Mike Brown vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Mike Brown
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike 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 5.75 and 1.691 for Mike 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 Mike Brown and Harry Staley

Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.85
68.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
11.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.856
0.856
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
41.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
6.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.679
1.679
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
36.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Mike Brown and Harry Staley

Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.984
0.984
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.85
68.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Brown and Harry Staley

Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100