Phillip Brown vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Phillip Brown
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Phillip 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 5.4 and 1.267 for Phillip 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 Phillip Brown and Harry Staley

Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.4
8.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.933
0.933
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
40.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
37.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Phillip Brown and Harry Staley

Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phillip Brown and Harry Staley

Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-18.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phillip Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Phillip Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100