Rex Cecil vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rex Cecil
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rex Cecil 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 5.18 and 1.679 for Rex Cecil. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Cecil and Harry Staley

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
10.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
42.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.679
1.679
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
37.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.28
42.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rex Cecil and Harry Staley

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.556
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Cecil and Harry Staley

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
257.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
38
542.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
50.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
171.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
63.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100