Kevin Blankenship vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Kevin Blankenship
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Blankenship 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 4.59 and 1.410 for Kevin Blankenship. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Blankenship and Harry Staley

Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
8.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
39.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kevin Blankenship and Harry Staley

Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Blankenship and Harry Staley

Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
436.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.19
-64.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100