Roger Bailey vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Roger Bailey
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roger 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. Harry Staley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.9 and 1.567 for Roger Bailey. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roger Bailey and Harry Staley

Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.65
48.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
9.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
4.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.907
0.907
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
39.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
5.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1378
34.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.94
39.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Roger Bailey and Harry Staley

Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger Bailey and Harry Staley

Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
489.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
97
510.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
105.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.98
36.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
26
136.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
78.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
42.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
115.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.77
40.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
115.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5.18
5.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Roger Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roger Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100