Fred Blanding vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Fred Blanding
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Blanding 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. Fred Blanding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Fred Blanding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blanding and Harry Staley

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.45
49.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.72
59.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2443
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
814.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
9.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
3.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
3.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.682
0.682
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3377
37.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
4.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3084
34.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.32
37.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Blanding and Harry Staley

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
28.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
47.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
52.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.819
1.819
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blanding and Harry Staley

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
265.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
330
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
301
547.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
118.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.79
39.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
145.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
149.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
28
50.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
24
43.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
51
92.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24.03
43.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
14
25.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
105.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
5.69
5.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
80
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100