Hiram Burgos vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Hiram Burgos
MillenialP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hiram Burgos 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 6.44 and 1.670 for Hiram Burgos. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hiram Burgos and Harry Staley

Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
11.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.66
11.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.989
0.989
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
42.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.671
1.671
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
37.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.65
42.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Hiram Burgos and Harry Staley

Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hiram Burgos and Harry Staley

Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
360
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-6.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
360
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hiram Burgos
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100