Ad Brennan vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Ad Brennan
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ad Brennan 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. Ad Brennan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Ad Brennan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ad Brennan and Harry Staley

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.68
50.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.69
59.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2031
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.705
0.705
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2922
38.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
4.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2705
35.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ad Brennan and Harry Staley

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
14.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
19.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
23.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
22.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Brennan and Harry Staley

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
323.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
245
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
220
538.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
117.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
95.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.06
41.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
149.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
151.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
15
36.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
29.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
26
63.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.87
46.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
29.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
97.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
6.13
6.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100