Sugar Cain vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Sugar Cain
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sugar Cain 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 4.83 and 1.710 for Sugar Cain. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sugar Cain and Harry Staley

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.9
46.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.97
76.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
4.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2962
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
987.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
10.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
5.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
2.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.859
0.859
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4556
41.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
5.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3972
36.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.53
41.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Sugar Cain and Harry Staley

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.039
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sugar Cain and Harry Staley

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
180
287.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
376
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
344
548.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
56
89.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
82.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
11.56
18.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
60
95.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
70
111.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
18
28.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
21
33.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
39
62.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
9.11
14.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
13
20.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
132.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100