Steve Avery vs. Harry McNeal — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry McNeal
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry McNeal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Avery posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 4.43 and 1.758 for Harry McNeal. By the career numbers, Steve Avery had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Harry McNeal

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
4.19
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
12.66
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
42.61
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
7.17
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
38.6
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.61
42.61

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Harry McNeal

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.59
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.19
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.01
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Harry McNeal

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
569.23
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.5
27.28
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1.28
19.68
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
133.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
42.42
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
76.36
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.93
21.73
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
13.83
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA