Collin Balester vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Collin Balester
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Collin Balester 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 5.47 and 1.515 for Collin Balester. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Collin Balester and Harry Staley

Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
5.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
9.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
7.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
40.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
5.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
785
35.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Collin Balester and Harry Staley

Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.95
80.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.193
0.193
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Collin Balester and Harry Staley

Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
1257.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
28
400
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
13.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
7
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
1.24
17.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
142.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
4.2
4.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100