Jack Billingham vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jack Billingham
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Billingham 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 3.83 and 1.398 for Jack Billingham. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Billingham and Harry Staley

Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.08
64.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
949
3.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6692
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2272
9.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
3.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.848
0.848
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9487
38.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1069
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8496
34.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Billingham and Harry Staley

Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6695
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2231.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
1.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
1.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
1.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.002
1.002
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.08
64.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Billingham and Harry Staley

Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
476
435.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
656
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
559
511.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
62
56.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
54
49.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
9.41
8.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
70
64.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
89
81.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
21
19.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
23
21.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
44
40.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.05
-6.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
27
24.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
206
188.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
3.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
63.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Billingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Billingham
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100