Ollie Boyd vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Ollie Boyd
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ollie Boyd 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 7.27 and 1.846 for Ollie Boyd. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ollie Boyd and Harry Staley

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.62
43.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ollie Boyd and Harry Staley

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ollie Boyd and Harry Staley

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
23.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100