Jerry Davie vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jerry Davie
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jerry Davie 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 4.17 and 1.582 for Jerry Davie. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Davie and Harry Staley

Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
42.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
37.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jerry Davie and Harry Staley

Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Davie and Harry Staley

Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
115.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
127.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
150
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100