Jim Bouton vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bouton 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. Jim Bouton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Jim Bouton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Harry Staley

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.6
49.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
3.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
5.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.933
0.933
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Harry Staley

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Harry Staley

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
467.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
394
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
347
528.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
32
48.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
21
31.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100