Harvey Bailey vs. Jim Hearn — Career Comparison

Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Hearn
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Hearn 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. Jim Hearn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.13 and 1.434 for Harvey Bailey. By the career numbers, Jim Hearn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Bailey and Jim Hearn

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
2.09
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.01
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.21
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.58
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.47
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.05
55.05
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.83
57.83
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.33
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.13
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.81
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5111
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1703.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
9.03
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1661
8.77
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.83
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.88
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
3.46
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
3.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.777
0.777
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
39.23
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7294
38.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.39
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.89
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
4.47
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.434
1.434
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
34.68
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6614
34.94
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Harvey Bailey and Jim Hearn

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.05
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644.1
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.48
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.1
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.96
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.52
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
6.75
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.36
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.44
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.164
1.164
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.94
18.94
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Bailey and Jim Hearn

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
16
208.7
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
391.26
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
532.04
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
74.76
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
57.28
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
17.48
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
53.69
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.82
25.07
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
111.65
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
107.77
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
42.72
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
34.95
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
68.93
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
58.03
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.16
13.74
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
32.04
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
214
207.77
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
33.98
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100