Buzz Capra vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Buzz Capra
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buzz Capra 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 3.87 and 1.413 for Buzz Capra. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buzz Capra and Harry Staley

Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.59
45.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.96
42.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
3.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
7.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
4.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
5.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2338
38.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
4.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2023
33.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.66
38.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Buzz Capra and Harry Staley

Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.718
0.718
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buzz Capra and Harry Staley

Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
486.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
175
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
141
483.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
4.51
15.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
36
123.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
9
30.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
14
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
4.41
15.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
137.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100