Bill Bailey vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Bailey
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Bailey 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. Bill Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Bill Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bailey and Harry Staley

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.64
57.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3253
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1084.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1035
8.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
527
4.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
4.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.012
1.012
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3622
30.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3051
25.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.06
30.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Bailey and Harry Staley

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
3.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1662
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
6.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.699
1.699
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.67
27.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bailey and Harry Staley

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
313.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
400
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
366
549
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
106.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
18.81
28.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
77
115.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
91
136.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
23
34.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
15
22.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
20.15
30.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
20
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
162
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.7
3.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100