Mike Birkbeck vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Mike Birkbeck
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Birkbeck 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 4.86 and 1.539 for Mike Birkbeck. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Harry Staley

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
4.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
270.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
10.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
3.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
39.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
5.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.524
1.524
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1082
36.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Harry Staley

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
270.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.57
91.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Harry Staley

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
2945.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
54.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
71.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100