Steve Baker vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Baker
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Baker 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 5.13 and 1.671 for Steve Baker. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Baker and Harry Staley

Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.43
30.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.95
30.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
5.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
9.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
40.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
5.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
34.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Baker and Harry Staley

Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.95
30.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Baker and Harry Staley

Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100