Steve Busby vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Busby
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Busby 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. Steve Busby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.72 and WHIP 1.375 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Steve Busby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Busby and Harry Staley

Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.45
56.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.82
89.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3182
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1060.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
8.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
3.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4505
38.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3963
33.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.23
38.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Busby and Harry Staley

Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3182
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1060.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
2.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.26
92.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.82
89.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Busby and Harry Staley

Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
167
6680
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
27.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
120
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100