Rube Chambers vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rube Chambers
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Chambers 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 5.49 and 1.617 for Rube Chambers. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Staley

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.91
65.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
5.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.433
0.433
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
29.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
6.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
23.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.542
0.542
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
29.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Staley

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Staley

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
247.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
96
505.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
53.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
184.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
68.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
54.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100