Kevin Brown vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Kevin Brown
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Brown 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 4.82 and 1.494 for Kevin Brown. 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 Brown and Harry Staley

Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.17
54.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
8.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.993
0.993
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
39.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.461
1.461
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
34.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kevin Brown and Harry Staley

Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.083
1.083
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Brown and Harry Staley

Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100