Bill Beckmann vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Beckmann
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Beckmann 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 4.79 and 1.405 for Bill Beckmann. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Beckmann and Harry Staley

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.65
45.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.89
48.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
10.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
2.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
39.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
5.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1787
36.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Beckmann and Harry Staley

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Beckmann and Harry Staley

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
331.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
163
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
143
526.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
117.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
110.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
7.69
28.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
34
125.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
38
139.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
11
40.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
12
44.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
23
84.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
34.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
77.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
51.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100