Ray Burris vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Ray Burris
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Burris 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 4.17 and 1.439 for Ray Burris. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Burris and Harry Staley

Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.63
44.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.92
62.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1015
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6566
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2188.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2310
9.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
764
3.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
9441
38.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
4.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8441
34.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ray Burris and Harry Staley

Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6566
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2188.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
1.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.21
95.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.92
62.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Burris and Harry Staley

Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
501.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
586
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
502
513.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
76
77.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
61
62.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
19.78
20.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
96
98.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
108
110.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
30
30.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
27
27.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
56
57.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
14.32
14.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
31
31.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
160
163.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
3.66
3.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
51.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100