Porter Charleston vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Porter Charleston
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaHilldale ClubEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Porter Charleston 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 3.86 and 1.276 for Porter Charleston. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Porter Charleston and Harry Staley

Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.75
62.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.01
71.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1321
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
440.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.749
0.749
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1850
37.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1670
34.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Porter Charleston and Harry Staley

Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1321
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
440.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
3.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.141
2.141
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.61
67.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Porter Charleston and Harry Staley

Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
229.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
188
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
167
532.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
108.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
82.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.37
36.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
137.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
143.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
60.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
29
92.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.46
39.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
9
28.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Porter Charleston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Porter Charleston
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100