Bill Ayers vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Ayers 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 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Harry Staley

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Harry Staley

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Harry Staley

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
780
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100