Fred Besana vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Besana 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 5.6 and 2.038 for Fred Besana. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Besana and Harry Staley

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Harry Staley

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Harry Staley

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
840
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100