Percy Bailey vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Percy Bailey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Percy Bailey built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.24 and 1.361 for Percy Bailey. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Percy Bailey and Greg Harris

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.55
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.12
45.12
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.24
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
8.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.46
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
39.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.67
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.06
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.81
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
35.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Percy Bailey and Greg Harris

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.55
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.474
2.474
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Percy Bailey and Greg Harris

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
46
563.27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
10
122.45
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.02
36.96
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
12
146.94
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.511
0.511
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
73.47
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
44.19
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
2.45
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA