68
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Harvey Bailey

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.75
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.1
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.19
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
2.11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.36
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Harvey Bailey

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
16
208.7
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.97
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.5
27.28
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
53.69
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
133.33
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
38.79
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
76.36
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.93
21.73
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
58.03
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA