Scott Bankhead vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Scott Bankhead
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scott Bankhead 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 4.18 and 1.322 for Scott Bankhead. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Bankhead and Harry Staley

Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
41.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
4.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2703
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
8.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
2.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
6.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.002
1.002
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3814
38.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
4.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3455
34.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Scott Bankhead and Harry Staley

Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2703
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.8
96.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.2
41.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Bankhead and Harry Staley

Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
14563.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
21.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
26.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scott Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100