Wally Bunker vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wally Bunker 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. Wally Bunker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.222 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Wally Bunker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Staley

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.79
73.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
3.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
2.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
4.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
3.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4115
34.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Staley

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Staley

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
321.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
386
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
331
514.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
48.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
23
35.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
7.89
12.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
39
60.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
67
104.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
31.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
17
26.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
37
57.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.44
-2.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
225.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100