Bill Bonham vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

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

Bill Bonham 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 4.01 and 1.483 for Bill Bonham. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bonham and Harry Staley

Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.47
47.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.33
71.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
4.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4462
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1487.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
9.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
5.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6484
39.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
4.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5689
34.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Bonham and Harry Staley

Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4463
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1487.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
2.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.9
93.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.33
71.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bonham and Harry Staley

Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
341.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
540
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
471
523.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
81
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
65
72.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
16
17.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
17.5
19.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
98
108.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
95
105.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
37
41.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
24
26.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
61
67.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
13.27
14.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
138.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
60
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Bonham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Bonham
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100