Jack Cronin vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jack Cronin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Cronin 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. Jack Cronin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Jack Cronin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Cronin and Harry Staley

Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.57
42.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.69
79.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
973
9.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.599
0.599
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3881
37.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
4.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3609
35.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Cronin and Harry Staley

Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3009
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
3.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.57
90.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.331
2.331
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Cronin and Harry Staley

Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
136
204
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
400
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
367
550.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.497
0.497
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
66
99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
52
78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
20.62
30.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
84
126
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
86
129
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
34
51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
58
87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
19.48
29.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
22.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
133.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100