Aaron Blair vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Aaron Blair
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Aaron Blair 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 7.89 and 1.781 for Aaron Blair. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Aaron Blair and Harry Staley

Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
7.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
10.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.73
10.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
6.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
42.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
8.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.14
8.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.726
1.726
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
35.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Aaron Blair and Harry Staley

Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Aaron Blair and Harry Staley

Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
384
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
22
528
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
6.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-13.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Aaron Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100