Steve Avery vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery 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 4.19 and 1.367 for Steve Avery. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Staley

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Staley

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
2.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Staley

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
495
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
22.5
27.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
110
133.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
32
38.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
63
76.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
17.93
21.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100