Alan Benes vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alan Benes 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 4.59 and 1.462 for Alan Benes. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Staley

Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.88
50.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.87
60.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
8.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2153
39.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
5.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1878
34.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Staley

Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Staley

Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
456.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
151
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
139
552.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
22
87.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
63.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.79
19.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
28
111.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
25
99.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
55.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
9.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
210.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100