Eddie Butler vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Eddie Butler
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eddie Butler 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 5.8 and 1.695 for Eddie Butler. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Butler and Harry Staley

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.37
49.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
5.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
263.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
10.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.96
10.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
5.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
41.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
6.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
36.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Eddie Butler and Harry Staley

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
263.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.37
49.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Butler and Harry Staley

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
667.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
61
515.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
1.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.43
-28.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
202.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100